Data for 1990

Political Corruption Index, 1990

Name: Political Corruption Index, 1990
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 1990 covers 166 countries. Indonesia is highest, at 0.940; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.509.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 1990

HighestIndonesia

0.940

LowestDenmark

0.002

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

166countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
156distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Political Corruption Index, 1990, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Political Corruption Index, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.940
2	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.931
3	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.925
4	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.912
5	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.911
6	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.880
7	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.878
8	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.877
9	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.872
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.869
11	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.867
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.864
13	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
14	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.859
15	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.856
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.853
17	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.852
=18	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.851
=18	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.851
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.849
21	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.848
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.840
23	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.839
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.838
25	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.831
=26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.829
=26	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.829
=28	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.822
=28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.822
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.820
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.815
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.795
33	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.791
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.790
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.784
36	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.776
37	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.774
38	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.769
=39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.760
=39	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.760
41	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.757
42	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.747
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.743
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.735
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.732
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.720
47	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.718
48	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.714
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.703
50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.701
51	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.700
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.697
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.682
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.680
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.664
56	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.656
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.649
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.647
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.646
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.638
61	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.637
62	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.633
=63	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.631
=63	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.631
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.630
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.629
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.616
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.613
69	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.612
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.605
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.570
=72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.562
=72	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.562
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.560
75	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.555
76	Peru`PER`South America	0.538
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.534
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.532
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.530
80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.527
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.517
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.513
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.512
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.506
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.497
86	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.485
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.483
88	Colombia`COL`South America	0.478
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.465
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.464
91	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.460
92	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.458
=93	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.441
=93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.441
95	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.431
96	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.430
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.425
98	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.415
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.414
=100	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.413
=100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.413
102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.412
103	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.394
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.393
105	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.383
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.380
=107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.375
=107	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.375
109	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.374
110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.364
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.349
112	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.340
113	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.338
114	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.327
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.291
116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.271
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.266
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.264
119	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.262
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.258
121	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.255
122	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.233
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.224
124	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.223
125	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.202
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.196
127	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
128	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.185
129	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.183
130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.174
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
132	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.171
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.163
135	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.143
136	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.141
=137	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.138
=137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.138
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.130
140	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.117
141	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.115
142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.105
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.087
144	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.084
145	Chile`CHL`South America	0.067
146	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.065
147	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.063
148	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.057
150	United States`USA`Northern America	0.055
151	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.047
152	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.046
153	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.038
154	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
155	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.033
156	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.030
157	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.018
159	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
160	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
161	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
162	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
163	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
164	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
165	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
166	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Indonesia0.940
2Paraguay0.931
3Liberia0.925
4Republic of the Congo0.912
5Guinea0.911

Lowest

166Denmark0.002
165Sweden0.004
164Norway0.006
163New Zealand0.009
162Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.509. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
156 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.851. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Political Corruption Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/1990

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