Public Sector Corruption Index by country
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which public sector employees engage in bribery and theft. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (highly corrupt).
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.985
Venezuela
Lowest
0.005
Denmark
Median
0.522
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
25,541
What the numbers show
Public Sector Corruption Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.985 in Venezuela; the lowest is 0.005 in Denmark.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.522, and the mean is 0.4772.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 197.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 82.0%).
Public Sector Corruption Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 0.985 | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Chad | 0.968 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 3 | Cameroon | 0.933 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 0.915 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Uganda | 0.912 | 2025 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 0.911 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 0.91 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 0.907 | 2025 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 9 | South Sudan | 0.904 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 10 | Mauritania | 0.901 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 11 | Somalia | 0.9 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea | 0.885 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 0.881 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.877 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 16 | Burundi | 0.874 | 2025 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Cuba | 0.873 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 0.872 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 0.872 | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 0.867 | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 21 | Madagascar | 0.866 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 22 | Eswatini | 0.864 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 0.861 | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Lebanon | 0.86 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 0.857 | 2025 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.844 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 27 | Liberia | 0.84 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 0.839 | 2025 | up 62.3% | falling |
| 29 | Mongolia | 0.819 | 2025 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Indonesia | 0.811 | 2025 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 31 | North Korea | 0.808 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 0.807 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 33 | Gabon | 0.797 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 34 | Egypt | 0.792 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 35 | Libya | 0.785 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 36 | Yemen | 0.778 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 37 | Eritrea | 0.776 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 0.774 | 2025 | up 26.7% | flat |
| 39 | South Africa | 0.755 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 0.751 | 2025 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 41 | Honduras | 0.748 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 42 | Iraq | 0.741 | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 43 | Russia | 0.737 | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 44 | Sudan | 0.727 | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Djibouti | 0.715 | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 0.712 | 2025 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 47 | Togo | 0.71 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Haiti | 0.708 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 0.707 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 50 | Pakistan | 0.7 | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0.698 | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 52 | Laos | 0.694 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 53 | India | 0.692 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Malawi | 0.686 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Turkey | 0.686 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 56 | Congo | 0.684 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 57 | Mali | 0.683 | 2025 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 0.679 | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 0.678 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 60 | Niger | 0.676 | 2025 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.674 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 61 | Paraguay | 0.674 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.666 | 2025 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 0.665 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Comoros | 0.662 | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Iran | 0.661 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 67 | Lesotho | 0.657 | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Syria | 0.652 | 2025 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.651 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | 0.65 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.646 | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 72 | Guatemala | 0.64 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 0.608 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Bolivia | 0.598 | 2025 | up 40.7% | falling |
| 75 | Algeria | 0.595 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 0.589 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 0.588 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 78 | Nepal | 0.587 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 79 | Kenya | 0.577 | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Albania | 0.572 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Angola | 0.569 | 2025 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 82 | El Salvador | 0.562 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 83 | Tunisia | 0.542 | 2025 | up 86.3% | flat |
| 84 | Senegal | 0.536 | 2025 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 85 | Armenia | 0.531 | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 86 | Ukraine | 0.528 | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 87 | Thailand | 0.522 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 0.519 | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 0.517 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 90 | China | 0.498 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 91 | Zambia | 0.494 | 2025 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Guyana | 0.488 | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Vietnam | 0.48 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 94 | Argentina | 0.467 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 95 | Mexico | 0.456 | 2025 | down 27.6% | flat |
| 96 | Qatar | 0.445 | 2025 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 97 | Namibia | 0.439 | 2025 | up 63.8% | falling |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 0.428 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 99 | Bahrain | 0.425 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Vanuatu | 0.417 | 2025 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Kuwait | 0.406 | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 102 | Vatican | 0.401 | 1870 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 103 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.387 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 0.356 | 2025 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Rwanda | 0.356 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 106 | Oman | 0.348 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 107 | Moldova | 0.336 | 2025 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 0.325 | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 109 | Colombia | 0.322 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 110 | Jordan | 0.321 | 2025 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 111 | Romania | 0.319 | 2025 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Maldives | 0.312 | 2025 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 0.296 | 2025 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Croatia | 0.288 | 2025 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 115 | Panama | 0.284 | 2025 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 116 | Belarus | 0.264 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 117 | Peru | 0.243 | 2025 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 118 | Brazil | 0.242 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 119 | Tanzania | 0.24 | 2025 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Malaysia | 0.236 | 2025 | down 54.3% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 0.235 | 2025 | up 152.7% | volatile |
| 122 | East Timor | 0.233 | 2025 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 123 | Suriname | 0.221 | 2025 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 124 | Montenegro | 0.217 | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 125 | Czechia | 0.211 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 126 | Cyprus | 0.207 | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 127 | Greece | 0.2 | 2025 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 0.191 | 2025 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 129 | Mauritius | 0.19 | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Hungary | 0.189 | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 131 | Bhutan | 0.183 | 2025 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 131 | Botswana | 0.183 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Fiji | 0.18 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 134 | Slovakia | 0.18 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 0.177 | 2025 | up 108.2% | falling |
| 137 | Jamaica | 0.167 | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 138 | South Korea | 0.162 | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 139 | Taiwan | 0.155 | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.124 | 2025 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Benin | 0.12 | 2025 | down 82.0% | rising |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | 0.116 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 143 | Portugal | 0.115 | 2025 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Italy | 0.112 | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 145 | Israel | 0.104 | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 146 | Chile | 0.103 | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Uruguay | 0.103 | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Seychelles | 0.093 | 2025 | down 53.5% | rising |
| 149 | Hong Kong | 0.09 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 150 | Austria | 0.089 | 2025 | up 196.7% | rising |
| 151 | Latvia | 0.085 | 2025 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 152 | Spain | 0.069 | 2025 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Barbados | 0.065 | 2025 | down 43.5% | flat |
| 154 | Palestine | 0.064 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Slovenia | 0.064 | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 156 | Poland | 0.051 | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Finland | 0.048 | 2025 | up 220.0% | falling |
| 158 | Estonia | 0.037 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 159 | Japan | 0.036 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Belgium | 0.033 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 161 | United States | 0.029 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | Netherlands | 0.023 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 164 | Australia | 0.02 | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 166 | France | 0.019 | 2025 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Sweden | 0.019 | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 0.018 | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 0.013 | 2025 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Norway | 0.012 | 2025 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Iceland | 0.011 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Canada | 0.009 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Singapore | 0.009 | 2025 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Switzerland | 0.007 | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 175 | New Zealand | 0.006 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Denmark | 0.005 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
About this data
Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which public sector employees engage in bribery and theft. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (highly corrupt).