Denmark vs Sweden: Executive Corruption Index

Denmark
0.003
in 2025
Sweden
0.004
in 2025
Denmark rank
176th
Sweden rank
175th

Executive Corruption Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Sweden
0.0050.010.0150.020.025178919072025

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.004 against 0.003 in Denmark, a difference of 0.001.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 176th and Sweden ranks 175th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Executive Corruption Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 25,488 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which high-ranking members of the executive, such as the head of government or cabinet ministers, engage in bribery and theft. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (highly corrupt).