Barbados vs Japan: Media Corruption Score

Barbados
2.06
in 2025
Japan
2.13
in 2025
Barbados rank
26th
Japan rank
23rd

Media Corruption Score over time

  • Barbados
  • Japan
-202190019622025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 2.13 against 2.06 in Barbados, a difference of 0.065.

Across all 126 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 26th and Japan ranks 23rd of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Media Corruption Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 18,887 data points, 1900–2025
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Gauges the frequency with which journalists, publishers, or broadcasters accept payments to modify news content, indicating the integrity (or corruption) of the media sphere.