Data for 2025

Political Corruption Index, 2025

Name: Political Corruption Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Corruption Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.968; Denmark is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.518. Against 2024, 132 values changed (69 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Corruption Index · Data for 2025

HighestVenezuela

0.968

LowestDenmark

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.968
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.952
3	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.942
4	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.939
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.904
6	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.902
7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.899
=8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.893
=8	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.893
10	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.892
11	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.890
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.889
13	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.886
14	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.882
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.877
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.870
17	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.859
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.858
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.854
20	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.852
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.845
=22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.841
=22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.841
24	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.834
25	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.830
26	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.828
27	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.825
28	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.823
29	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.811
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.808
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.804
32	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.802
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.801
34	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.795
35	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.794
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.793
37	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.786
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.783
39	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.780
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.774
41	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.769
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.768
43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.765
44	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.763
45	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.757
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.753
=47	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.752
=47	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.752
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.736
50	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.729
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.726
=52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.720
=52	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.720
54	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.719
55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.706
56	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.695
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.693
=58	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.684
=58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.684
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.682
61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.671
62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.670
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.662
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.652
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.643
=66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.641
=66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.641
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.635
69	Peru`PER`South America	0.630
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.628
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.624
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.619
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.616
74	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.615
75	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.602
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.598
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.591
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.588
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.574
80	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.571
81	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.570
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.564
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.561
84	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.559
=85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.554
=85	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.554
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.538
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.529
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.507
90	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.488
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.485
92	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.477
=93	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.472
=93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.472
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.466
96	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.430
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.428
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.423
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.422
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.419
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.418
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.415
=103	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.410
=103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.410
105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.404
106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.388
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.373
108	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.356
109	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.348
110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.346
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.332
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.331
113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.329
114	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.326
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.325
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.322
117	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.312
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.290
=119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.289
=119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.289
=119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.289
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.288
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.278
124	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.276
125	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.274
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.271
127	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.254
128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.253
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.250
130	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.214
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.207
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.206
133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.204
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.191
135	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.186
136	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.172
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.171
=138	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.166
=138	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.166
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.159
141	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.157
142	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.156
143	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.148
144	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.113
145	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.107
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.105
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100
148	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.095
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.085
150	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.081
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.078
152	Chile`CHL`South America	0.075
153	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.073
154	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.070
155	United States`USA`Northern America	0.060
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.056
157	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.055
158	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.054
159	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.050
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.042
161	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.032
=162	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.031
=162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.031
164	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.029
165	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.027
166	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.026
=167	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.025
=167	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.025
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.024
170	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.020
=171	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.014
=171	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.014
173	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.013
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.010
175	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.009
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.004

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.968
2Chad0.952
3Nicaragua0.942
4Cameroon0.939
5Cambodia0.904

Lowest

176Denmark0.004
175Sweden0.009
174Norway0.010
173Singapore0.013
171New Zealandshared0.014

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.518. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 63rose · fell
44unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia0.654 → 0.763+0.109
Georgia0.188 → 0.289+0.101
Armenia0.372 → 0.472+0.100
Afghanistan0.681 → 0.769+0.088
Guinea-Bissau0.747 → 0.828+0.081

Fell most

Syria0.797 → 0.619−0.178
Sri Lanka0.456 → 0.278−0.178
Bangladesh0.922 → 0.780−0.142
Sudan0.839 → 0.719−0.120
Mauritius0.455 → 0.356−0.099

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 2025.
161 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.289. 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 (2025). Political Corruption Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-corruption/2025

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07Questions