Data for 2015

Political Corruption Index, 2015

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2015
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2015 covers 176 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.965; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.530. Against 2014, 89 values changed (44 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2015

HighestChad

0.965

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.965
2	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.961
3	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.946
4	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.941
5	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.940
6	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.938
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.934
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.933
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.929
10	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.925
11	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.904
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.891
13	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.888
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.885
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.883
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.873
17	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.872
18	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.871
19	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.870
20	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.869
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.865
22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.860
23	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.859
=24	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.856
=24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.856
26	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
=27	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.850
=27	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.850
29	Armenia`ARM`Western 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	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.837
=34	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.835
=34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.835
36	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.832
37	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.826
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.824
39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.798
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.793
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.785
42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.784
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.780
44	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.777
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.775
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.767
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.761
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.748
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.744
50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.736
51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.732
52	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.731
=53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.728
=53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.728
55	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.727
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.724
57	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	0.709
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.707
63	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.691
65	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.684
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.683
67	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.677
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.673
69	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.667
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.661
71	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.654
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.647
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.642
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.641
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.640
76	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.616
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.613
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.612
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.608
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.605
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.604
82	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.581
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.574
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.573
85	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.566
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.559
=87	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.532
=87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.532
=89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.527
=89	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.527
=91	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.525
=91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.525
93	Peru`PER`South America	0.524
94	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.521
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.519
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.515
97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.512
98	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.511
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.507
=100	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.506
=100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.506
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.499
103	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.493
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.492
105	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.480
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.469
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.458
108	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.451
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.439
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.429
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.427
112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.418
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.416
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.414
115	Colombia`COL`South America	0.389
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.386
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.345
118	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.322
119	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.316
120	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.315
121	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.302
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.300
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.294
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.291
125	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.289
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.255
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.247
128	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.233
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.229
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.222
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.214
=132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.207
=132	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.207
134	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.198
135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.188
136	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.184
137	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.149
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.147
139	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.145
140	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.142
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.137
142	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.131
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
144	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.111
145	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.107
146	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.101
147	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.098
148	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.097
149	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.093
150	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.088
151	Chile`CHL`South America	0.085
152	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.082
153	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.080
154	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.074
=155	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.053
=155	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.053
=155	United States`USA`Northern America	0.053
158	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.043
159	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.042
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	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.021
=166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.021
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.019
=169	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.012
=169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.012
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	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.008
175	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.006
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad0.965
2DR Congo0.961
3Azerbaijan0.946
4Tajikistan0.941
5Venezuela0.940

Lowest

176Denmark0.002
175Norway0.006
174Sweden0.008
173New Zealand0.009
172Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
89values changed, of 176 in both
44 · 45rose · fell
87unchanged

Rose most

Bulgaria0.406 → 0.527+0.121
Moldova0.723 → 0.798+0.075
Lesotho0.490 → 0.559+0.069
Senegal0.268 → 0.315+0.047
Egypt0.689 → 0.731+0.042

Fell most

Guyana0.560 → 0.416−0.144
Sri Lanka0.647 → 0.515−0.132
Myanmar0.660 → 0.532−0.128
Nepal0.719 → 0.647−0.072
Indonesia0.756 → 0.691−0.065

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 2015.
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 (2015). Political Corruption Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2015

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