Belgium vs France: Judicial Corruption Score

Belgium

2.05

in 2025

France

2.07

in 2025

Belgium rank

20th

France rank

19th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

Belgium
France

How they compare

France currently reports 2.07 against 2.05 in Belgium, a difference of 0.018.

Across all 203 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 20th and France ranks 19th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Judicial Corruption Score in Belgium
Judicial Corruption Score in France
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.