Which countries have the least political corruption?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem political corruption index index for 2025 (179 countries, 0–100 scale; higher means more corruption, so rank 1 is the least corrupt).

Political Corruption Index rankings, 2025 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	0.4	0.0	+0.2
2	🇸🇪 Sweden	0.9	0.0	+0.1
3	🇳🇴 Norway	1.0	0.0	+0.4
4	🇸🇬 Singapore	1.3	−1.9	+0.3
5	🇮🇸 Iceland	1.4	−0.9	+0.2
6	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1.4	+0.3	+0.5
7	🇨🇭 Switzerland	2.0	−0.3	−0.1
8	🇩🇪 Germany	2.4	0.0	+1.3
9	🇪🇪 Estonia	2.5	0.0	−0.2
10	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2.5	−0.4	−0.1
11	🇨🇦 Canada	2.6	−0.4	+0.5
12	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2.7	+0.9	+0.8
13	🇦🇺 Australia	2.9	0.0	−1.0
14	🇧🇪 Belgium	3.1	0.0	0.0
15	🇫🇮 Finland	3.1	+0.8	+1.9
16	🇮🇪 Ireland	3.2	0.0	+0.2
17	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	4.2	−0.1	+0.2
18	🇯🇵 Japan	5.0	0.0	−3.0
19	🇸🇨 Seychelles	5.4	+0.7	−15.3
20	🇺🇾 Uruguay	5.5	+0.4	+1.3
21	🇫🇷 France	5.6	+0.7	+0.3
22	🇺🇸 United States of America	6.0	+0.9	+0.7
23	🇱🇻 Latvia	7.0	−0.1	−1.2
24	🇧🇧 Barbados	7.3	0.0	−3.8
25	🇨🇱 Chile	7.5	0.0	−1.0
26	🇸🇮 Slovenia	7.8	+2.1	−2.0
27	🇵🇱 Poland	8.1	−2.5	+0.7
28	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	8.5	−0.5	−0.3
29	🇦🇹 Austria	9.5	−1.9	+5.2
30	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	10.0	0.0	−3.7
31	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	10.5	0.0	−1.0
32	🇮🇱 Israel	10.7	−0.4	0.0
33	🇪🇸 Spain	11.3	+1.5	+6.0
34	🇧🇹 Bhutan	14.8	0.0	+5.1
35	🇰🇷 South Korea	15.6	0.0	−7.7
36	🇮🇹 Italy	15.7	−2.5	−4.1
37	🇱🇹 Lithuania	15.9	−1.0	+1.2
38	🇵🇹 Portugal	16.6	0.0	+7.3
39	🇨🇾 Cyprus	16.6	+0.5	+2.4
40	🇨🇿 Czechia	17.1	+7.6	−5.1
41	🇸🇷 Suriname	17.2	+3.2	−5.7
42	🇲🇹 Malta	18.6	0.0	−2.8
43	🇧🇯 Benin	19.1	0.0	−33.6
44	🇧🇼 Botswana	20.4	−3.8	+5.5
45	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20.6	0.0	+2.2
46	🇯🇲 Jamaica	20.7	+1.7	+7.6
47	🇹🇼 Taiwan	21.4	−0.6	−10.2
48	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	25.0	+2.9	−4.1
49	🇴🇲 Oman	25.3	0.0	−0.2
50	🇭🇷 Croatia	25.4	0.0	−4.8
51	🇬🇲 The Gambia	27.1	−0.9	−31.0
52	🇳🇦 Namibia	27.4	−0.9	+8.6
53	🇬🇷 Greece	27.6	+3.9	+13.1
54	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	27.8	−17.8	−23.7
55	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	28.8	+2.7	+8.1
56	🇬🇪 Georgia	28.9	+10.1	+18.8
57	🇫🇯 Fiji	28.9	0.0	+4.2
58	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	28.9	+0.4	−1.1
59	🇸🇰 Slovakia	29.0	+1.2	+0.1
60	🇲🇻 Maldives	31.2	−9.9	−42.4
61	🇲🇾 Malaysia	32.2	0.0	−25.2
62	🇲🇩 Moldova	32.5	0.0	−47.3
63	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	32.6	0.0	−14.3
64	🇹🇿 Tanzania	32.9	+4.8	−10.0
65	🇶🇦 Qatar	33.1	+1.1	−8.3
66	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	33.2	+5.3	−9.5
