Spain vs United Kingdom: Judicial Corruption Score

Spain

1.69

in 2025

United Kingdom

1.75

in 2025

Spain rank

30th

United Kingdom rank

27th

Judicial Corruption Score over time

Spain
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 1.75 against 1.69 in Spain, a difference of 0.064.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Spain ranks 30th and United Kingdom ranks 27th 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.