Which countries have the least political corruption?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem political corruption index index for 2024 (179 countries, 0–1 scale; higher means more corruption, so rank 1 is the least corrupt).

Rank	Country	Score	1y change	10y change
1	Denmark	0.003	±0.000	+0.001
2	Sweden	0.010	±0.000	+0.006
3	New Zealand	0.011	+0.003	+0.002
4	Norway	0.011	±0.000	+0.005
5	Netherlands	0.018	−0.003	−0.005
6	Germany	0.020	+0.006	+0.008
7	Switzerland	0.022	±0.000	−0.002
8	Iceland	0.022	±0.000	+0.010
9	Finland	0.024	+0.009	+0.012
10	Estonia	0.026	−0.006	−0.001
11	Australia	0.027	±0.000	−0.010
12	Canada	0.029	±0.000	+0.008
13	Luxembourg	0.029	+0.002	+0.002
14	Singapore	0.030	+0.018	+0.021
15	Belgium	0.031	±0.000	±0.000
16	Ireland	0.032	±0.000	+0.002
17	United Kingdom	0.042	−0.009	+0.002
18	Seychelles	0.046	±0.000	−0.202
19	United States of America	0.051	−0.004	−0.003
20	France	0.053	+0.004	−0.002
21	Uruguay	0.053	−0.017	+0.003
22	Slovenia	0.061	±0.000	−0.036
23	Japan	0.063	±0.000	−0.035
24	Barbados	0.070	+0.009	−0.023
25	Latvia	0.071	±0.000	−0.011
26	Hong Kong	0.083	±0.000	−0.006
27	Chile	0.084	+0.016	+0.008
28	Trinidad and Tobago	0.089	±0.000	−0.072
29	Poland	0.097	−0.030	+0.005
30	Czechia	0.098	−0.034	−0.132
31	Spain	0.103	+0.033	+0.049
32	United Arab Emirates	0.105	−0.016	−0.011
33	Austria	0.108	±0.000	+0.064
34	Israel	0.122	−0.005	+0.014
35	Bhutan	0.155	+0.026	+0.057
36	South Korea	0.156	−0.001	−0.056
37	Cyprus	0.160	−0.035	+0.017
38	Portugal	0.164	−0.008	+0.071
39	Lithuania	0.172	+0.050	+0.017
40	Suriname	0.173	−0.029	−0.062
41	Jamaica	0.180	−0.022	+0.051
42	Benin	0.187	+0.008	−0.326
43	Georgia	0.188	+0.027	+0.092
44	Malta	0.194	±0.000	−0.032
45	Italy	0.196	+0.025	−0.006
46	Costa Rica	0.203	+0.013	+0.024
47	Timor-Leste	0.215	±0.000	−0.090
48	Taiwan	0.230	−0.019	−0.090
49	Greece	0.238	−0.004	+0.068
50	Botswana	0.240	±0.000	+0.097
51	Tanzania	0.253	−0.027	−0.221
52	Oman	0.256	±0.000	−0.001
53	Croatia	0.257	+0.003	−0.044
54	Cape Verde	0.258	±0.000	+0.052
55	The Gambia	0.270	+0.010	−0.308
56	Kosovo	0.273	−0.027	−0.263
57	Sao Tome and Principe	0.275	±0.000	−0.019
58	Slovakia	0.276	+0.079	−0.021
59	Namibia	0.279	−0.053	+0.089
60	Fiji	0.285	±0.000	+0.068
61	Vanuatu	0.294	−0.035	−0.144
62	Senegal	0.301	+0.006	+0.068
63	Kuwait	0.314	±0.000	−0.209
64	Malaysia	0.324	±0.000	−0.251
65	Saudi Arabia	0.326	±0.000	−0.146
66	Moldova	0.329	+0.097	−0.394
67	Zambia	0.355	+0.031	+0.097
68	Palestine/Gaza	0.368	+0.056	+0.045
69	Qatar	0.371	±0.000	−0.035
70	Armenia	0.374	±0.000	−0.471
71	Romania	0.383	+0.055	−0.060
72	Argentina	0.387	−0.017	−0.167
73	Burkina Faso	0.391	+0.004	−0.046
74	Colombia	0.393	+0.006	+0.005
75	Tunisia	0.409	−0.006	+0.068
76	Rwanda	0.416	−0.028	+0.002
77	Maldives	0.418	−0.052	−0.302
78	Belarus	0.419	±0.000	+0.074
79	Jordan	0.422	−0.061	−0.101
80	Guyana	0.429	±0.000	−0.119
81	Palestine/West Bank	0.435	−0.112	+0.156
82	Brazil	0.436	−0.024	−0.071
83	Mauritius	0.454	−0.043	+0.015
84	Sri Lanka	0.462	−0.091	−0.189
85	Panama	0.473	−0.020	−0.099
86	Vietnam	0.485	−0.010	−0.025
87	Sierra Leone	0.495	+0.017	−0.330
88	Hungary	0.495	−0.010	+0.053
89	Montenegro	0.498	−0.001	−0.038
90	Bahrain	0.505	±0.000	−0.050
91	Lesotho	0.539	−0.002	+0.066
92	Kenya	0.542	+0.029	−0.055
93	Zanzibar	0.546	±0.000	−0.118
94	Angola	0.549	−0.030	−0.312
95	Ethiopia	0.550	−0.024	−0.029
96	China	0.551	+0.026	+0.065
97	South Africa	0.555	+0.055	+0.094
98	Mexico	0.564	+0.031	−0.195
99	Niger	0.566	+0.086	+0.038
100	Eswatini	0.569	±0.000	+0.028
101	Bulgaria	0.578	+0.233	+0.171
102	Somaliland	0.592	−0.023	−0.089
103	Cuba	0.594	±0.000	+0.030
104	Solomon Islands	0.604	−0.035	−0.005
