Data for 2014

Political Corruption Index, 2014

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.966; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.556. Against 2013, 67 values changed (29 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2014

HighestVenezuela

0.966

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.966
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.965
=3	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.953
=3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.953
5	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.946
6	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.941
7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.938
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.934
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.929
=10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.925
=10	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.925
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.899
=13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.891
=13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.891
15	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.879
16	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.871
17	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.870
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.867
=19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.865
=19	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.865
21	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.862
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.859
23	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.856
24	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
25	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.850
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.849
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.848
=28	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.847
=28	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.847
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.843
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.842
32	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.839
33	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.838
=34	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.835
=34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.825
37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.821
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.811
39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.806
=40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.804
=40	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.804
42	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.801
43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.785
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.777
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.775
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.767
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.758
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.756
49	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.752
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.744
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.739
52	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.732
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.728
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.723
55	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.720
=56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.719
=56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.719
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.713
=59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.712
=59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.712
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.704
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.699
63	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.694
65	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.693
66	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.689
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	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.671
71	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.667
72	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.660
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.654
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.647
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.642
76	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.641
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.625
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.609
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.608
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.605
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.604
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.602
83	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.581
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.576
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.574
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.573
87	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.568
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.560
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.551
90	Peru`PER`South America	0.540
91	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.539
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.532
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.525
94	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.521
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.519
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.515
97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.511
=98	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.506
=98	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.506
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.505
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.504
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.493
103	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.490
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.483
105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.481
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.469
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.462
108	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.442
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.440
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.439
111	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.430
112	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.427
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.418
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.414
115	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.406
116	Colombia`COL`South America	0.385
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.345
118	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.340
119	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.316
120	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.302
121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.300
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.299
123	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.297
124	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.268
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.256
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.255
127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.250
128	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.229
129	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.228
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.219
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.214
132	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.213
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.208
134	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.198
135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.190
136	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.179
137	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.169
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.153
139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.142
140	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.140
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.137
142	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.131
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
144	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.107
145	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.098
=146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.097
=146	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.097
=146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.097
=149	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.094
=149	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.094
151	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.091
152	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.088
153	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.082
154	Chile`CHL`South America	0.077
=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	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.040
161	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.039
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 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.966
2Chad0.965
3DR Congoshared0.953
3Nigeriashared0.953
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.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
67values changed, of 176 in both
29 · 38rose · fell
109unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye0.712 → 0.777+0.065
Thailand0.649 → 0.671+0.022
Timor-Leste0.278 → 0.299+0.021
Haiti0.832 → 0.849+0.017
Libya0.785 → 0.801+0.016

Fell most

Madagascar0.939 → 0.848−0.091
Ukraine0.887 → 0.804−0.083
Burkina Faso0.472 → 0.430−0.042
Central African Republic0.878 → 0.838−0.040
Slovenia0.132 → 0.097−0.035

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 2014.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.097. 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 (2014). Political Corruption Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2014

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