Data for 1999

Political Corruption Index, 1999

Name: Political Corruption Index, 1999
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1999, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's Political Corruption Index asks how pervasive corruption is across the state — bribery and embezzlement in the executive and the wider public sector, and corruption in the legislature and the courts. It runs from 0 to 1, and unlike V-Dem's other indices a higher figure is worse: more corrupt.

Political Corruption Index, 1999 covers 173 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.958; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.568. Against 1998, 40 values changed (21 up, 19 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 1999

HighestSomalia

0.958

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

173countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
163distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: 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	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.953
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.939
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.930
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.925
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.923
8	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.917
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.905
10	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.901
11	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.896
12	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.888
13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.885
14	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.884
15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.882
=16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.881
=16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.881
18	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.878
=19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.872
=19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.872
21	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.869
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.862
23	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.861
24	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
=25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.853
=25	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.853
27	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.849
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.845
29	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.839
30	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.836
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
32	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.834
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.831
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.822
=35	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.819
=35	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.819
37	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.815
38	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.812
39	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.808
40	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.805
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.798
42	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern 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	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.784
47	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.783
48	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.779
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.774
50	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.771
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.769
52	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.768
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.763
54	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.762
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.758
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.756
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.743
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.731
59	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.726
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.719
61	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.718
62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.717
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.714
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.713
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.710
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.709
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.705
68	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.704
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.698
70	Peru`PER`South America	0.680
71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.661
72	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.647
=73	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.640
=73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.640
=73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.640
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.629
77	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.627
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.612
80	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.600
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.592
82	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.589
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.583
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.573
86	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.569
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.568
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.561
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.557
=90	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.551
=90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.551
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.545
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.544
94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.540
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.516
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.508
=97	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.506
=97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.506
99	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.500
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.494
101	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.492
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.490
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.479
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.470
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.468
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.465
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.463
108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.460
109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.441
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.438
111	Colombia`COL`South America	0.434
112	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.432
113	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.425
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.414
115	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.406
116	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.395
117	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.380
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.372
119	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.369
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.340
121	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.330
122	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.318
123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.314
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.309
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.277
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.273
127	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.266
128	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.256
129	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.255
130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.253
131	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.245
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.237
133	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.199
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.192
=135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.190
=135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.179
138	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.176
139	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.148
142	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.138
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.135
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.127
145	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.117
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.108
147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.103
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.091
149	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.088
150	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.084
151	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.065
152	Chile`CHL`South America	0.061
153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.060
154	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
155	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.057
156	United States`USA`Northern America	0.055
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.051
158	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.041
159	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.038
=160	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
=160	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.035
162	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.032
163	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
164	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
165	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.018
166	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
168	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
170	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
171	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
172	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia0.958
2Chad0.957
3Azerbaijan0.953
4DR Congo0.939
5Liberia0.930

Lowest

173Denmark0.002
172Sweden0.004
171Norway0.006
170New Zealand0.009
169Singapore0.010

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

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

+1 / −0countries joined / left
40values changed, of 172 in both
21 · 19rose · fell
132unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands0.374 → 0.460+0.086
Nigeria0.840 → 0.925+0.085
Algeria0.582 → 0.647+0.065
Montenegro0.488 → 0.544+0.056
Venezuela0.696 → 0.731+0.035

Fell most

Niger0.616 → 0.492−0.124
Indonesia0.846 → 0.758−0.088
Zambia0.575 → 0.490−0.085
Estonia0.159 → 0.103−0.056
Sudan0.824 → 0.784−0.040

+ Kosovo

04Caveats

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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, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1999.
163 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.640. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1999). Political Corruption Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/1999

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