Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Russia
Russia: Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 0.783 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.783
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
38th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.865
in 1825
All-time low
0.198
in 1942
Years of data
237
1789–2025
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Russia, 1789–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in Russia is 0.783, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in Russia peaked at 0.865 in 1825 and was at its lowest, 0.198, in 1942.
That places Russia 38th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Russia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.822 | — |
| 1790 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1811 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1814 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1821 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1822 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1823 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.822 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.865 | +5.2% |
| 1826 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1827 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1831 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1836 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.865 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.829 | -4.2% |
| 1843 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1849 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1850 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1851 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.711 | -14.2% |
| 1856 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1858 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1859 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1861 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1862 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.711 | +0.0% |
| 1864 | 0.693 | -2.5% |
| 1865 | 0.619 | -10.7% |
| 1866 | 0.552 | -10.8% |
| 1867 | 0.552 | +0.0% |
| 1868 | 0.439 | -20.5% |
| 1869 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1870 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1871 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1874 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1877 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1879 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1881 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1882 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1891 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1895 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1898 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1899 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1901 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.439 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.453 | +3.2% |
| 1905 | 0.453 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.442 | -2.4% |
| 1907 | 0.377 | -14.7% |
| 1908 | 0.402 | +6.6% |
| 1909 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1910 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.43 | +7.0% |
| 1916 | 0.417 | -3.0% |
| 1917 | 0.372 | -10.8% |
| 1918 | 0.267 | -28.2% |
| 1919 | 0.231 | -13.5% |
| 1920 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1921 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1922 | 0.237 | +2.6% |
| 1923 | 0.237 | +0.0% |
| 1924 | 0.248 | +4.6% |
| 1925 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1926 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1928 | 0.217 | -12.5% |
| 1929 | 0.213 | -1.8% |
| 1930 | 0.204 | -4.2% |
| 1931 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1938 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1939 | 0.205 | +0.5% |
| 1940 | 0.205 | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 0.203 | -1.0% |
| 1942 | 0.198 | -2.5% |
| 1943 | 0.198 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.198 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.198 | +0.0% |
| 1946 | 0.209 | +5.6% |
| 1947 | 0.209 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.209 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.209 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.209 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.209 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.209 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.209 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.231 | +10.5% |
| 1955 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.231 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.263 | +13.9% |
| 1962 | 0.263 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.263 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.308 | +17.1% |
| 1965 | 0.308 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.323 | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 0.323 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.323 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.323 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.343 | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 0.333 | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.333 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.353 | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 0.353 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.347 | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.347 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.347 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.347 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.383 | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 0.409 | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.413 | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.54 | +30.8% |
| 1992 | 0.733 | +35.7% |
| 1993 | 0.719 | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.738 | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.774 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.774 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.774 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.774 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.774 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.787 | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.778 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.782 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.782 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.727 | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.727 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.727 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.727 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.731 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.737 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.728 | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.736 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.737 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.721 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.712 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.712 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.716 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.722 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.722 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.722 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.719 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.701 | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.732 | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 0.78 | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 0.795 | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 0.783 | -1.5% |
Russia compared with similar countries
- Russia's 0.783 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.085, 9.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Russia's 0.783 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2125, 3.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.822 | 0.822 | 0.822 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.822 | 0.822 | 0.822 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.822 | 0.822 | 0.822 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.822 | 0.822 | 0.822 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.8435 | 0.822 | 0.865 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.865 | 0.865 | 0.865 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.8362 | 0.829 | 0.865 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.77 | 0.711 | 0.829 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6138 | 0.439 | 0.711 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.439 | 0.439 | 0.439 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.439 | 0.439 | 0.439 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.439 | 0.439 | 0.439 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.4285 | 0.377 | 0.453 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.3727 | 0.231 | 0.43 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2358 | 0.213 | 0.248 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.2041 | 0.204 | 0.205 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.2036 | 0.198 | 0.209 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.2222 | 0.209 | 0.231 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2928 | 0.231 | 0.323 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.334 | 0.333 | 0.343 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3704 | 0.347 | 0.409 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7013 | 0.413 | 0.774 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7505 | 0.727 | 0.787 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7228 | 0.712 | 0.737 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7517 | 0.701 | 0.795 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Russia
- 35 Serbia 0.794 compare
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More social development data for Russia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11,811 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 99,360 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 99,360 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in Russia?
- Political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in Russia was 0.783 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.865 in 1825.
- What is the lowest political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.198 in 1942.
- How does Russia rank for political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index?
- Russia ranks 38th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Russia data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Central estimate of the extent to which a country is affected by political corruption.