Madagascar vs Nicaragua: Legislative Corruption Score

Madagascar
-2.57
in 2025
Nicaragua
-2.35
in 2025
Madagascar rank
173rd
Nicaragua rank
171st

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Madagascar
  • Nicaragua
-3-2-101183819312025

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports -2.35 against -2.57 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.224.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 173rd and Nicaragua ranks 171st 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.