Japan vs Switzerland: Legislative Corruption Score

Japan
1.59
in 2025
Switzerland
1.66
in 2025
Japan rank
24th
Switzerland rank
22nd

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Japan
  • Switzerland
-0.500.511.52179819112025

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 1.66 against 1.59 in Japan, a difference of 0.066.

Across all 137 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 24th and Switzerland ranks 22nd 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.