67	🇰🇼 Kuwait	34.6	+3.1	−17.5
68	🇽🇰 Kosovo	34.8	+7.6	−16.4
69	🇲🇺 Mauritius	35.6	−9.9	−10.2
70	Palestine/Gaza	37.2	+3.0	−0.5
71	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	37.3	−1.1	−1.3
72	🇨🇴 Colombia	38.8	−0.8	−0.1
73	🇸🇳 Senegal	40.4	0.0	+8.9
74	🇹🇳 Tunisia	41.0	0.0	+8.8
75	🇧🇾 Belarus	41.0	−0.9	+6.5
76	🇦🇷 Argentina	41.5	+2.5	−11.0
77	🇷🇼 Rwanda	41.8	0.0	0.0
78	🇷🇴 Romania	41.9	+3.0	−2.0
79	🇯🇴 Jordan	42.2	−0.8	−9.7
80	🇧🇷 Brazil	42.3	−1.5	−8.3
81	🇿🇲 Zambia	42.8	+7.7	+13.4
82	🇲🇪 Montenegro	43.0	−4.5	−9.5
83	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	46.4	+2.0	+13.1
84	🇻🇳 Vietnam	46.6	−2.1	−4.0
85	🇱🇸 Lesotho	47.2	−8.2	−8.7
86	🇦🇲 Armenia	47.2	+10.0	−37.5
87	🇧🇭 Bahrain	47.7	+0.7	−3.4
88	🇵🇦 Panama	48.5	+0.1	−8.8
89	🇭🇺 Hungary	48.8	−0.6	+3.7
90	🇬🇾 Guyana	50.7	0.0	+9.1
91	Zanzibar	52.4	−0.1	−13.9
92	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	52.9	+0.9	−3.7
93	🇿🇦 South Africa	53.8	+2.1	+4.6
94	🇨🇳 China	55.4	+0.4	+7.4
95	🇸🇿 Eswatini	55.4	+1.4	+6.1
96	Somaliland	55.9	−3.9	−12.5
97	🇳🇵 Nepal	56.1	−6.1	−8.6
98	🇰🇪 Kenya	56.4	+0.8	−4.0
99	🇦🇴 Angola	57.0	+2.4	−29.5
100	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	57.1	0.0	−26.8
101	🇲🇽 Mexico	57.4	−0.7	−15.0
102	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	58.8	+2.6	−14.0
103	🇳🇪 Niger	59.1	+2.1	+5.9
104	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	59.8	−0.1	+9.1
105	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	60.2	0.0	−1.1
106	🇬🇭 Ghana	61.5	−2.3	+0.7
107	🇬🇹 Guatemala	61.6	−7.5	−14.5
108	🇸🇾 Syria	61.9	−17.8	−31.5
109	🇦🇱 Albania	62.4	−0.3	−14.3
110	🇲🇼 Malawi	62.8	−9.3	−1.3
111	🇵🇪 Peru	63.0	+1.1	+10.6
112	🇹🇭 Thailand	63.5	0.0	−4.8
113	🇺🇦 Ukraine	64.1	+0.8	−14.3
114	🇨🇺 Cuba	64.1	+1.0	+2.9
115	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	64.3	+6.4	+11.6
116	🇪🇨 Ecuador	65.2	−0.3	−5.7
117	🇩🇿 Algeria	66.2	0.0	+2.0
118	🇰🇵 North Korea	67.0	0.0	−0.7
119	🇲🇦 Morocco	67.1	+0.7	−3.6
120	🇸🇻 El Salvador	68.2	−0.2	+7.7
121	🇮🇳 India	68.4	+0.3	+6.8
122	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	68.4	−1.4	+1.7
123	🇲🇳 Mongolia	69.3	+0.6	+5.3
124	🇲🇿 Mozambique	69.5	−0.3	+19.6
125	🇩🇯 Djibouti	70.6	+2.0	+0.9
126	🇸🇩 Sudan	71.9	−12.0	−12.3
127	🇲🇱 Mali	72.0	+0.2	−7.3
128	🇬🇦 Gabon	72.0	−0.4	−5.5
129	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	72.6	−4.3	+5.3
130	🇪🇬 Egypt	72.9	0.0	−0.2
131	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	73.6	+0.7	−10.7
132	🇭🇳 Honduras	75.2	+0.3	−10.4
133	🇪🇷 Eritrea	75.2	+2.4	+4.0
134	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	75.3	−0.1	+3.4
135	🇹🇬 Togo	75.7	−1.6	+0.9
136	🇧🇴 Bolivia	76.3	+10.9	+10.2
137	🇱🇦 Laos	76.5	+1.3	−2.0
138	🇮🇷 Iran	76.8	−1.5	+4.0
139	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	76.9	+8.8	−13.5
140	🇰🇲 Comoros	77.4	−3.5	+4.7
