South Korea vs Lithuania: Public Sector Corruption Index

South Korea
0.162
in 2025
Lithuania
0.177
in 2025
South Korea rank
138th
Lithuania rank
136th

Public Sector Corruption Index over time

  • South Korea
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 0.177 against 0.162 in South Korea, a difference of 0.015.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1918 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 138th and Lithuania ranks 136th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Public Sector Corruption Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 25,541 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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).