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
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
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.