Judicial Corruption Score by country
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of how often individuals or businesses make undocumented extra payments or bribes to obtain a favorable judicial decision, or speed up or delay the process. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
3.74
New Zealand
Lowest
-3.24
Azerbaijan
Median
0.115
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
25,711
What the numbers show
Judicial Corruption Score is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 3.74 in New Zealand; the lowest is -3.24 in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.115, and the mean is 0.17.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 711.5%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 1,363.0%).
Judicial Corruption Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 3.74 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 3.62 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Iceland | 3.42 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Canada | 3.12 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 3.11 | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 2.87 | 2025 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 2.72 | 2025 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 2.68 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 2.67 | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 10 | Germany | 2.63 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 2.61 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 2.59 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Singapore | 2.56 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Estonia | 2.47 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 15 | Seychelles | 2.4 | 2025 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia | 2.33 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Netherlands | 2.33 | 2025 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 2.3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | France | 2.07 | 2025 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 20 | Belgium | 2.05 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Israel | 2.03 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 22 | Poland | 2.03 | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 2 | 2025 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 1.85 | 2025 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 1.82 | 2025 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 1.75 | 2025 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 29 | Slovenia | 1.71 | 2025 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 1.69 | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Vanuatu | 1.67 | 2025 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 32 | Czechia | 1.63 | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 33 | South Korea | 1.61 | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Chile | 1.59 | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 35 | Oman | 1.58 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 36 | Barbados | 1.56 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 37 | Jamaica | 1.55 | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 39 | Latvia | 1.53 | 2025 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 40 | Maldives | 1.51 | 2025 | up 221.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Eswatini | 1.5 | 2025 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 1.46 | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 1.41 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Georgia | 1.39 | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.38 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Botswana | 1.36 | 2025 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 47 | Bahrain | 1.34 | 2025 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 48 | Qatar | 1.34 | 2025 | up 711.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Namibia | 1.16 | 2025 | down 37.8% | rising |
| 50 | Lesotho | 1.11 | 2025 | up 425.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Croatia | 1.08 | 2025 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 1.07 | 2025 | up 72.6% | falling |
| 53 | Italy | 1.05 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Suriname | 1.02 | 2025 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 55 | Cape Verde | 1.02 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 0.991 | 2025 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Malaysia | 0.985 | 2025 | up 125.9% | falling |
| 58 | Taiwan | 0.98 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Gambia | 0.95 | 2025 | up 559.7% | falling |
| 60 | Rwanda | 0.933 | 2025 | up 147.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Montenegro | 0.91 | 2025 | up 122.5% | falling |
| 62 | Belarus | 0.888 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Brazil | 0.88 | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Benin | 0.867 | 2025 | up 663.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 0.866 | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 0.832 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Fiji | 0.8 | 2025 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 68 | Kuwait | 0.796 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 69 | Lithuania | 0.756 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.739 | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 71 | Portugal | 0.737 | 2025 | down 55.4% | rising |
| 72 | Slovakia | 0.735 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Bhutan | 0.661 | 2025 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritius | 0.654 | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 75 | East Timor | 0.611 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 0.594 | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 0.569 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Palestine | 0.561 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Jordan | 0.556 | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 0.529 | 2025 | up 199.4% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 0.52 | 2025 | up 138.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 0.516 | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 83 | South Africa | 0.512 | 2025 | down 52.7% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 0.47 | 2025 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Vatican | 0.361 | 1870 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Mexico | 0.338 | 2025 | up 167.2% | rising |
| 87 | Senegal | 0.232 | 2025 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Panama | 0.213 | 2025 | up 180.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Albania | 0.212 | 2025 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Mongolia | 0.115 | 2025 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Argentina | 0.01 | 2025 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 92 | India | -0.033 | 2025 | down 107.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Gabon | -0.082 | 2025 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Angola | -0.119 | 2025 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Thailand | -0.158 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Morocco | -0.267 | 2025 | up 61.1% | falling |
| 97 | Bulgaria | -0.28 | 2025 | down 240.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Romania | -0.303 | 2025 | down 136.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | -0.317 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 100 | Zambia | -0.327 | 2025 | down 146.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | -0.341 | 2025 | down 1,363.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Tanzania | -0.345 | 2025 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | -0.377 | 2025 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Mozambique | -0.381 | 2025 | down 533.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Nigeria | -0.411 | 2025 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | -0.42 | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Guyana | -0.47 | 2025 | down 993.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Mali | -0.486 | 2025 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Moldova | -0.492 | 2025 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Malawi | -0.52 | 2025 | down 318.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Russia | -0.525 | 2025 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | -0.617 | 2025 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 113 | El Salvador | -0.623 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.627 | 2025 | down 397.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Niger | -0.647 | 2025 | down 516.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Honduras | -0.705 | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 117 | Eritrea | -0.721 | 2025 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Algeria | -0.76 | 2025 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Ukraine | -0.761 | 2025 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Vietnam | -0.783 | 2025 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritania | -0.83 | 2025 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Peru | -0.837 | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Tunisia | -0.842 | 2025 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Central African Republic | -0.9 | 2025 | up 54.5% | falling |
| 125 | North Korea | -0.931 | 2025 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Turkey | -0.936 | 2025 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Syria | -0.953 | 2025 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Afghanistan | -0.955 | 2025 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Egypt | -0.979 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Nepal | -1.03 | 2025 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | -1.05 | 2025 | down 603.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Iran | -1.07 | 2025 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 133 | China | -1.08 | 2025 | down 311.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | -1.09 | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 135 | Haiti | -1.09 | 2025 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 136 | Laos | -1.12 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 137 | Paraguay | -1.14 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | -1.17 | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | -1.19 | 2025 | down 643.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Djibouti | -1.19 | 2025 | down 250.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | -1.19 | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Madagascar | -1.2 | 2025 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | -1.22 | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Ethiopia | -1.24 | 2025 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.31 | 2025 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Chad | -1.35 | 2025 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Libya | -1.36 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 148 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -1.4 | 2025 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Ghana | -1.43 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Uganda | -1.46 | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 151 | Uzbekistan | -1.51 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 152 | Lebanon | -1.52 | 2025 | down 238.7% | volatile |
| 153 | North Macedonia | -1.55 | 2025 | down 102.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Bolivia | -1.57 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 155 | Venezuela | -1.6 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Cambodia | -1.61 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | Tajikistan | -1.65 | 2025 | up 27.9% | flat |
| 158 | Myanmar | -1.66 | 2025 | down 173.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Togo | -1.67 | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Cameroon | -1.7 | 2025 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 161 | Serbia | -1.7 | 2025 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Sudan | -1.72 | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Philippines | -1.72 | 2025 | down 93.6% | falling |
| 164 | Liberia | -1.74 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Pakistan | -1.82 | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Guinea | -1.89 | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 167 | Yemen | -1.91 | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 168 | South Sudan | -1.97 | 2025 | down 150.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Comoros | -2 | 2025 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Iraq | -2 | 2025 | down 113.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Nicaragua | -2.04 | 2025 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 172 | Bangladesh | -2.06 | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 173 | Somalia | -2.23 | 2025 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Congo | -2.48 | 2025 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Burundi | -2.55 | 2025 | down 126.0% | falling |
| 176 | Azerbaijan | -3.24 | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
About this data
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of how often individuals or businesses make undocumented extra payments or bribes to obtain a favorable judicial decision, or speed up or delay the process. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.