Political Corruption Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which a country is affected by political corruption.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.968
Venezuela
Lowest
0.004
Denmark
Median
0.529
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
25,295
What the numbers show
Political Corruption Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.968 in Venezuela; the lowest is 0.004 in Denmark.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.529, and the mean is 0.4856.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 242.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 186.1%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 73.9%).
Political Corruption Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 0.968 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 2 | Chad | 0.952 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 0.942 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 4 | Cameroon | 0.939 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0.904 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 6 | Yemen | 0.902 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 0.899 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 8 | South Sudan | 0.893 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 0.893 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 10 | Iraq | 0.892 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 0.89 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 0.889 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.886 | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Madagascar | 0.882 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 15 | Liberia | 0.877 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 16 | Somalia | 0.87 | 2025 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Myanmar | 0.859 | 2025 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.858 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 0.854 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 0.852 | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Burundi | 0.845 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 22 | Congo | 0.841 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 0.841 | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 24 | Nigeria | 0.834 | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 25 | Lebanon | 0.83 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.828 | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Mauritania | 0.825 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 0.823 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Libya | 0.811 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 30 | Guinea | 0.808 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Turkey | 0.804 | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 32 | Pakistan | 0.802 | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 33 | Paraguay | 0.801 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 34 | Indonesia | 0.795 | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia | 0.794 | 2025 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.793 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 37 | Haiti | 0.786 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 38 | Russia | 0.783 | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 0.78 | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 40 | Comoros | 0.774 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 0.769 | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 42 | Iran | 0.768 | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 43 | Laos | 0.765 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 44 | Bolivia | 0.763 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 45 | Togo | 0.757 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 0.753 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 47 | Eritrea | 0.752 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 47 | Honduras | 0.752 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 0.736 | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 50 | Egypt | 0.729 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.726 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 52 | Gabon | 0.72 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 52 | Mali | 0.72 | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Sudan | 0.719 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Djibouti | 0.706 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 56 | Mozambique | 0.695 | 2025 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 57 | Mongolia | 0.693 | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 58 | India | 0.684 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 0.684 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 60 | El Salvador | 0.682 | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.671 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 62 | North Korea | 0.67 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 63 | Algeria | 0.662 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 0.652 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 0.643 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 66 | Cuba | 0.641 | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 66 | Ukraine | 0.641 | 2025 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 68 | Thailand | 0.635 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 69 | Peru | 0.63 | 2025 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 70 | Malawi | 0.628 | 2025 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Albania | 0.624 | 2025 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Syria | 0.619 | 2025 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Guatemala | 0.616 | 2025 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 74 | Ghana | 0.615 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 0.602 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.598 | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 77 | Niger | 0.591 | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 0.588 | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 79 | Mexico | 0.574 | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 0.571 | 2025 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 81 | Angola | 0.57 | 2025 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 82 | Kenya | 0.564 | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Nepal | 0.561 | 2025 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 84 | China | 0.554 | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 84 | Eswatini | 0.554 | 2025 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 86 | South Africa | 0.538 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 0.529 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 88 | Guyana | 0.507 | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Hungary | 0.488 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 90 | Panama | 0.485 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 91 | Bahrain | 0.477 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 92 | Armenia | 0.472 | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 92 | Lesotho | 0.472 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 94 | Vietnam | 0.466 | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 95 | Montenegro | 0.43 | 2025 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 0.428 | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Brazil | 0.423 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 0.422 | 2025 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 99 | Romania | 0.419 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 100 | Rwanda | 0.418 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Argentina | 0.415 | 2025 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.41 | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 102 | Tunisia | 0.41 | 2025 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 104 | Senegal | 0.404 | 2025 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 105 | Colombia | 0.388 | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 0.373 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 107 | Vatican | 0.366 | 1870 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 108 | Mauritius | 0.356 | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Kuwait | 0.346 | 2025 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 110 | Vanuatu | 0.332 | 2025 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Qatar | 0.331 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 112 | Tanzania | 0.329 | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 0.326 | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 114 | Moldova | 0.325 | 2025 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 115 | Malaysia | 0.322 | 2025 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 116 | Maldives | 0.312 | 2025 | down 57.6% | flat |
| 117 | Slovakia | 0.29 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 118 | Fiji | 0.289 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 118 | Georgia | 0.289 | 2025 | up 186.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.289 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 0.288 | 2025 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0.278 | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Greece | 0.276 | 2025 | up 90.3% | falling |
| 124 | Namibia | 0.274 | 2025 | up 45.7% | falling |
| 125 | Gambia | 0.271 | 2025 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Croatia | 0.254 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 127 | Oman | 0.253 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 128 | East Timor | 0.25 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 129 | Taiwan | 0.214 | 2025 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 130 | Jamaica | 0.207 | 2025 | up 58.0% | falling |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 0.206 | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 132 | Botswana | 0.204 | 2025 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Benin | 0.191 | 2025 | down 63.8% | flat |
| 135 | Suriname | 0.172 | 2025 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 136 | Czechia | 0.171 | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 137 | Cyprus | 0.166 | 2025 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 137 | Portugal | 0.166 | 2025 | up 78.5% | falling |
| 139 | Lithuania | 0.159 | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 140 | Italy | 0.157 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 141 | South Korea | 0.156 | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 142 | Palestine | 0.152 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Bhutan | 0.148 | 2025 | up 52.6% | falling |
| 144 | Spain | 0.113 | 2025 | up 113.2% | falling |
| 145 | Israel | 0.107 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 0.105 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1 | 2025 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 148 | Austria | 0.095 | 2025 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 149 | Hong Kong | 0.085 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 150 | Poland | 0.081 | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovenia | 0.078 | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 152 | Chile | 0.075 | 2025 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Barbados | 0.073 | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 154 | Latvia | 0.07 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 155 | United States | 0.06 | 2025 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 156 | France | 0.056 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 157 | Uruguay | 0.055 | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Seychelles | 0.054 | 2025 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Japan | 0.05 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 160 | United Kingdom | 0.042 | 2025 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Belgium | 0.031 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | Finland | 0.031 | 2025 | up 158.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Australia | 0.029 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Netherlands | 0.027 | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Canada | 0.026 | 2025 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 167 | Estonia | 0.025 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 0.024 | 2025 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Switzerland | 0.02 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 171 | Iceland | 0.014 | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 171 | New Zealand | 0.014 | 2025 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Singapore | 0.013 | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Norway | 0.01 | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Sweden | 0.009 | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Denmark | 0.004 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which a country is affected by political corruption.