Data for 2017

Political Corruption Index, 2017

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2017
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2017 covers 176 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 0.965; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.521. Against 2016, 143 values changed (65 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2017

HighestDR Congo

0.965

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.965
2	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.948
3	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.943
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.940
5	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.934
=6	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.932
=6	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.932
8	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.923
9	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.921
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.915
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.909
12	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.908
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.901
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.898
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.897
16	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.894
17	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.878
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.873
19	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.868
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.867
21	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.858
=22	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
=22	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.855
=22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.855
25	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.852
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.851
27	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.843
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.840
29	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.837
30	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.835
=31	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.832
=31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.832
33	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.829
34	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.822
35	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.821
36	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.813
37	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.811
38	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.798
39	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.781
40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.780
41	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.778
42	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.776
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.773
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.763
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.758
46	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.757
47	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.754
48	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.751
49	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.747
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.744
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.741
52	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.740
=53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.736
=53	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.736
55	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.724
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.722
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.708
58	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.705
=59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.702
=59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.702
61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.697
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.694
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.683
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.682
65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.677
66	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.674
=67	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.666
=67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.666
=67	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.666
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.660
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.653
72	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.651
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.631
=74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.629
=74	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.629
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.627
77	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.619
78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.614
79	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.612
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.601
81	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.554
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.546
=83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.539
=83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.539
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.535
86	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.531
87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.525
88	Peru`PER`South America	0.522
89	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.520
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.518
91	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.511
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.505
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.504
=94	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.500
=94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.500
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.495
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.491
=98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.490
=98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.490
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.481
101	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.469
102	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.465
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.461
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.453
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.419
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.411
107	Colombia`COL`South America	0.399
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.397
109	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.395
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.394
=111	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.392
=111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.392
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.386
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.383
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.367
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.349
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.346
118	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.342
119	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.334
120	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.326
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.322
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.295
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.293
124	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.285
125	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.268
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.255
127	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.253
128	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.251
129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.247
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.210
=131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.204
=131	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.204
133	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.192
134	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.186
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.155
136	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.148
137	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.147
138	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.134
=139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.129
=139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.129
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.128
142	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.126
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.122
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.117
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
146	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.110
147	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.107
148	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.104
149	United States`USA`Northern America	0.100
150	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.096
151	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.094
152	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.093
153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.077
154	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.076
155	Chile`CHL`South America	0.073
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.053
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.051
158	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.049
159	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.042
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.038
=161	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.031
=161	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.027
=164	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.026
=164	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.026
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.022
167	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.021
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.019
=169	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.012
=169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.012
=169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.012
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
=173	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
=173	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.009
175	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.008
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1DR Congo0.965
2Burundi0.948
3Azerbaijan0.943
4Chad0.940
5Syria0.934

Lowest

176Denmark0.002
175Sweden0.008
173New Zealandshared0.009
173Norwayshared0.009
172Singapore0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.521. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 176 in both
65 · 78rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Romania0.352 → 0.461+0.109
Timor-Leste0.280 → 0.349+0.069
Gabon0.775 → 0.829+0.054
Cuba0.583 → 0.631+0.048
Zambia0.319 → 0.367+0.048

Fell most

Gambia0.565 → 0.293−0.272
North Macedonia0.723 → 0.539−0.184
Angola0.865 → 0.724−0.141
South Korea0.233 → 0.134−0.099
Ecuador0.707 → 0.627−0.080

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 2017.
156 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.855. 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 (2017). Political Corruption Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2017

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