Brazil vs Colombia: Judicial Corruption Score

Brazil
0.88
in 2025
Colombia
0.866
in 2025
Brazil rank
63rd
Colombia rank
65th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • Brazil
  • Colombia
-1-0.500.51178919072025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.88 against 0.866 in Colombia, a difference of 0.014.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Colombia ahead.

Brazil ranks 63rd and Colombia ranks 65th 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.