China vs Vietnam: Legislative Corruption Score

China
0.417
in 2025
Vietnam
0.481
in 2025
China rank
67th
Vietnam rank
65th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • China
  • Vietnam
0.511.522.5191219682025

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 0.481 against 0.417 in China, a difference of 0.064.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was China ahead.

China ranks 67th and Vietnam ranks 65th 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.