Data for 1992

Political Corruption Index, 1992

Name: Political Corruption Index, 1992
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 1992 covers 170 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.959; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.530. Against 1991, 71 values changed (45 up, 26 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 1992

HighestChad

0.959

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

170countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
158distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.959
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.958
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.940
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.930
5	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.916
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.905
7	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.896
8	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.890
9	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.888
10	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.882
11	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.880
12	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.878
13	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.872
14	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.869
15	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.865
16	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.861
17	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
=18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.853
=18	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.853
20	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.852
21	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.845
=22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.840
=22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.840
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.838
25	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.831
26	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.826
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.822
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.820
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.819
30	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.818
31	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.816
32	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.813
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.795
34	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.791
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.790
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.784
37	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.781
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.780
39	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.779
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.777
41	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.774
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.771
43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.769
44	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.768
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.765
46	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.751
47	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.743
48	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.734
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.733
50	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.725
=51	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.709
=51	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.709
=51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.709
=54	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.707
=54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.707
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.702
57	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.701
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.697
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.689
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.684
61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.677
=62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.664
=62	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.664
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.645
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.633
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.631
=67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.630
=67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.630
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
70	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.613
71	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.612
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.605
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.597
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.589
75	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.588
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.586
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.584
78	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.583
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
80	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.571
81	Peru`PER`South America	0.560
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.557
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.551
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.550
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.534
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.525
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.524
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.513
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.512
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.510
91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.500
=92	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.496
=92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.496
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.483
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.465
96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.464
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.460
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.444
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.442
=100	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.441
=100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.441
=100	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.441
=100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.441
104	Colombia`COL`South America	0.434
105	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.432
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.431
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.425
108	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.422
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.420
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.414
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.413
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.406
113	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.401
114	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.380
115	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.374
116	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.371
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.364
118	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.355
119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.346
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.331
121	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.319
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.282
123	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.271
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.264
=125	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.262
=125	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.262
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.258
128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.253
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.236
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.222
131	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.212
132	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.184
134	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
135	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.166
137	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.161
138	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.143
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.142
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.141
141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.138
142	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.128
143	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.117
144	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.115
145	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.100
146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.091
147	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.084
148	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.080
149	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.065
150	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.063
151	Chile`CHL`South America	0.061
152	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
153	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.057
154	United States`USA`Northern America	0.055
155	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.047
156	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.046
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.038
158	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
159	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.033
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.030
161	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
162	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.018
163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
165	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
166	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
167	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
168	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
170	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad0.959
2Somalia0.958
3Indonesia0.940
4DR Congo0.930
5Paraguay0.916

Lowest

170Denmark0.002
169Sweden0.004
168Norway0.006
167New Zealand0.009
166Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
71values changed, of 169 in both
45 · 26rose · fell
98unchanged

Rose most

Somalia0.624 → 0.958+0.334
Russia0.540 → 0.733+0.193
Albania0.502 → 0.684+0.182
Afghanistan0.555 → 0.709+0.154
Georgia0.748 → 0.896+0.148

Fell most

Eritrea0.497 → 0.319−0.178
Burkina Faso0.714 → 0.645−0.069
Ireland0.141 → 0.080−0.061
Colombia0.478 → 0.434−0.044
El Salvador0.815 → 0.771−0.044

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 1992.
158 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.441. 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 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Political Corruption Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/1992

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