Portugal vs Spain: Legislative Corruption Score

Portugal
0.838
in 2025
Spain
0.81
in 2025
Portugal rank
53rd
Spain rank
55th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Portugal
  • Spain
-1012181219182025

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.838 against 0.81 in Spain, a difference of 0.028.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 183 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Spain ahead.

Portugal ranks 53rd and Spain ranks 55th 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.