Data for 2024

Political Corruption Index, 2024

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.970; Denmark is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.519. Against 2023, 134 values changed (70 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2024

HighestVenezuela

0.970

LowestDenmark

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.970
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.952
3	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.942
=4	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.932
=4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.932
6	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.922
7	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.910
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.905
9	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.904
10	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.902
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.891
12	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.883
13	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.882
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.877
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.870
16	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.864
17	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.862
18	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.859
19	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.853
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.851
21	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.850
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.844
23	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.842
=24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.839
=24	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.839
=26	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.837
=26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.837
28	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.835
29	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.827
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.824
31	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.819
32	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.818
33	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.809
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.801
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.800
36	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.797
37	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.795
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.793
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.786
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.783
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.773
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.769
43	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.767
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.760
45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.754
46	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.752
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.749
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.747
=49	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.729
=49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.729
51	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.728
52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.724
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.721
54	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.718
=55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.698
=55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.698
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.691
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.687
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.686
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.684
=61	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.681
=61	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.681
63	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.670
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.664
65	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.662
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.655
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.654
68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.638
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.635
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.633
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.631
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.627
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.622
74	Peru`PER`South America	0.619
75	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.602
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.599
77	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.598
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.581
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.579
80	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.571
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.570
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.562
83	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.556
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.554
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.550
86	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.546
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.540
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.520
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.517
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.507
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.494
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.487
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.484
94	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.475
95	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.470
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.456
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.455
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.438
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.430
100	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.419
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.418
102	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.411
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.410
104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.404
105	Colombia`COL`South America	0.396
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.390
107	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.389
108	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.384
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.372
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.351
111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.326
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.325
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.322
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.320
115	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.315
116	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.289
117	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.285
118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.283
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.281
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.280
121	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.279
122	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.278
123	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.272
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.261
125	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.254
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.253
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.242
128	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.237
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.221
130	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.220
131	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.206
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.191
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.190
134	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.188
135	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.186
136	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.182
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.169
138	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.166
139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.161
140	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.156
141	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.148
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.140
143	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.114
144	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.111
145	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.106
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.105
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100
148	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.098
149	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.095
150	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.090
151	Chile`CHL`South America	0.075
152	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.073
153	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.071
154	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.057
=155	United States`USA`Northern America	0.051
=155	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.051
157	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.050
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.049
159	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.047
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.043
=161	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.032
=161	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.032
163	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
164	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.030
=165	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.029
=165	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.029
167	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.025
168	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.024
=169	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.023
=169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.023
=169	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.023
172	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.018
173	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.011
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.010
175	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.009
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.004

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.970
2Chad0.952
3Nicaragua0.942
4Cameroonshared0.932
4Nigeriashared0.932

Lowest

176Denmark0.004
175Sweden0.009
174Norway0.010
173New Zealand0.011
172Netherlands0.018

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.519. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
134values changed, of 176 in both
70 · 64rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Bulgaria0.336 → 0.579+0.243
Senegal0.304 → 0.404+0.100
Niger0.482 → 0.570+0.088
Moldova0.239 → 0.325+0.086
Slovakia0.196 → 0.278+0.082

Fell most

Mali0.861 → 0.718−0.143
Syria0.909 → 0.797−0.112
Gabon0.830 → 0.724−0.106
Guatemala0.789 → 0.691−0.098
Pakistan0.913 → 0.818−0.095

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 2024.
165 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.023. 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 (2024). Political Corruption Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2024

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