Chile vs South Korea: Judicial Corruption Score

Chile

1.59

in 2025

South Korea

1.61

in 2025

Chile rank

34th

South Korea rank

33rd

Judicial Corruption Score over time

Chile
South Korea

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.61 against 1.59 in Chile, a difference of 0.016.

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

Chile ranks 34th and South Korea ranks 33rd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Judicial Corruption Score in Chile
Judicial Corruption Score in South Korea
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.