Data for 2023

Political Corruption Index, 2023

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2023
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2023 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.969; Denmark is lowest, at 0.003. The middle country reads 0.515. Against 2022, 138 values changed (72 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2023

HighestVenezuela

0.969

LowestDenmark

0.003

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

176countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.969
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.952
3	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.947
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.933
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.923
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.922
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.913
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.909
=9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.908
=9	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.908
11	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.904
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.891
13	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.883
=14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.882
=14	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.882
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.877
17	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.876
=18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.867
=18	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.867
20	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.863
21	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.861
=22	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.852
=22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.852
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.842
25	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.841
26	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.840
27	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.830
28	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.827
29	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.826
30	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.825
=31	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.819
=31	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.819
=33	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.812
=33	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.812
35	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.809
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.808
37	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.790
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.789
39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.787
40	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.786
41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.780
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.777
43	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.775
44	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.772
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.769
46	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.765
47	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.753
48	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.750
49	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.738
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.736
51	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.733
52	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.729
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.727
54	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.715
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.707
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.698
=57	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.686
=57	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.686
=57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.686
60	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.680
61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.670
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.669
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.662
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.660
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.654
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.637
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.635
68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.633
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.631
70	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.619
71	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.617
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.610
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.603
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.596
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.593
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.588
77	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.579
78	Peru`PER`South America	0.576
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.572
80	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.565
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.555
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.554
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.551
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.540
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.529
86	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.528
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.525
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.522
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.507
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.506
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.505
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.499
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.498
94	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.482
=95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.479
=95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.479
97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.470
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.463
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.461
100	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.456
101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.419
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.417
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.404
104	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.389
105	Colombia`COL`South America	0.387
106	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.379
107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.372
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.338
109	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.336
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.327
111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.326
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.322
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.320
114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.316
115	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.315
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.314
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.304
118	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.291
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.289
120	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.285
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.261
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.260
123	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.253
124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.252
125	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.244
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.242
127	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.240
128	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.239
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.221
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.213
=131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.196
=131	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.196
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.193
134	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.186
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.183
136	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.172
137	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.168
138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.160
139	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.154
140	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.151
141	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.132
142	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.130
143	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.124
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.122
145	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.120
146	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.118
147	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.105
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.084
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.071
=151	Chile`CHL`South America	0.068
=151	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.068
153	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.067
154	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.065
155	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.057
156	United States`USA`Northern America	0.055
157	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.052
158	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.050
159	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.047
160	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.045
161	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.032
=162	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
=162	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.031
164	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.030
165	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.029
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.026
=167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.023
=167	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
169	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.019
=170	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.015
=170	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.015
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.013
173	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.010
174	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.009
175	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.008
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.003

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.969
2Chad0.952
3Cameroon0.947
4DR Congo0.933
5Yemen0.923

Lowest

176Denmark0.003
175New Zealand0.008
174Sweden0.009
173Norway0.010
172Singapore0.013

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

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 176 in both
72 · 66rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Sudan0.700 → 0.772+0.072
Burundi0.725 → 0.790+0.065
China0.463 → 0.525+0.062
South Africa0.469 → 0.522+0.053
Armenia0.319 → 0.372+0.053

Fell most

Niger0.575 → 0.482−0.093
Brazil0.545 → 0.461−0.084
Argentina0.479 → 0.404−0.075
Senegal0.377 → 0.304−0.073
Bolivia0.674 → 0.603−0.071

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 2023.
162 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.686. 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 (2023). Political Corruption Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2023

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