Data for 2012

Political Corruption Index, 2012

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2012 covers 176 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 0.966; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.571. Against 2011, 82 values changed (43 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2012

HighestMadagascar

0.966

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.966
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.962
3	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	0.949
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.946
8	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.934
9	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.933
=10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.923
=10	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.923
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.921
13	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.920
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.912
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.903
16	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.901
17	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.892
18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.888
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.882
20	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.874
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.869
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.868
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.861
24	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
25	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.854
=26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.850
=26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.850
=26	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.850
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.848
30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.847
31	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.846
32	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.844
=33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.842
=33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.842
35	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.839
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.829
38	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.824
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.816
40	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.812
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.804
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.795
=43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.785
=43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.785
45	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.768
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.766
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.756
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.750
49	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.748
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.742
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.737
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.736
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.732
54	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.730
55	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.725
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.723
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.716
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.714
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.709
60	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.698
61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.694
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.693
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.686
65	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.680
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.678
=67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.677
=67	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.677
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.675
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.670
71	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.667
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.665
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.663
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.660
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.657
76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.653
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.646
78	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.632
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.630
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.624
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.619
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.612
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.605
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.597
85	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.588
86	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.582
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.576
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.571
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.570
=90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.565
=90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.565
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.563
=93	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.555
=93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.555
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.551
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.544
97	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.540
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.537
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.527
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.521
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.519
102	Peru`PER`South America	0.518
103	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.516
104	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.511
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.500
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.498
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	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.409
115	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.394
116	Colombia`COL`South America	0.384
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.372
118	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.359
119	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.331
120	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.328
121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.314
122	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.309
=123	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.273
=123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.273
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.256
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.255
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.241
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.234
129	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.212
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.209
=131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.208
=131	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.208
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.205
134	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.196
135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
136	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.188
137	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.173
138	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.167
139	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.153
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.147
141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.144
142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.137
143	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.132
144	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.117
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.108
147	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.107
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.097
149	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.096
150	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.093
151	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.088
=152	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.087
=152	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.087
154	Chile`CHL`South America	0.068
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.060
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.059
157	United States`USA`Northern America	0.053
158	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.044
159	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.041
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.040
161	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.035
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.033
163	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
164	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.030
165	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.028
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.026
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 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar0.966
2Afghanistan0.962
3Chad0.959
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 0.571. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
82values changed, of 176 in both
43 · 39rose · fell
94unchanged

Rose most

Egypt0.622 → 0.714+0.092
North Macedonia0.658 → 0.709+0.051
Maldives0.607 → 0.657+0.050
Paraguay0.757 → 0.804+0.047
Mexico0.633 → 0.663+0.030

Fell most

Zambia0.308 → 0.205−0.103
Libya0.836 → 0.768−0.068
Niger0.583 → 0.540−0.043
North Korea0.707 → 0.677−0.030
Yemen0.889 → 0.861−0.028

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 2012.
165 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.850. 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 (2012). Political Corruption Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2012

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