Data for 2004

Political Corruption Index, 2004

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2004
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2004 covers 174 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 0.959; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.565. Against 2003, 44 values changed (21 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2004

HighestAzerbaijan

0.959

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

174countries
1measure
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.959
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.957
3	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.939
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.938
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.936
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.930
7	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.928
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.923
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.917
10	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.913
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.905
12	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.901
13	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.900
14	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.899
=15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.896
=15	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.896
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.887
18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.882
19	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.878
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.872
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.868
22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.867
=23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.866
=23	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.866
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.861
26	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
27	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.858
=28	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.853
=28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.853
30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.847
31	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.845
32	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.844
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.839
34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.831
36	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.825
37	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.818
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.811
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.810
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.809
41	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.807
42	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.805
43	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.804
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.803
45	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.799
46	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.795
47	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.787
48	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.785
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.779
50	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.774
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.756
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.754
=53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.753
=53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.753
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.749
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.744
=57	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.729
=57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.729
=59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.727
=59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.727
61	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.718
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.713
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.711
64	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.709
65	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.683
67	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.680
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.670
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.662
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.654
71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.646
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.640
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.638
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.630
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.624
76	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.623
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.612
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.611
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.600
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.597
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.586
83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.578
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
85	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.570
86	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.569
87	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.566
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.563
89	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.561
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.558
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.556
=92	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.551
=92	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.551
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.545
95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.544
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.540
97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.533
98	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.532
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.525
=100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.519
=100	Peru`PER`South America	0.519
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.513
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.505
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.469
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.468
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.465
107	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.457
108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.449
109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.441
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.425
111	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.423
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.416
113	Colombia`COL`South America	0.408
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.406
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.397
116	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.380
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.359
118	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.326
119	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.324
=120	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.318
=120	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.318
=122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.315
=122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.315
124	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.274
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.272
126	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.271
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.263
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.258
129	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.255
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.207
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.200
132	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.199
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.192
134	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
135	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.174
136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
138	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.162
139	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.151
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.146
141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.145
142	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.138
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.136
144	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.132
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.130
146	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.120
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.108
148	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.092
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.091
150	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.088
151	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.084
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	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.046
159	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.041
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.040
161	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.038
=162	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
=162	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.035
164	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
165	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
166	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.016
167	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
168	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
171	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
172	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
173	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Azerbaijan0.959
2Chad0.957
3Somalia0.939
4DR Congo0.938
5Nigeria0.936

Lowest

174Denmark0.002
173Sweden0.004
172Norway0.006
171New Zealand0.009
170Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.565. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
44values changed, of 174 in both
21 · 23rose · fell
130unchanged

Rose most

Croatia0.309 → 0.457+0.148
Jordan0.372 → 0.505+0.133
Philippines0.744 → 0.804+0.060
Solomon Islands0.520 → 0.578+0.058
Central African Republic0.847 → 0.887+0.040

Fell most

Georgia0.874 → 0.200−0.674
Romania0.779 → 0.711−0.068
Russia0.782 → 0.727−0.055
Iraq0.799 → 0.749−0.050
Guinea-Bissau0.914 → 0.867−0.047

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

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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 2004.
163 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.896. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2004). Political Corruption Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2004

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