Parliamentary Powers Index Scores by Country, in Alphabetical Order
Please cite M. Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig, The Handbook of National Legislatures: A Global Survey (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Country PPI
National Assembly of Afghanistan 0.38
Assembly of Albania 0.75
Parliament of Algeria 0.25
National Assembly of Angola 0.44
Argentine National Congress 0.50
Armenian National Assembly 0.56
Parliament of Australia 0.63
Austrian Parliament 0.72
Parliament of Azerbaijan 0.44
National Assembly of Bahrain 0.19
Bangladesh Parliament 0.59
National Assembly of Belarus 0.25
Federal Parliament of Belgium 0.75
National Assembly of Benin 0.56
National Assembly of Bhutan 0.22 Bolivian National Congress 0.44
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.63
National Assembly of Botswana 0.44
National Congress of Brazil 0.56
National Assembly of Bulgaria 0.78
National Assembly of Burkina Faso 0.53
Parliament of Burundi 0.41
National Assembly of Cambodia 0.59
National Assembly of Cameroon 0.25
Parliament of Canada 0.72
National Assembly of the Central African Republic 0.34
National Assembly of Chad 0.22
Congress of Chile 0.56
Chinese National People’s Congress 0.34
Congress of Colombia 0.56
Assembly of Comoros 0.38
Parliament of Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) 0.38
National Assembly of Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) 0.25
Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica 0.53
National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire 0.38
Parliament of Croatia 0.78
National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba 0.28 House of Representatives of Cyprus 0.41
Parliament of the Czech Republic 0.81
Parliament of Denmark 0.78
National Congress of the Dominican Republic 0.41
National Congress of Ecuador 0.53
People’s Assembly of Egypt 0.28
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador 0.59
National Assembly of Eritrea 0.25
Parliament of Estonia 0.75
Parliament of Ethiopia 0.50
Parliament of Fiji 0.63
Parliament of Finland 0.72
Parliament of France 0.56
Parliament of Gabon 0.44
National Assembly of The Gambia 0.31
Parliament of Georgia 0.59
Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany 0.84
Parliament of Ghana 0.47
Parliament of Greece 0.81
Congress of Guatemala 0.50
National Assembly of Guinea 0.31
National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau 0.25 National Assembly of Guyana 0.38
National Assembly of Haiti 0.44
National Congress of Honduras 0.53
National Assembly of Hungary 0.75
Parliament of India 0.63
House of Representatives of Indonesia 0.56
Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran 0.44
Council of Representatives of Iraq 0.63
Parliament of Ireland 0.66
Parliament of Israel 0.75
Parliament of Italy 0.84
Parliament of Jamaica 0.63
National Diet of Japan 0.66
National Assembly of Jordan 0.22
Parliament of Kazakhstan 0.38
National Assembly of Kenya 0.31
Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea (DPRK) 0.13
National Assembly of South Korea (ROK) 0.59
National Assembly of Kuwait 0.38
Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan 0.47
National Assembly of Laos 0.28
Parliament of Latvia 0.78 National Assembly of Lebanon 0.50
Parliament of Lesotho 0.53
National Assembly of Liberia 0.44
General People’s Congress of Libya 0.13
Parliament of Lithuania 0.78
Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia 0.81
National Assembly of Madagascar 0.41
National Assembly of Malawi 0.38
Parliament of Malaysia 0.34
National Assembly of Mali 0.34
Parliament of Mauritania 0.31
National Assembly of Mauritius 0.66
Mexican Congress 0.44
Parliament of Moldova 0.75
Great State Assembly of Mongolia 0.84
Parliament of Morocco 0.31
Assembly of Mozambique 0.44
People’s Assembly of Myanmar (Burma) 0.00
National Assembly of Namibia 0.50
Parliament of Nepal 0.44
States-General of the Netherlands 0.78
Parliament of New Zealand 0.69 National Assembly of Nicaragua 0.69
National Assembly of Niger 0.50
National Assembly of Nigeria 0.47
Parliament of Norway 0.72
Council of Oman 0.16
Parliament of Pakistan 0.44
National Assembly of Panama 0.50
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 0.66
Congress of Paraguay 0.56
Congress of Peru 0.66
Congress of the Philippines 0.56
Parliament of Poland 0.75
Assembly of Portugal 0.63
Consultative Council of Qatar 0.22
Parliament of Romania 0.72
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation 0.44
Parliament of Rwanda 0.47
Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia 0.09
National Assembly of Senegal 0.44
National Assembly of Serbia 0.69
Parliament of Sierra Leone 0.41
Parliament of Singapore 0.38 National Council of the Slovak Republic 0.72
Parliament of Slovenia 0.75
Transitional Federal Assembly of Somalia 0.00
Parliament of South Africa 0.63
The General Courts of Spain 0.72
Parliament of Sri Lanka 0.50
National Legislature of Sudan 0.22
Parliament of Swaziland 0.25
Parliament of Sweden 0.72
Federal Assembly of Switzerland 0.72
People’s Assembly of Syria 0.31
Legislative Yuan of Taiwan, Republic of China 0.59
Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan 0.31
National Assembly of Tanzania 0.31
National Assembly of Thailand 0.59
National Parliament of Timor-Leste 0.47
National Assembly of Togo 0.38
Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago 0.53
National Parliament of Tunisia 0.28
Turkish Grand National Assembly 0.78
People’s Council of Turkmenistan 0.06
National Assembly of Uganda 0.44 Supreme Council of Ukraine 0.59
Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates 0.06
Parliament of the United Kingdom 0.78
Congress of the United States of America 0.63
Uruguayan General Assembly 0.66
Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan 0.28
National Assembly of Venezuela 0.53
National Assembly of Vietnam 0.34
Parliament of Yemen 0.44
National Assembly of Zambia 0.28
Parliament of Zimbabwe 0.31