Data for 2022

Political Corruption Index, 2022

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2022 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.971; Denmark is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 0.515. Against 2021, 128 values changed (64 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2022

HighestVenezuela

0.971

LowestDenmark

0.002

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

176countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.971
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.957
3	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.952
4	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.937
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.931
6	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.930
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.926
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.919
9	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.913
10	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.910
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.908
12	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.905
13	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.904
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.898
15	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.883
16	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.882
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.866
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.864
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.855
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.853
21	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.851
22	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.843
23	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.841
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.833
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.832
26	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.830
27	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.829
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.827
=29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.826
=29	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.826
31	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.823
32	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.819
33	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.816
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.813
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.801
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.781
37	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.779
38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.776
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.775
=40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.772
=40	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.772
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.769
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.761
44	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.752
45	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.748
46	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.745
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.736
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.732
=49	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.725
=49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.725
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.724
=52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.718
=52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.718
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.714
55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.707
56	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.705
57	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.700
=58	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.694
=58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.694
60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.686
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.674
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.669
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.666
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.654
65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.653
66	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.635
67	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.633
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.628
69	Peru`PER`South America	0.622
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.620
71	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.617
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.613
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.602
74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.594
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.588
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.580
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.575
78	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.568
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.563
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.562
81	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.561
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.552
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.546
=84	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.545
=84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.545
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.543
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.534
88	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.525
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.505
90	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.499
=91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.491
=91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.491
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.488
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.483
=95	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.479
=95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.479
97	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.469
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.466
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.464
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.463
101	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.433
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.417
103	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.410
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.405
105	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.389
106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.383
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.377
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.375
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.368
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.357
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.331
112	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.326
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.320
114	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.319
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.316
116	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.315
117	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.301
118	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.293
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.289
120	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.277
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.275
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.269
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.259
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.254
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.253
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.247
127	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.245
128	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.227
129	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.222
130	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.208
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.199
132	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.195
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.193
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.188
135	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.186
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.167
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.158
138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.147
=139	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.139
=139	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.139
141	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.134
=142	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.124
=142	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.124
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
145	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.107
146	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.105
147	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.101
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.096
149	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.095
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.087
151	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.084
152	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.080
153	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.066
154	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.065
155	Chile`CHL`South America	0.064
156	United States`USA`Northern America	0.061
157	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.053
158	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.050
=159	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.045
=159	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.045
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	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.030
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.026
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.023
168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.020
169	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.019
170	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.018
171	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.011
172	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.010
173	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.009
=174	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.008
=174	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.008
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.002

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.971
2Chad0.957
3DR Congo0.952
4Nicaragua0.937
5Nigeria0.931

Lowest

176Denmark0.002
174Singaporeshared0.008
174New Zealandshared0.008
173Sweden0.009
172Norway0.010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.515. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 176 in both
64 · 64rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar0.662 → 0.813+0.151
Botswana0.159 → 0.277+0.118
Bolivia0.575 → 0.674+0.099
Peru0.525 → 0.622+0.097
Greece0.172 → 0.245+0.073

Fell most

Bulgaria0.540 → 0.301−0.239
Moldova0.421 → 0.227−0.194
Kuwait0.462 → 0.315−0.147
Kazakhstan0.840 → 0.707−0.133
Afghanistan0.665 → 0.568−0.097

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 2022.
163 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.826. 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 (2022). Political Corruption Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2022

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07Questions