Italy vs United States: Legislative Corruption Score

Italy
0.999
in 2025
United States
1.05
in 2025
Italy rank
41st
United States rank
39th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Italy
  • United States
-1012178919072025

How they compare

United States currently reports 1.05 against 0.999 in Italy, a difference of 0.051.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 165 shared years of data; in 1861 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 41st and United States ranks 39th 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.