Belgium vs Netherlands: Legislative Corruption Score

Belgium
1.92
in 2025
Netherlands
2.05
in 2025
Belgium rank
12th
Netherlands rank
10th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 2.05 against 1.92 in Belgium, a difference of 0.131.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

Across all 186 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 12th and Netherlands ranks 10th of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Legislative Corruption Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 17,541 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which members of the legislature abuse their position for financial gain, such as bribes, government contracts, future employment, or stealing from the state. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.