Iceland vs Netherlands: Legislative Corruption Score

Iceland
2.31
in 2025
Netherlands
2.05
in 2025
Iceland rank
7th
Netherlands rank
10th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Iceland
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 2.31 against 2.05 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.259.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 121 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Netherlands ahead.

Iceland ranks 7th 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
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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.