Jamaica vs Suriname: Legislative Corruption Score

Jamaica
1.07
in 2025
Suriname
1.19
in 2025
Jamaica rank
38th
Suriname rank
35th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Jamaica
  • Suriname
00.511.522.5190019622025

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 1.19 against 1.07 in Jamaica, a difference of 0.119.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Suriname ahead.

Jamaica ranks 38th and Suriname ranks 35th 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.