Data for 2008

Political Corruption Index, 2008

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2008
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2008 covers 175 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.959; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.571. Against 2007, 65 values changed (30 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2008

HighestChad

0.959

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

175countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.959
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.957
3	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.956
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.946
5	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.943
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.937
=7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.933
=7	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.933
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.929
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.928
=11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.923
=11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.923
13	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.912
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.901
15	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.899
16	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.896
=17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.882
=17	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.882
19	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.878
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.871
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.868
22	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.865
23	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
=24	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.858
=24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.858
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.855
27	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.854
=28	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.846
=28	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.846
=30	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.845
=30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.845
=32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.842
=32	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.842
34	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.839
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.833
37	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.831
38	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.829
39	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.824
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.811
41	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.807
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.806
43	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.804
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.797
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.795
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.785
47	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.778
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.777
=49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.757
=49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.757
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.756
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.749
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.740
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.739
55	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.737
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.734
57	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.731
58	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.729
59	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.728
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.727
61	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.712
62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.711
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.707
64	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.696
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.681
67	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.680
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.660
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.658
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.654
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.650
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.646
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.638
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.637
75	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.631
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.627
77	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.625
=78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
=78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.619
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.612
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.609
82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.605
83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.603
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.594
85	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.586
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.582
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
88	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.571
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.570
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.569
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.565
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.563
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.561
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.553
95	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.552
=96	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.551
=96	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.551
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.548
99	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.539
100	Peru`PER`South America	0.533
101	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.525
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.519
103	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.513
104	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.507
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.505
106	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.494
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.475
108	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.469
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.465
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.460
111	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.446
112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.442
113	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.441
114	Colombia`COL`South America	0.408
115	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.406
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.397
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.359
118	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.352
119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.341
120	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.331
121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.326
122	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.311
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.303
124	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.285
125	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.273
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.272
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.270
128	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.262
129	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.258
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.229
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.207
132	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.199
133	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.188
135	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.187
136	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.170
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
=138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.146
=138	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.146
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.145
141	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.135
142	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.132
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.130
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
145	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.108
146	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.107
147	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.104
148	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.095
=149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.091
=149	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.091
151	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.085
152	Chile`CHL`South America	0.061
=153	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.060
=153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.060
155	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
156	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.057
157	United States`USA`Northern America	0.055
158	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.050
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
=163	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.033
=163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.033
165	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.024
167	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.016
168	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
170	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
172	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
173	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
174	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
175	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad0.959
2Afghanistan0.957
3Azerbaijan0.956
4Somalia0.946
5Venezuela0.943

Lowest

175Denmark0.002
174Sweden0.004
173Norway0.006
172New Zealand0.009
171Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.571. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
65values changed, of 175 in both
30 · 35rose · fell
110unchanged

Rose most

Zambia0.198 → 0.341+0.143
Pakistan0.866 → 0.929+0.063
Italy0.231 → 0.273+0.042
South Korea0.132 → 0.170+0.038
Albania0.722 → 0.757+0.035

Fell most

Maldives0.697 → 0.627−0.070
Paraguay0.809 → 0.757−0.052
Bhutan0.145 → 0.095−0.050
Nepal0.755 → 0.727−0.028
Ecuador0.680 → 0.660−0.020

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 2008.
161 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.933. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2008). Political Corruption Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2008

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