Data for 2010

Political Corruption Index, 2010

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2010 covers 175 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.959; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.579. Against 2009, 101 values changed (46 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2010

Highest2 countries share it

0.959

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

175countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
=1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.959
=1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.959
3	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.954
4	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.952
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.950
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.949
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.945
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.941
=9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.933
=9	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.933
=11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.925
=11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.925
13	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.923
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.912
15	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.901
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.898
17	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.895
18	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.883
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.882
20	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.873
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.868
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.867
23	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.865
24	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.862
25	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.860
26	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.858
27	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
28	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.854
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.850
=30	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.847
=30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.847
=30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.847
33	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.846
34	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.844
=35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.842
=35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.842
37	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.839
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.831
=40	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.824
=40	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.824
42	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.813
43	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.801
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.793
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.786
46	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.785
47	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.767
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.766
49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.757
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.756
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.747
52	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.737
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.736
54	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.730
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.728
=56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.723
=56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.723
=56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.723
59	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.712
60	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.709
61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.707
62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.693
64	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.689
65	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.680
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.678
=67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.670
=67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.670
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.665
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.660
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.652
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.650
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.645
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.638
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.636
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.633
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.631
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.630
79	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.629
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.624
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.611
83	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.607
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.605
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.602
86	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.594
87	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.589
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.579
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
=90	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.570
=90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.570
=90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.570
93	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.569
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.565
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.563
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.551
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.549
=98	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.544
=98	Peru`PER`South America	0.544
100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.539
101	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.521
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.519
103	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.516
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.511
105	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.507
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.503
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.494
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.487
109	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.475
110	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.469
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.460
112	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.441
113	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.424
114	Colombia`COL`South America	0.399
115	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.394
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.379
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.359
118	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.350
119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.349
120	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.331
121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.314
122	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.295
123	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.291
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.273
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.272
126	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.256
127	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.246
128	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.241
129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.234
130	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.216
131	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.209
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.207
133	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.188
135	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.180
136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.146
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.144
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.140
=141	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.137
=141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.137
143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.118
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
145	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.108
146	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.107
147	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.102
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.097
149	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.093
150	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.091
151	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.086
152	Chile`CHL`South America	0.068
=153	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.060
=153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.060
155	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
156	United States`USA`Northern America	0.054
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.042
158	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.041
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.040
160	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.038
161	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
162	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
163	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.030
=164	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.028
=164	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.028
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.022
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 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistanshared0.959
1Chadshared0.959
3Venezuela0.954
4Azerbaijan0.952
5Nigeria0.950

Lowest

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

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.579. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
101values changed, of 175 in both
46 · 55rose · fell
74unchanged

Rose most

Hungary0.275 → 0.350+0.075
Türkiye0.582 → 0.652+0.070
Sri Lanka0.568 → 0.630+0.062
Uganda0.784 → 0.813+0.029
Malawi0.632 → 0.660+0.028

Fell most

Niger0.730 → 0.611−0.119
Kenya0.739 → 0.650−0.089
Philippines0.804 → 0.723−0.081
Moldova0.768 → 0.689−0.079
Croatia0.368 → 0.291−0.077

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 2010.
159 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.847. 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 (2010). Political Corruption Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2010

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