Moldova vs United States: Legislative Corruption Score

Moldova
0.995
in 2025
United States
1.05
in 2025
Moldova rank
42nd
United States rank
39th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Moldova
  • United States
-2-101178919072025

How they compare

United States currently reports 1.05 against 0.995 in Moldova, a difference of 0.055.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.

Moldova ranks 42nd 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.