India vs Sierra Leone: Public Sector Corruption Index
India
0.692
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.698
in 2025
India rank
53rd
Sierra Leone rank
51st
Public Sector Corruption Index over time
- India
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.698 against 0.692 in India, a difference of 0.006.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
India ranks 53rd and Sierra Leone ranks 51st of 176 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.031 | 0.287 | 0.256 | Sierra Leone |
| 1910s | 0.031 | 0.287 | 0.256 | Sierra Leone |
| 1920s | 0.031 | 0.3734 | 0.3424 | Sierra Leone |
| 1930s | 0.031 | 0.411 | 0.38 | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 0.0562 | 0.411 | 0.3548 | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 0.14 | 0.4215 | 0.2815 | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 0.2424 | 0.5393 | 0.2969 | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.372 | 0.6375 | 0.2655 | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.372 | 0.723 | 0.351 | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.544 | 0.694 | 0.15 | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.587 | 0.7064 | 0.1194 | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.622 | 0.7687 | 0.1467 | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.7023 | 0.7088 | 0.0065 | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher public sector corruption index, India or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.698 against 0.692 in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in public sector corruption index between India and Sierra Leone?
- 0.006, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sierra Leone?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do India and Sierra Leone rank globally for public sector corruption index?
- India ranks 53rd and Sierra Leone ranks 51st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Public Sector Corruption Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which public sector employees engage in bribery and theft. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (highly corrupt).