105	Ukraine	0.609	+0.002	−0.194
106	Nepal	0.618	+0.027	−0.104
107	Ivory Coast	0.622	+0.032	+0.114
108	Albania	0.626	+0.033	−0.139
109	Morocco	0.639	−0.004	−0.044
110	Ghana	0.644	+0.006	+0.036
111	Ecuador	0.651	−0.009	−0.049
112	Bolivia	0.655	+0.051	−0.041
113	Thailand	0.659	−0.015	−0.046
114	Peru	0.660	+0.088	+0.122
115	Algeria	0.668	−0.002	+0.018
116	India	0.669	−0.002	+0.096
117	Afghanistan	0.674	+0.056	−0.253
118	Djibouti	0.675	±0.000	−0.018
119	North Korea	0.680	±0.000	−0.007
120	El Salvador	0.681	−0.015	+0.073
121	Kazakhstan	0.706	+0.002	−0.142
122	Guatemala	0.707	−0.062	−0.091
123	Dominican Republic	0.709	+0.095	−0.059
124	Mongolia	0.719	−0.020	+0.081
125	Gabon	0.720	−0.110	−0.057
126	Malawi	0.721	+0.066	+0.090
127	Papua New Guinea	0.722	−0.035	+0.048
128	Egypt	0.729	±0.000	+0.038
129	Mozambique	0.729	+0.088	+0.225
130	Syria	0.740	−0.155	−0.189
131	Eritrea	0.741	+0.022	+0.034
132	Laos	0.744	+0.020	−0.036
133	Honduras	0.746	+0.001	−0.107
134	Mali	0.750	−0.108	−0.052
135	North Macedonia	0.750	±0.000	+0.030
136	Serbia	0.754	+0.070	+0.100
137	Indonesia	0.756	−0.010	−0.001
138	Togo	0.762	−0.002	+0.021
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.763	+0.031	+0.091
140	Haiti	0.774	±0.000	−0.074
141	Burundi	0.777	−0.016	−0.115
142	Iran	0.781	−0.006	+0.048
143	Russia	0.785	+0.007	+0.070
144	Kyrgyzstan	0.801	±0.000	−0.019
145	Paraguay	0.801	+0.025	−0.025
146	Uganda	0.802	+0.047	+0.009
147	Sudan	0.804	+0.066	−0.048
148	Guinea-Bissau	0.805	±0.000	−0.030
149	Pakistan	0.817	−0.096	−0.074
150	Zimbabwe	0.818	−0.044	+0.075
151	Türkiye	0.821	−0.025	+0.039
152	Libya	0.821	±0.000	+0.017
153	Madagascar	0.827	±0.000	+0.015
154	South Sudan	0.829	±0.000	−0.035
155	Republic of the Congo	0.829	±0.000	−0.002
156	Burma/Myanmar	0.831	+0.028	+0.226
157	Uzbekistan	0.831	+0.004	−0.018
158	Equatorial Guinea	0.838	−0.029	−0.020
159	Lebanon	0.843	+0.078	+0.109
160	Comoros	0.843	±0.000	+0.172
161	Iraq	0.844	+0.018	−0.021
162	Tajikistan	0.847	±0.000	−0.092
163	Central African Republic	0.848	+0.026	+0.010
164	Philippines	0.849	+0.019	+0.130
165	Mauritania	0.849	−0.002	−0.007
166	Guinea	0.860	+0.007	−0.008
167	Liberia	0.876	±0.000	+0.027
168	Somalia	0.881	+0.015	−0.044
169	Turkmenistan	0.891	±0.000	−0.040
170	Cambodia	0.895	±0.000	+0.033
171	Azerbaijan	0.902	+0.022	−0.045
172	Bangladesh	0.908	−0.001	+0.010
173	Yemen	0.911	−0.017	+0.030
174	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.916	−0.013	−0.035
175	Nigeria	0.928	+0.007	−0.023
176	Cameroon	0.934	−0.013	−0.007
177	Nicaragua	0.941	+0.042	+0.074
178	Chad	0.953	±0.000	−0.012
179	Venezuela	0.970	+0.001	+0.003

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem political corruption index index in 2024, with the lowest (best) score of 0.003 on a 0–1 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for political corruption index in 2024?

In 2024, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (0.003), Sweden (0.010), and New Zealand (0.011).

Which country ranks last on political corruption index in 2024?

Venezuela ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.970 — on this index a higher score means more corruption, so rank 1 is the least corrupt.

Which country changed most on political corruption index over the last decade?

Armenia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 0.471 points over the past decade, standing at 0.374 (rank #70) in 2024.

How is the political corruption index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project and runs from 0 to 1. For this index higher scores indicate more corruption, so countries are ranked with #1 as the least corrupt. The 2024 edition covers 179 countries.