Cyprus vs Japan: Media Corruption Score

Cyprus

2.12

in 2025

Japan

2.13

in 2025

Cyprus rank

24th

Japan rank

23rd

Media Corruption Score over time

Cyprus
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 2.13 against 2.12 in Cyprus, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Japan ahead.

Cyprus ranks 24th and Japan ranks 23rd of 175 countries.

Individual pages

Media Corruption Score in Cyprus
Media Corruption Score in Japan
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Gauges the frequency with which journalists, publishers, or broadcasters accept payments to modify news content, indicating the integrity (or corruption) of the media sphere.