Guatemala vs Lesotho: Media Corruption Score

Guatemala
1.01
in 2025
Lesotho
1.02
in 2025
Guatemala rank
67th
Lesotho rank
65th

Media Corruption Score over time

  • Guatemala
  • Lesotho
-3-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.02 against 1.01 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Lesotho ahead.

Guatemala ranks 67th and Lesotho ranks 65th 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.