Data for 1991

Political Corruption Index, 1991

Name: Political Corruption Index, 1991
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1991, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 1991 covers 169 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.959; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.512. Against 1990, 55 values changed (30 up, 25 down), 3 countries joined.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 1991

HighestChad

0.959

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

169countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
155distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.959
2	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.940
3	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.931
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.905
5	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.888
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.882
7	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.880
8	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.878
9	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.872
10	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.871
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.869
12	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.863
13	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
14	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.859
15	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.857
=16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.853
=16	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.853
18	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.852
19	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.850
20	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.840
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.838
22	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.831
23	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.829
24	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.826
25	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.822
26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.820
27	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.819
28	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.818
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.816
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.815
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.795
32	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.791
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.790
34	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.788
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	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.760
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.748
41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.743
42	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.734
43	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.725
=44	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.720
=44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.720
46	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.716
47	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.714
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.709
49	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.704
=50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.701
=50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.701
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.697
53	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.686
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.682
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.680
56	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.664
57	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.656
=58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.649
=58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.649
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.633
=61	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.631
=61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.631
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.630
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.629
65	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.624
66	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.613
67	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.612
=68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.605
=68	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.605
70	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.589
71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.588
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.583
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.566
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.562
76	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.555
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.550
=78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.540
=78	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.540
80	Peru`PER`South America	0.538
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.534
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.532
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.524
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.513
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.512
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.502
=87	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.497
=87	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.497
89	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.496
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.494
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.483
92	Colombia`COL`South America	0.478
93	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.473
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.465
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.464
=96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.460
=96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.460
98	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.458
99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.450
=100	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.441
=100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.441
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.431
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.427
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.425
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.419
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.415
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.414
108	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.413
109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.401
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.398
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.394
112	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.392
113	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.383
=114	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.375
=114	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.375
116	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.374
=117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.364
=117	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.364
119	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.340
120	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.323
121	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.271
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.269
123	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.264
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.258
125	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.255
=126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.253
=126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.253
128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.236
129	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.223
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.196
131	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
132	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.184
133	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.174
134	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
135	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.171
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
137	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.143
=138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.141
=138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.141
140	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.138
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.131
142	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.127
143	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.117
144	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.115
145	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.105
146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.087
147	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.084
148	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.065
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.063
150	Chile`CHL`South America	0.061
151	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
152	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.057
153	United States`USA`Northern America	0.055
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.047
155	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.046
156	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.038
157	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
158	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.033
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.030
160	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.018
162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
163	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
164	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
165	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
166	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
167	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
168	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
169	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad0.959
2Indonesia0.940
3Paraguay0.931
4Turkmenistan0.905
5Iraq0.888

Lowest

169Denmark0.002
168Sweden0.004
167Norway0.006
166New Zealand0.009
165Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.512. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
55values changed, of 166 in both
30 · 25rose · fell
111unchanged

Rose most

Albania0.130 → 0.502+0.372
Zambia0.224 → 0.450+0.226
Chad0.760 → 0.959+0.199
Latvia0.202 → 0.364+0.162
Russia0.413 → 0.540+0.127

Fell most

Eritrea0.848 → 0.497−0.351
Republic of the Congo0.912 → 0.686−0.226
Panama0.703 → 0.576−0.127
Liberia0.925 → 0.818−0.107
Guinea0.911 → 0.819−0.092

+ Croatia

+ North Macedonia+ Somaliland

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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 1991.
155 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.853. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 169 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1991). Political Corruption Index, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/1991

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