South Korea vs Spain: Judicial Corruption Score

South Korea
1.61
in 2025
Spain
1.69
in 2025
South Korea rank
33rd
Spain rank
30th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 1.69 against 1.61 in South Korea, a difference of 0.079.

Across all 237 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

South Korea ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 30th 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.