Germany vs Japan: Judicial Corruption Score

Germany
2.63
in 2025
Japan
2.68
in 2025
Germany rank
10th
Japan rank
8th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
11.522.53178919072025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 2.68 against 2.63 in Germany, a difference of 0.051.

Across all 191 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 10th and Japan ranks 8th 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.