China vs Iran: Judicial Corruption Score

China

-1.08

in 2025

Iran

-1.07

in 2025

China rank

133rd

Iran rank

132nd

Judicial Corruption Score over time

China
Iran

How they compare

Iran currently reports -1.07 against -1.08 in China, a difference of 0.016.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Iran ahead.

China ranks 133rd and Iran ranks 132nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Judicial Corruption Score in China
Judicial Corruption Score in Iran
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.