141	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	78.0	−14.2	−10.5
142	🇷🇺 Russia	78.3	−1.2	+7.1
143	🇭🇹 Haiti	78.6	0.0	−7.4
144	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	79.3	0.0	−6.3
145	🇷🇸 Serbia	79.4	+3.4	+14.0
146	🇮🇩 Indonesia	79.5	+2.8	+10.4
147	🇵🇾 Paraguay	80.1	0.0	−3.6
148	🇵🇰 Pakistan	80.2	−1.6	−8.1
149	🇹🇷 Türkiye	80.4	+0.4	+2.4
150	🇬🇳 Guinea	80.8	−5.4	−6.1
151	🇱🇾 Libya	81.1	−0.8	+3.4
152	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	82.3	−1.2	−2.7
153	🇲🇷 Mauritania	82.5	−2.8	−3.4
154	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	82.8	+8.1	−0.7
155	🇱🇧 Lebanon	83.0	−1.2	+9.8
156	🇳🇬 Nigeria	83.4	−9.8	−9.9
157	🇵🇭 Philippines	84.1	+0.4	+12.8
158	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	84.1	+0.2	+0.6
159	🇧🇮 Burundi	84.5	+1.8	−4.6
160	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	85.2	+2.8	+10.8
161	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	85.4	+0.3	+2.2
162	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	85.8	+2.1	+0.3
163	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	85.9	0.0	+32.7
164	🇸🇴 Somalia	87.0	0.0	−5.5
165	🇱🇷 Liberia	87.7	0.0	+2.7
166	🇲🇬 Madagascar	88.2	−0.1	+5.6
167	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	88.6	−1.9	−7.5
168	🇺🇬 Uganda	88.9	+4.5	+6.5
169	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	89.0	−1.2	−5.6
170	🇮🇶 Iraq	89.2	+4.2	+2.0
171	🇸🇸 South Sudan	89.3	+2.9	+2.3
172	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	89.3	+1.1	−4.8
173	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	89.9	+0.8	−3.0
174	🇾🇪 Yemen	90.2	−0.8	+1.4
175	🇰🇭 Cambodia	90.4	0.0	+3.3
176	🇨🇲 Cameroon	93.9	+0.7	+0.1
177	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	94.2	0.0	+6.9
178	🇹🇩 Chad	95.2	0.0	−1.3
179	🇻🇪 Venezuela	96.8	−0.2	+2.8

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem political corruption index index in 2025, with the lowest (best) score of 0.4 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for political corruption index in 2025?

In 2025, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (0.4), Sweden (0.9), and Norway (1.0).

Which country ranks last on political corruption index in 2025?

Venezuela ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 96.8 — 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?

Moldova shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 47.3 points over the past decade, standing at 32.5 (rank #62) in 2025.

How is the political corruption index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project; scores are shown here on a 0–100 scale (higher-precision source data runs 0–1). For this index higher scores indicate more corruption, so countries are ranked with #1 as the least corrupt. The 2025 edition covers 179 countries.