Ethiopia vs Guinea-Bissau: Judicial Corruption Score

Ethiopia
-1.24
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau
-1.22
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
144th
Guinea-Bissau rank
143rd

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau
-2-1012178919072025

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports -1.22 against -1.24 in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.02.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 144th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 143rd of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 4 and Guinea-Bissau in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1900s -1.47 1.6 3.07 Guinea-Bissau
1910s -1.47 1.6 3.07 Guinea-Bissau
1920s -1.47 1.6 3.07 Guinea-Bissau
1930s -1.3 1.6 2.9 Guinea-Bissau
1940s -0.6054 1.6 2.21 Guinea-Bissau
1950s -0.475 1.6 2.08 Guinea-Bissau
1960s -0.475 1.6 2.08 Guinea-Bissau
1970s -0.3706 -0.1249 0.2457 Guinea-Bissau
1980s -0.301 -0.9316 0.6306 Ethiopia
1990s -0.766 -0.8884 0.1224 Ethiopia
2000s -1.01 -1.09 0.0765 Ethiopia
2010s -1.1 -1.15 0.0437 Ethiopia
2020s -1.29 -1.01 0.2858 Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher judicial corruption score, Ethiopia or Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau, at -1.22 against -1.24 in Ethiopia as of 2025.
What is the difference in judicial corruption score between Ethiopia and Guinea-Bissau?
0.02, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Guinea-Bissau?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Ethiopia and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for judicial corruption score?
Ethiopia ranks 144th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 143rd of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Judicial Corruption Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.