Greece vs South Africa: Judicial Corruption Score

Greece
0.47
in 2025
South Africa
0.512
in 2025
Greece rank
84th
South Africa rank
83rd

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • Greece
  • South Africa
-1-0.500.51182219232025

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.512 against 0.47 in Greece, a difference of 0.042.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was South Africa ahead.

Greece ranks 84th and South Africa ranks 83rd of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece South Africa Difference Ahead
1900s -0.767 0.591 1.36 South Africa
1910s -0.5393 0.591 1.13 South Africa
1920s -0.514 0.591 1.1 South Africa
1930s -0.7212 0.591 1.31 South Africa
1940s -1.03 0.591 1.62 South Africa
1950s -0.558 0.591 1.15 South Africa
1960s -0.4769 0.591 1.07 South Africa
1970s -0.4174 0.435 0.8524 South Africa
1980s 0.494 0.435 0.059 Greece
1990s 0.494 0.7086 0.2146 South Africa
2000s 0.494 0.891 0.397 South Africa
2010s 0.7212 1.02 0.3007 South Africa
2020s 0.6078 0.6962 0.0883 South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher judicial corruption score, Greece or South Africa?
South Africa, at 0.512 against 0.47 in Greece as of 2025.
What is the difference in judicial corruption score between Greece and South Africa?
0.042, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and South Africa?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Greece and South Africa rank globally for judicial corruption score?
Greece ranks 84th and South Africa ranks 83rd 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.