Ireland vs Japan: Legislative Corruption Score

Ireland
1.66
in 2025
Japan
1.59
in 2025
Ireland rank
23rd
Japan rank
24th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Ireland
  • Japan
-0.500.511.5188919572025

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 1.66 against 1.59 in Japan, a difference of 0.064.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 107 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 23rd and Japan ranks 24th of 174 regions.

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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.