Australia vs France: Judicial Corruption Score

Australia
2.33
in 2025
France
2.07
in 2025
Australia rank
16th
France rank
19th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • Australia
  • France
0123178919072025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.33 against 2.07 in France, a difference of 0.265.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times France's.

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

Australia ranks 16th and France ranks 19th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Judicial Corruption Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 25,711 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of how often individuals or businesses make undocumented extra payments or bribes to obtain a favorable judicial decision, or speed up or delay the process. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.