Data for 2020

Political Corruption Index, 2020

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2020
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2020 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.961; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.511. Against 2019, 144 values changed (67 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2020

HighestVenezuela

0.961

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.961
2	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.946
=3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.938
=3	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.938
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.937
6	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.936
7	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.927
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.926
9	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.922
10	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.919
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.911
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.908
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.904
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.902
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.895
16	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.894
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.883
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.875
19	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.872
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.870
21	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.862
22	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
23	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.854
=24	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.851
=24	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.851
26	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.843
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.837
=28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.828
=28	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.828
=30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.826
=30	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.826
32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.821
33	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.814
34	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.813
35	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.811
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.808
37	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.803
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.799
39	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.788
=40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.778
=40	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.778
=42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.765
=42	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.765
44	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.763
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.762
46	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.755
=47	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.741
=47	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.741
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.739
50	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.735
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.719
52	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.710
=53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.688
=53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.688
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.681
56	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.679
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.677
58	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.675
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.673
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.672
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.671
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.668
=63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.666
=63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.666
65	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.663
66	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.658
67	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.657
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.655
69	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.653
70	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.652
71	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.646
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.636
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.626
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.617
=75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.616
=75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.616
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.611
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.598
79	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.595
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.592
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.568
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.565
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.555
84	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.552
85	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.539
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.537
87	Peru`PER`South America	0.534
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.515
89	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.507
90	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.500
91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.494
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.490
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.488
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.487
95	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.480
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.479
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.476
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.471
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.470
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.462
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.455
102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.449
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.435
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.426
105	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.418
106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.397
107	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.390
108	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.386
109	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.385
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.375
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.373
112	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.372
113	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.352
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.347
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.330
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.328
117	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.305
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.300
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.298
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.295
=121	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.293
=121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.293
123	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.289
124	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.285
125	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.267
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.250
127	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.217
128	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.211
129	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.209
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.200
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.199
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.193
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.190
134	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.189
135	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.186
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.171
137	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.164
138	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.136
139	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.125
140	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.123
141	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.121
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.116
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
144	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.113
145	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.109
146	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.106
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.102
148	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.099
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.092
150	United States`USA`Northern America	0.085
151	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.078
=152	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.076
=152	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.076
154	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.075
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.074
=156	Chile`CHL`South America	0.055
=156	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.055
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.054
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.042
=160	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.033
=160	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.033
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.032
=163	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
=163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.031
165	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.030
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.026
167	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.022
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.019
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.016
170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.012
171	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.011
172	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.010
173	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.009
=174	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.008
=174	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.008
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.961
2Cameroon0.946
3Nicaraguashared0.938
3Chadshared0.938
5Nigeria0.937

Lowest

176Denmark0.002
174Swedenshared0.008
174Singaporeshared0.008
173New Zealand0.009
172Norway0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.511. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 176 in both
67 · 77rose · fell
32unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.695 → 0.828+0.133
Malaysia0.295 → 0.418+0.123
Sri Lanka0.503 → 0.611+0.108
El Salvador0.596 → 0.668+0.072
Argentina0.408 → 0.479+0.071

Fell most

Benin0.385 → 0.190−0.195
Dominican Republic0.758 → 0.598−0.160
Moldova0.691 → 0.555−0.136
Zambia0.537 → 0.435−0.102
Taiwan0.279 → 0.189−0.090

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

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 2020.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.938. 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 (2020). Political Corruption Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2020

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