Norway vs Sweden: Legislative Corruption Score

Norway
3.22
in 2025
Sweden
2.98
in 2025
Norway rank
2nd
Sweden rank
3rd

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Norway
  • Sweden
-2024178919072025

How they compare

Norway currently reports 3.22 against 2.98 in Sweden, a difference of 0.246.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

Across all 208 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

Norway ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 3rd 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.