Cape Verde vs Niger: Legislative Corruption Score

Cape Verde
0.15
in 2025
Niger
0.082
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
78th
Niger rank
79th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Niger
-2-1012195619902025

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 0.15 against 0.082 in Niger, a difference of 0.068.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.8 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 78th and Niger ranks 79th 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.