Canada vs United Kingdom: Legislative Corruption Score

Canada

1.68

in 2025

United Kingdom

1.7

in 2025

Canada rank

19th

United Kingdom rank

18th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

Canada
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 1.7 against 1.68 in Canada, a difference of 0.023.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 19th and United Kingdom ranks 18th 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: 07 August 2026

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.