Germany vs Switzerland: Judicial Corruption Score

Germany
2.63
in 2025
Switzerland
2.67
in 2025
Germany rank
10th
Switzerland rank
9th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • Germany
  • Switzerland
11.522.53178919072025

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 2.67 against 2.63 in Germany, a difference of 0.043.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 182 shared years of data; in 1798 it was Switzerland ahead.

Germany ranks 10th and Switzerland ranks 9th 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.