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Political Corruption Index in Turkey

Turkey: Political Corruption Index was 0.804 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.804
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
31st
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.851
in 2020
All-time low
0.195
in 1923
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Political Corruption Index in Turkey, 1789–2025

0.20.40.60.8178919072025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, political corruption index in Turkey stood at 0.804.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political corruption index in Turkey peaked at 0.851 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.195, in 1923.

Turkey ranks 31st of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Political Corruption Index in Turkey, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.666 —
1790 0.666 +0.0%
1791 0.666 +0.0%
1792 0.666 +0.0%
1793 0.666 +0.0%
1794 0.666 +0.0%
1795 0.666 +0.0%
1796 0.666 +0.0%
1797 0.666 +0.0%
1798 0.666 +0.0%
1799 0.666 +0.0%
1800 0.666 +0.0%
1801 0.666 +0.0%
1802 0.666 +0.0%
1803 0.666 +0.0%
1804 0.666 +0.0%
1805 0.666 +0.0%
1806 0.666 +0.0%
1807 0.666 +0.0%
1808 0.666 +0.0%
1809 0.662 -0.6%
1810 0.662 +0.0%
1811 0.662 +0.0%
1812 0.662 +0.0%
1813 0.662 +0.0%
1814 0.662 +0.0%
1815 0.662 +0.0%
1816 0.662 +0.0%
1817 0.662 +0.0%
1818 0.662 +0.0%
1819 0.662 +0.0%
1820 0.662 +0.0%
1821 0.662 +0.0%
1822 0.662 +0.0%
1823 0.662 +0.0%
1824 0.662 +0.0%
1825 0.662 +0.0%
1826 0.662 +0.0%
1827 0.662 +0.0%
1828 0.662 +0.0%
1829 0.662 +0.0%
1830 0.662 +0.0%
1831 0.662 +0.0%
1832 0.662 +0.0%
1833 0.662 +0.0%
1834 0.662 +0.0%
1835 0.662 +0.0%
1836 0.662 +0.0%
1837 0.662 +0.0%
1838 0.662 +0.0%
1839 0.714 +7.9%
1840 0.777 +8.8%
1841 0.777 +0.0%
1842 0.777 +0.0%
1843 0.777 +0.0%
1844 0.777 +0.0%
1845 0.777 +0.0%
1846 0.777 +0.0%
1847 0.777 +0.0%
1848 0.777 +0.0%
1849 0.777 +0.0%
1850 0.777 +0.0%
1851 0.777 +0.0%
1852 0.777 +0.0%
1853 0.777 +0.0%
1854 0.777 +0.0%
1855 0.777 +0.0%
1856 0.777 +0.0%
1857 0.777 +0.0%
1858 0.777 +0.0%
1859 0.777 +0.0%
1860 0.777 +0.0%
1861 0.777 +0.0%
1862 0.777 +0.0%
1863 0.777 +0.0%
1864 0.777 +0.0%
1865 0.777 +0.0%
1866 0.777 +0.0%
1867 0.777 +0.0%
1868 0.777 +0.0%
1869 0.777 +0.0%
1870 0.777 +0.0%
1871 0.777 +0.0%
1872 0.777 +0.0%
1873 0.777 +0.0%
1874 0.777 +0.0%
1875 0.777 +0.0%
1876 0.599 -22.9%
1877 0.57 -4.8%
1878 0.738 +29.5%
1879 0.738 +0.0%
1880 0.738 +0.0%
1881 0.738 +0.0%
1882 0.738 +0.0%
1883 0.738 +0.0%
1884 0.738 +0.0%
1885 0.738 +0.0%
1886 0.738 +0.0%
1887 0.738 +0.0%
1888 0.738 +0.0%
1889 0.738 +0.0%
1890 0.738 +0.0%
1891 0.738 +0.0%
1892 0.738 +0.0%
1893 0.738 +0.0%
1894 0.738 +0.0%
1895 0.738 +0.0%
1896 0.738 +0.0%
1897 0.738 +0.0%
1898 0.738 +0.0%
1899 0.738 +0.0%
1900 0.738 +0.0%
1901 0.738 +0.0%
1902 0.738 +0.0%
1903 0.738 +0.0%
1904 0.738 +0.0%
1905 0.738 +0.0%
1906 0.738 +0.0%
1907 0.738 +0.0%
1908 0.715 -3.1%
1909 0.639 -10.6%
1910 0.639 +0.0%
1911 0.639 +0.0%
1912 0.639 +0.0%
1913 0.544 -14.9%
1914 0.544 +0.0%
1915 0.544 +0.0%
1916 0.544 +0.0%
1917 0.544 +0.0%
1918 0.544 +0.0%
1919 0.526 -3.3%
1920 0.518 -1.5%
1921 0.483 -6.8%
1922 0.483 +0.0%
1923 0.195 -59.6%
1924 0.195 +0.0%
1925 0.282 +44.6%
1926 0.282 +0.0%
1927 0.282 +0.0%
1928 0.282 +0.0%
1929 0.282 +0.0%
1930 0.282 +0.0%
1931 0.282 +0.0%
1932 0.282 +0.0%
1933 0.282 +0.0%
1934 0.282 +0.0%
1935 0.282 +0.0%
1936 0.282 +0.0%
1937 0.282 +0.0%
1938 0.282 +0.0%
1939 0.282 +0.0%
1940 0.299 +6.0%
1941 0.299 +0.0%
1942 0.299 +0.0%
1943 0.299 +0.0%
1944 0.299 +0.0%
1945 0.299 +0.0%
1946 0.299 +0.0%
1947 0.299 +0.0%
1948 0.299 +0.0%
1949 0.299 +0.0%
1950 0.411 +37.5%
1951 0.496 +20.7%
1952 0.496 +0.0%
1953 0.496 +0.0%
1954 0.496 +0.0%
1955 0.496 +0.0%
1956 0.496 +0.0%
1957 0.496 +0.0%
1958 0.496 +0.0%
1959 0.496 +0.0%
1960 0.397 -20.0%
1961 0.3 -24.4%
1962 0.365 +21.7%
1963 0.365 +0.0%
1964 0.365 +0.0%
1965 0.365 +0.0%
1966 0.38 +4.1%
1967 0.38 +0.0%
1968 0.38 +0.0%
1969 0.38 +0.0%
1970 0.367 -3.4%
1971 0.351 -4.4%
1972 0.351 +0.0%
1973 0.351 +0.0%
1974 0.367 +4.6%
1975 0.367 +0.0%
1976 0.367 +0.0%
1977 0.367 +0.0%
1978 0.367 +0.0%
1979 0.367 +0.0%
1980 0.256 -30.2%
1981 0.256 +0.0%
1982 0.257 +0.4%
1983 0.428 +66.5%
1984 0.442 +3.3%
1985 0.442 +0.0%
1986 0.442 +0.0%
1987 0.483 +9.3%
1988 0.483 +0.0%
1989 0.483 +0.0%
1990 0.483 +0.0%
1991 0.483 +0.0%
1992 0.483 +0.0%
1993 0.483 +0.0%
1994 0.483 +0.0%
1995 0.483 +0.0%
1996 0.483 +0.0%
1997 0.483 +0.0%
1998 0.483 +0.0%
1999 0.508 +5.2%
2000 0.502 -1.2%
2001 0.502 +0.0%
2002 0.517 +3.0%
2003 0.517 +0.0%
2004 0.532 +2.9%
2005 0.532 +0.0%
2006 0.535 +0.6%
2007 0.548 +2.4%
2008 0.582 +6.2%
2009 0.582 +0.0%
2010 0.652 +12.0%
2011 0.666 +2.1%
2012 0.686 +3.0%
2013 0.712 +3.8%
2014 0.777 +9.1%
2015 0.78 +0.4%
2016 0.827 +6.0%
2017 0.837 +1.2%
2018 0.836 -0.1%
2019 0.847 +1.3%
2020 0.851 +0.5%
2021 0.838 -1.5%
2022 0.843 +0.6%
2023 0.841 -0.2%
2024 0.8 -4.9%
2025 0.804 +0.5%

