China vs Laos: Judicial Corruption Score

China
-1.08
in 2025
Laos
-1.12
in 2025
China rank
133rd
Laos rank
136th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • China
  • Laos
-2-1012178919072025

How they compare

China currently reports -1.08 against -1.12 in Laos, a difference of 0.035.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Laos ahead.

China ranks 133rd and Laos ranks 136th 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
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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.