Data for 2019

Political Corruption Index, 2019

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2019
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2019 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.955; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.517. Against 2018, 138 values changed (71 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2019

HighestVenezuela

0.955

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
163distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.955
2	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.950
3	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.940
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.938
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.937
6	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.934
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.930
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.928
9	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.924
10	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.917
=11	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.910
=11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.910
=13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.905
=13	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.905
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.903
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.901
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.900
18	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.898
19	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.891
20	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.890
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.882
22	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.877
=23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.864
=23	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.864
25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.849
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.847
28	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.843
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.842
30	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.837
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.832
32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.808
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.805
34	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.801
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.792
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.791
37	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.788
38	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.785
39	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.779
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.777
41	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.771
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.767
=43	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.763
=43	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.763
45	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.761
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.758
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.753
=48	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.742
=48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.742
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.741
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.735
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.722
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.697
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.696
55	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.695
56	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.693
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.691
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.688
59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.684
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.680
61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.670
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.668
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.666
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.665
65	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.662
66	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.660
67	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.659
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.654
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.642
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.636
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.629
72	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.625
73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.622
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.616
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.614
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.607
77	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.599
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.596
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.585
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.561
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.556
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.554
83	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.553
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.546
85	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.542
86	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.539
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.537
88	Peru`PER`South America	0.526
=89	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.507
=89	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.507
91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.503
=92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.496
=92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.496
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.494
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.489
96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.471
97	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.469
98	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.468
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.463
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.461
101	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.460
102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.449
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.415
104	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.408
105	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.404
106	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.391
107	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.386
=108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.385
=108	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.385
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.384
111	Colombia`COL`South America	0.382
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.379
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.365
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.356
=115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.333
=115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.333
117	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.319
118	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.318
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.313
120	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.295
121	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.293
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.291
123	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.287
124	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.279
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.274
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.273
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.266
128	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.262
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.261
130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.250
131	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.225
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.211
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.193
134	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.186
135	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.173
136	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.155
137	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.154
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.129
139	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.124
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.123
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.120
142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.118
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
144	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.114
145	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.113
146	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.107
147	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.105
148	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.104
149	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.101
150	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.094
151	United States`USA`Northern America	0.093
152	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.076
=153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.075
=153	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.075
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.074
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.061
157	Chile`CHL`South America	0.055
158	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.042
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.041
160	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.036
161	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.033
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.032
=163	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
=163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.031
165	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.026
166	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.023
167	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.022
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.017
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.013
170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.012
=171	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.010
=171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.010
=173	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
=173	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.009
175	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.008
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.955
2Cameroon0.950
3DR Congo0.940
4Chad0.938
5Nigeria0.937

Lowest

176Denmark0.002
175Norway0.008
173Swedenshared0.009
173New Zealandshared0.009
171Singaporeshared0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.517. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 176 in both
71 · 67rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar0.752 → 0.864+0.112
Zambia0.437 → 0.537+0.100
Namibia0.190 → 0.262+0.072
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.696 → 0.753+0.057
Gambia0.301 → 0.356+0.055

Fell most

Maldives0.706 → 0.496−0.210
Romania0.499 → 0.384−0.115
Mauritania0.886 → 0.788−0.098
Moldova0.788 → 0.691−0.097
El Salvador0.685 → 0.596−0.089

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

Read before you use

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 2019.
163 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.910. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2019). Political Corruption Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2019

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