Congo vs Nicaragua: Judicial Corruption Score

Congo

-2.48

in 2025

Nicaragua

-2.04

in 2025

Congo rank

174th

Nicaragua rank

171st

Judicial Corruption Score over time

Congo
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports -2.04 against -2.48 in Congo, a difference of 0.433.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 174th and Nicaragua ranks 171st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Judicial Corruption Score in Congo
Judicial Corruption Score in Nicaragua
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.