Data for 2011

Political Corruption Index, 2011

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2011 covers 176 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 0.966; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.579. Against 2010, 64 values changed (27 up, 37 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2011

HighestMadagascar

0.966

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.966
=2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.959
=2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.959
4	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.958
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.954
6	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.952
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.945
8	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.933
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.930
=10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.925
=10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.925
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.923
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.912
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.908
15	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.901
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.892
17	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.891
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.889
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	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.861
25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
=26	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.854
=26	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.854
28	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.853
29	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.847
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.845
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.844
=32	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.842
=32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.842
34	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.839
35	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.836
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.829
=38	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.824
=38	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.824
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.815
41	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.812
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.795
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.786
44	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.785
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.767
46	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.766
47	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.757
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.756
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.749
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.739
51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.737
=52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.736
=52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.736
54	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.730
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.723
=56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.716
=56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.716
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.707
59	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.700
60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.693
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.692
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.689
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.678
=65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.674
=65	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.674
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.670
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.666
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.665
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.660
=71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.658
=71	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.658
73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.641
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.638
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.637
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.633
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.630
78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.624
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.622
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.608
82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.607
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.605
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.597
85	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.589
=86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.583
=86	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.583
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.582
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	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.565
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.563
95	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.561
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.551
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.549
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.544
=99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.521
=99	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.521
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.519
102	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.516
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.511
104	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.507
105	Peru`PER`South America	0.506
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.500
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.493
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.487
109	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.478
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	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.394
115	Colombia`COL`South America	0.393
116	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.385
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.379
118	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.359
119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.335
120	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.331
121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.314
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.308
123	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.295
=124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.273
=124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.273
126	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.256
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.255
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.248
129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.234
130	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.211
=131	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.209
=131	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.209
133	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.188
135	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.185
136	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.180
137	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
138	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.169
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.146
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.145
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.144
142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.137
143	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.132
144	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.118
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.108
147	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.107
148	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.101
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.097
150	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.093
151	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.091
152	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.085
=153	Chile`CHL`South America	0.068
=153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.068
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.065
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
157	United States`USA`Northern America	0.054
=158	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.041
=158	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.041
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.040
161	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.036
162	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
163	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
164	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.030
=165	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.028
=165	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.028
167	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.024
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.016
169	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.013
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.011
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
173	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
175	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.004
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar0.966
2Afghanistanshared0.959
2Chadshared0.959
4Venezuela0.958
5Nigeria0.954

Lowest

176Denmark0.002
175Sweden0.004
174Norway0.006
173New Zealand0.009
172Singapore0.010

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

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
64values changed, of 175 in both
27 · 37rose · fell
111unchanged

Rose most

Hungary0.350 → 0.385+0.035
Sudan0.801 → 0.829+0.028
Papua New Guinea0.631 → 0.658+0.027
North Macedonia0.636 → 0.658+0.022
Madagascar0.949 → 0.966+0.017

Fell most

Tunisia0.862 → 0.335−0.527
Egypt0.831 → 0.622−0.209
Myanmar0.847 → 0.739−0.108
Côte d’Ivoire0.629 → 0.583−0.046
Zambia0.349 → 0.308−0.041

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
158 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.570. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2011). Political Corruption Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2011

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