Data for 1997

Political Corruption Index, 1997

Name: Political Corruption Index, 1997
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1997, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 1997 covers 171 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.958; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.568. Against 1996, 38 values changed (19 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 1997

HighestSomalia

0.958

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

171countries
1measure
1997the 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.958
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.957
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.940
4	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.930
5	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.928
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.923
7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.917
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.915
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.905
10	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.901
11	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.893
12	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.891
13	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.888
14	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.884
15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.882
16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.881
17	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.878
=18	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.872
=18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.872
20	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.869
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.862
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.861
23	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
=24	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.853
=24	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.853
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.849
27	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.845
28	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.841
29	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.840
=30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.831
=30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.831
32	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.826
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.824
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.819
35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.815
=36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.812
=36	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.812
=38	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.805
=38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.805
40	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.801
=41	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.796
=41	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.796
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.795
44	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.792
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.787
46	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.786
=47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.779
=47	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.779
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.778
50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.776
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.774
=52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.756
=52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.756
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.736
55	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.726
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.719
57	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.718
=58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.717
=58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.717
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.713
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.709
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.708
=63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.707
=63	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.707
65	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.704
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.696
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.694
68	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.692
69	Peru`PER`South America	0.691
70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.688
71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.661
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.643
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.641
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.640
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.629
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.622
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
78	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.616
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.612
80	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.611
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.584
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.582
83	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.580
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.574
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.568
87	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.561
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.557
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.555
=90	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.551
=90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.551
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.540
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.534
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.524
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.516
=96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.506
=96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.506
98	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.500
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.483
100	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.479
101	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.470
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.468
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.465
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.464
105	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.459
106	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.441
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.438
108	Colombia`COL`South America	0.434
109	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.432
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.425
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.414
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.406
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.398
114	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.395
=115	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.380
=115	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.380
117	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.374
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.372
119	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.348
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.340
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.333
122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.309
123	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.290
124	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.277
125	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.268
126	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.262
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.253
=128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.245
=128	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.245
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.237
131	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.200
132	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.199
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.192
134	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.184
136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
138	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.166
139	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.152
140	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.148
141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.138
142	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.135
143	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.127
144	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.117
145	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.111
146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.091
147	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.088
148	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.084
149	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.065
150	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.063
151	Chile`CHL`South America	0.061
152	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.060
153	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
154	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.057
155	United States`USA`Northern America	0.055
156	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.041
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.038
=158	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
=158	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.035
160	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
161	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.030
162	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
163	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.018
164	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
166	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
167	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
168	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
169	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
170	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia0.958
2Chad0.957
3Indonesia0.940
4Liberia0.930
5Azerbaijan0.928

Lowest

171Denmark0.002
170Sweden0.004
169Norway0.006
168New Zealand0.009
167Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.568. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
38values changed, of 171 in both
19 · 19rose · fell
133unchanged

Rose most

Republic of the Congo0.629 → 0.805+0.176
Nicaragua0.658 → 0.805+0.147
Guyana0.434 → 0.555+0.121
Liberia0.849 → 0.930+0.081
Togo0.782 → 0.853+0.071

Fell most

Iran0.633 → 0.516−0.117
Belarus0.476 → 0.398−0.078
Afghanistan0.849 → 0.787−0.062
Thailand0.751 → 0.694−0.057
Sierra Leone0.734 → 0.692−0.042

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 1997.
156 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.872. 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 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1997). Political Corruption Index, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/1997

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