Turkey compared with similar countries

  • Turkey's 0.804 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.62, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
  • Turkey's 0.804 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2125, 3.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.666 0.666 0.666 1
1790s 0.666 0.666 0.666 10
1800s 0.6656 0.662 0.666 10
1810s 0.662 0.662 0.662 10
1820s 0.662 0.662 0.662 10
1830s 0.6672 0.662 0.714 10
1840s 0.777 0.777 0.777 10
1850s 0.777 0.777 0.777 10
1860s 0.777 0.777 0.777 10
1870s 0.7307 0.57 0.777 10
1880s 0.738 0.738 0.738 10
1890s 0.738 0.738 0.738 10
1900s 0.7258 0.639 0.738 10
1910s 0.5707 0.526 0.639 10
1920s 0.3284 0.195 0.518 10
1930s 0.282 0.282 0.282 10
1940s 0.299 0.299 0.299 10
1950s 0.4875 0.411 0.496 10
1960s 0.3677 0.3 0.397 10
1970s 0.3622 0.351 0.367 10
1980s 0.3972 0.256 0.483 10
1990s 0.4855 0.483 0.508 10
2000s 0.5349 0.502 0.582 10
2010s 0.762 0.652 0.847 10
2020s 0.8295 0.8 0.851 6

Countries ranked near Turkey

  1. 28 Uzbekistan 0.823 compare
  2. 29 Libya 0.811 compare
  3. 30 Guinea 0.808 compare
  4. 32 Pakistan 0.802 compare
  5. 33 Paraguay 0.801 compare
  6. 34 Indonesia 0.795 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political corruption index in Turkey?
Political corruption index in Turkey was 0.804 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest political corruption index recorded in Turkey?
The highest recorded value was 0.851 in 2020.
What is the lowest political corruption index recorded in Turkey?
The lowest recorded value was 0.195 in 1923.
How does Turkey rank for political corruption index?
Turkey ranks 31st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political corruption index rising or falling in Turkey?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Turkey data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Corruption Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Political Corruption Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 25,295 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which a country is affected by political corruption.