Legislative Corruption Score by country
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which members of the legislature abuse their position for financial gain, such as bribes, government contracts, future employment, or stealing from the state. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.
Countries reporting
171
Highest
3.22
Norway
Lowest
-2.74
Afghanistan
Median
-0.099
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
17,541
What the numbers show
Legislative Corruption Score is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 3.22 in Norway; the lowest is -2.74 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.099, and the mean is -0.1045.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 1,084.6%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 610.2%).
Legislative Corruption Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Norway | 3.22 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 2.98 | 2025 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 2.98 | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Singapore | 2.86 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 2.37 | 2025 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 7 | Iceland | 2.31 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Estonia | 2.19 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 2.13 | 2025 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2.05 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Seychelles | 1.99 | 2025 | up 137.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Belgium | 1.92 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 1.89 | 2025 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 1.82 | 2025 | down 32.8% | flat |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 1.73 | 2025 | up 52.3% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 1.72 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 1.71 | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 1.7 | 2025 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 1.68 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Barbados | 1.67 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 1.66 | 2025 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Switzerland | 1.66 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Japan | 1.59 | 2025 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Austria | 1.47 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 26 | Chile | 1.43 | 2025 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 26 | Latvia | 1.43 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Israel | 1.37 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 29 | France | 1.31 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Slovenia | 1.22 | 2025 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 1.21 | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 32 | Lithuania | 1.21 | 2025 | up 55.9% | falling |
| 33 | Ghana | 1.2 | 2025 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.2 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 35 | Suriname | 1.19 | 2025 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.1 | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 37 | Cyprus | 1.1 | 2025 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Jamaica | 1.07 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 39 | United States | 1.05 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Italy | 0.999 | 2025 | up 179.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Moldova | 0.995 | 2025 | up 165.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Tunisia | 0.995 | 2025 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Myanmar | 0.96 | 2021 | up 302.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Poland | 0.951 | 2025 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Gambia | 0.948 | 2025 | up 887.5% | volatile |
| 47 | East Timor | 0.938 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Czechia | 0.919 | 2025 | up 149.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Namibia | 0.886 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 51 | North Korea | 0.86 | 2025 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 52 | Guyana | 0.851 | 2025 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Portugal | 0.838 | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Kuwait | 0.837 | 2024 | up 198.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Spain | 0.81 | 2025 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Botswana | 0.787 | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Tanzania | 0.745 | 2025 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Oman | 0.683 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Benin | 0.672 | 2025 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 0.641 | 2025 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Argentina | 0.622 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 0.539 | 2025 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 63 | South Korea | 0.509 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.506 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 65 | Vietnam | 0.481 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 66 | Slovakia | 0.462 | 2025 | up 1,084.6% | volatile |
| 67 | China | 0.417 | 2025 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Qatar | 0.416 | 2025 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 69 | Greece | 0.391 | 2025 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Senegal | 0.367 | 2025 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 71 | Zambia | 0.351 | 2025 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Georgia | 0.322 | 2025 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 0.319 | 2025 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Fiji | 0.308 | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.294 | 2025 | up 241.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Croatia | 0.285 | 2025 | up 431.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Eritrea | 0.241 | 2002 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 0.15 | 2025 | down 84.0% | flat |
| 79 | Niger | 0.082 | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Taiwan | 0.056 | 2025 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Belarus | 0.016 | 2025 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Guinea | 0.015 | 2025 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 83 | South Africa | 0.011 | 2025 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Mauritius | 0.005 | 2025 | up 100.7% | falling |
| 85 | Mozambique | -0.015 | 2025 | down 101.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Malaysia | -0.015 | 2025 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Vanuatu | -0.074 | 2025 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Malawi | -0.092 | 2025 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | -0.099 | 2025 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Maldives | -0.122 | 2025 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 91 | Nepal | -0.127 | 2025 | down 173.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Djibouti | -0.148 | 2025 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Romania | -0.187 | 2025 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Rwanda | -0.226 | 2025 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Eswatini | -0.371 | 2025 | down 372.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Togo | -0.379 | 2025 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Comoros | -0.476 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 98 | Thailand | -0.478 | 2025 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 99 | Angola | -0.49 | 2025 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Egypt | -0.528 | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Bolivia | -0.553 | 2025 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | -0.556 | 2025 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 103 | Algeria | -0.565 | 2025 | down 125.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Colombia | -0.6 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 105 | Serbia | -0.61 | 2025 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 106 | El Salvador | -0.637 | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 107 | Bahrain | -0.654 | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Ukraine | -0.654 | 2025 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Mali | -0.702 | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.712 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | Burundi | -0.719 | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Morocco | -0.747 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 113 | Panama | -0.772 | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 114 | Ecuador | -0.776 | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 115 | Lesotho | -0.801 | 2025 | down 610.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Cuba | -0.837 | 2025 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 117 | Libya | -0.866 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.903 | 2025 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.93 | 2021 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Mauritania | -0.962 | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | -0.995 | 2025 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 122 | Albania | -0.998 | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Bulgaria | -1.02 | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Gabon | -1.03 | 2025 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 125 | Sudan | -1.03 | 2019 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 126 | India | -1.06 | 2025 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Jordan | -1.09 | 2025 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 128 | South Sudan | -1.1 | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | -1.12 | 2025 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 130 | Honduras | -1.13 | 2025 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 130 | Tajikistan | -1.13 | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Hungary | -1.18 | 2025 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 133 | North Macedonia | -1.23 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Lebanon | -1.25 | 2025 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 135 | Montenegro | -1.28 | 2025 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Nigeria | -1.32 | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Brazil | -1.33 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 138 | Somalia | -1.33 | 2025 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Mongolia | -1.37 | 2025 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Russia | -1.38 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Laos | -1.39 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 142 | Cambodia | -1.41 | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Uganda | -1.42 | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Turkey | -1.42 | 2025 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Congo | -1.46 | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 146 | Mexico | -1.46 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 147 | Iran | -1.51 | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | -1.57 | 2025 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Pakistan | -1.6 | 2025 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Syria | -1.68 | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Paraguay | -1.7 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 152 | Kyrgyzstan | -1.72 | 2025 | up 39.3% | flat |
| 153 | Bangladesh | -1.72 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 154 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -1.78 | 2025 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | -1.79 | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Iraq | -1.84 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 157 | Kenya | -1.88 | 2025 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | -1.92 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Liberia | -1.93 | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Cameroon | -1.93 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | -2.06 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 162 | Yemen | -2.1 | 2025 | down 107.1% | falling |
| 163 | Peru | -2.11 | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Philippines | -2.14 | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 165 | Guatemala | -2.17 | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Venezuela | -2.19 | 2025 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Indonesia | -2.19 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 168 | Haiti | -2.21 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 169 | Chad | -2.25 | 2025 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Azerbaijan | -2.29 | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 171 | Nicaragua | -2.35 | 2025 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Central African Republic | -2.48 | 2025 | down 159.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Madagascar | -2.57 | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Afghanistan | -2.74 | 2021 | down 15.6% | volatile |
About this data
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which members of the legislature abuse their position for financial gain, such as bribes, government contracts, future employment, or stealing from the state. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.