South Korea vs Vietnam: Legislative Corruption Score

South Korea
0.509
in 2025
Vietnam
0.481
in 2025
South Korea rank
63rd
Vietnam rank
65th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
-101194819862025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 0.509 against 0.481 in Vietnam, a difference of 0.028.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Vietnam's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Vietnam ahead.

South Korea ranks 63rd and Vietnam ranks 65th 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.