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social2025

Political Corruption Index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5value
Median: 0.5value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Venezuela
1.0value
Lowest
Denmark
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Venezuela1.0value
2Chad1.0value
3Nicaragua0.9value
4Cameroon0.9value
5Cambodia0.9value
By Region
Africa0.6value(9 countries)
Other0.6value(95 countries)
Asia0.5value(27 countries)
South America0.4value(7 countries)
North America0.3value(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5value)

Africa (9)
Other (95)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Venezuela1.0value
2Chad1.0value
3Nicaragua0.9value
4Cameroon0.9value
5Cambodia0.9value
6Yemen0.9value
7Turkmenistan0.9value
8South Sudan0.9value
9Tajikistan0.9value
10Iraq0.9value
11Azerbaijan0.9value
12Uganda0.9value
13Democratic Republic of the Congo0.9value
14Madagascar0.9value
15Liberia0.9value
16Somalia0.9value
17Myanmar0.9value
18Equatorial Guinea0.9value
19Central African Republic0.9value
20Zimbabwe0.9value
21Burundi0.8value
22Republic of the Congo0.8value
23Philippines0.8value
24Nigeria0.8value
25Lebanon0.8value
26Guinea-Bissau0.8value
27Mauritania0.8value
28Uzbekistan0.8value
29Libya0.8value
30Guinea0.8value
31Türkiye0.8value
32Pakistan0.8value
33Paraguay0.8value
34Indonesia0.8value
35Serbia0.8value
36Kyrgyzstan0.8value
37Haiti0.8value
38Russian Federation0.8value
39Bangladesh0.8value
40Comoros0.8value
41Afghanistan0.8value
42Islamic Republic of Iran0.8value
43Lao People's Democratic Republic0.8value
44Bolivia0.8value
45Togo0.8value
46The Republic of North Macedonia0.8value
47Eritrea0.8value
48Honduras0.8value
49Kazakhstan0.7value
50Egypt0.7value
51Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7value
52Gabon0.7value
53Mali0.7value
54Sudan0.7value
55Djibouti0.7value
56Mozambique0.7value
57Mongolia0.7value
58India0.7value
59Papua New Guinea0.7value
60El Salvador0.7value
61Morocco0.7value
62North Korea0.7value
63Algeria0.7value
64Ecuador0.7value
65Bulgaria0.6value
66Cuba0.6value
67Ukraine0.6value
68Thailand0.6value
69Peru0.6value
70Malawi0.6value
71Albania0.6value
72Syrian Arab Republic0.6value
73Guatemala0.6value
74Ghana0.6value
75Solomon Islands0.6value
76Cote d'Ivoire0.6value
77Niger0.6value
78Dominican Republic0.6value
79Mexico0.6value
80Sierra Leone0.6value
81Angola0.6value
82Kenya0.6value
83Nepal0.6value
84People's Republic of China0.6value
85Eswatini0.6value
86South Africa0.5value
87Ethiopia0.5value
88Guyana0.5value
89Hungary0.5value
90Panama0.5value
91Bahrain0.5value
92Lesotho0.5value
93Armenia0.5value
94Vietnam0.5value
95Montenegro0.4value
96Zambia0.4value
97Brazil0.4value
98Jordan0.4value
99Romania0.4value
100Rwanda0.4value
101Argentina0.4value
102Belarus0.4value
103Tunisia0.4value
104Senegal0.4value
105Colombia0.4value
106Burkina Faso0.4value
107Holy See (Vatican City State)0.4value
108Mauritius0.4value
109Kuwait0.3value
110Vanuatu0.3value
111Qatar0.3value
112United Republic of Tanzania0.3value
113Saudi Arabia0.3value
114Moldova, Republic of0.3value
115Malaysia0.3value
116Maldives0.3value
117Slovakia0.3value
118Fiji0.3value
119Georgia0.3value
120Sao Tome and Principe0.3value
121Cape Verde0.3value
122Sri Lanka0.3value
123Greece0.3value
124Namibia0.3value
125Republic of The Gambia0.3value
126Croatia0.3value
127Oman0.3value
128Timor-Leste0.3value
129Taiwan, Province of China0.2value
130Jamaica0.2value
131Costa Rica0.2value
132Botswana0.2value
133Benin0.2value
134Malta0.2value
135Suriname0.2value
136Czech Republic0.2value
137Cyprus0.2value
138Portugal0.2value
139Lithuania0.2value
140Italy0.2value
141South Korea0.2value
142State of Palestine0.2value
143Bhutan0.1value
144Spain0.1value
145Israel0.1value
146United Arab Emirates0.1value
147Trinidad and Tobago0.1value
148Austria0.1value
149Hong Kong0.1value
150Poland0.1value
151Slovenia0.1value
152Chile0.1value
153Barbados0.1value
154Latvia0.1value
155United States of America0.1value
156France0.1value
157Uruguay0.1value
158Seychelles0.1value
159Japan0.1value
160United Kingdom0.0value
161Ireland0.0value
162Finland0.0value
163Belgium0.0value
164Australia0.0value
165Netherlands0.0value
166Canada0.0value
167Estonia0.0value
168Luxembourg0.0value
169Germany0.0value
170Switzerland0.0value
171Iceland0.0value
172New Zealand0.0value
173Singapore0.0value
174Norway0.0value
175Sweden0.0value
176Denmark0.0value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

#social#value#political#corruption#index

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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