54 country profiles · 207 indicator definitionsAPI dataGet API key

Governance · Central Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo Political Corruption Index

0.886as of 2025-2.1% vs 2024

V-Dem expert-coded index of political corruption across government on a 0-1 scale (higher is more corrupt). Source: OWID GOVERNANCE. Retrieved June 19, 2026.

Trend

2000 – 2025 · OWID

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodPolitical Corruption Index
20250.886
20240.905
20230.933
20220.952
20210.931
20200.911
20190.94
20180.966
20170.965
20160.961
20150.961
20140.953

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=CD&metric_key=political_corruption_index" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"
Get a free API keyAPI reference

Political Corruption Index across Africa

View country ranking ->
CountryPolitical Corruption IndexPeriod
Nigeria0.8342025
Kenya0.5642025
South Africa0.5382025
Egypt0.7292025
Ghana0.6152025
Ethiopia0.5292025

More Democratic Republic of the Congo governance data

Democratic Republic of the Congo Corruption Perceptions IndexDemocratic Republic of the Congo Electoral Democracy IndexDemocratic Republic of the Congo Liberal Democracy IndexDemocratic Republic of the Congo Control of CorruptionDemocratic Republic of the Congo Government Effectiveness