Data for 2013

Political Corruption Index, 2013

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2013 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.968; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.556. Against 2012, 138 values changed (59 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2013

HighestVenezuela

0.968

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
162distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.968
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.965
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.954
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.949
5	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.946
6	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.941
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.940
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.939
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.938
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.934
11	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.933
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.929
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.906
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.900
15	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.895
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.887
17	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.882
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.879
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.878
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.874
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.870
22	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.867
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.865
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.862
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.859
26	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.856
27	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
28	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.852
29	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.850
=30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.847
=30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.847
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.843
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.842
34	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.839
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.832
37	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.828
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.821
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.809
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.806
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.804
=42	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.785
=42	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.785
44	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.775
=45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.758
=45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.758
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.753
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.752
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.744
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.739
51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.732
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.729
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.723
54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.721
55	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.720
56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.719
57	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.714
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.713
=59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.712
=59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.712
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.703
62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.696
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.694
65	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.693
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.691
67	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.684
68	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.677
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.674
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.667
71	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.660
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.652
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.649
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.645
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.642
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.638
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.623
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.622
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.618
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.605
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.604
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.602
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.582
84	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.581
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.574
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.573
87	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.567
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.560
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.551
90	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.543
91	Peru`PER`South America	0.540
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.532
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.525
=94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.521
=94	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.521
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.515
97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.511
98	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.506
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.505
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.504
=101	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.493
=101	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.493
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.491
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.490
105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.479
106	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.472
107	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.469
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.467
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.462
110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.441
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.440
112	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.434
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.418
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.414
115	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.412
116	Colombia`COL`South America	0.385
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.346
118	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.345
119	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.316
120	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.309
121	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.302
122	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.297
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.278
124	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.268
=125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.256
=125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.256
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.255
=128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.238
=128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.238
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.229
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.214
132	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.213
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.199
134	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.196
135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
136	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.188
137	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.169
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.155
=139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.137
=139	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.137
141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.135
142	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.132
143	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.131
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
145	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.107
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.098
=147	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.097
=147	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.097
149	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.091
150	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.090
151	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.088
152	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.087
153	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.085
154	Chile`CHL`South America	0.076
=155	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.053
=155	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.053
=155	United States`USA`Northern America	0.053
158	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.049
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.043
=160	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.040
=160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.040
162	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
163	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.030
164	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.027
165	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.026
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.024
167	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.023
168	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.022
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.012
=170	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.011
=170	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 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.968
2Chad0.965
3Nigeria0.954
4DR Congo0.949
5Azerbaijan0.946

Lowest

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

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.556. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 176 in both
59 · 79rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Mexico0.663 → 0.758+0.095
South Sudan0.812 → 0.870+0.058
Maldives0.657 → 0.714+0.057
Zambia0.205 → 0.256+0.051
Moldova0.677 → 0.723+0.046

Fell most

Rwanda0.551 → 0.418−0.133
Romania0.588 → 0.467−0.121
Gabon0.888 → 0.775−0.113
Senegal0.372 → 0.268−0.104
Benin0.605 → 0.515−0.090

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 2013.
162 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.053. 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 (2013). Political Corruption Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2013

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