Panama vs Peru: Public Sector Corruption Index

Panama

0.284

in 2025

Peru

0.243

in 2025

Panama rank

115th

Peru rank

117th

Public Sector Corruption Index over time

Panama
Peru

How they compare

Panama currently reports 0.284 against 0.243 in Peru, a difference of 0.041.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 115th and Peru ranks 117th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Public Sector Corruption Index in Panama
Public Sector Corruption Index in Peru
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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).