Political corruption - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Political corruption index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 6 countries was 0.344 index points. The highest value was in Papua New Guinea: 0.758 index points and the lowest value was in New Zealand: 0.008 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Political corruption, 2023 Global rank Available data
Papua N.G. 0.758 1 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.643 2 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.338 3 1960 - 2023
Fiji 0.293 4 1960 - 2023
Australia 0.026 5 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 0.008 6 1960 - 2023



Definition: Composite index that measures corruption in the executive, legislative, and judicial realms. Higher values mean less corruption.

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1. Papua N.G.
2. Solomon Isl.
3. Vanuatu
4. Fiji
5. Australia
6. New Zealand
0.758
0.643
0.338
0.293
0.026
0.008
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0.4
0.6
0.76


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