Most Politicians Are Corrupt (AmericasBarometer)
Share who think more than half, or all, of the country's politicians are involved in corruption. AmericasBarometer, 2004–2026.
Period: AmericasBarometer Grand Merge 2004–2023 (free, v1.0) and 2025/26 merged file (v1.0). Method: Weighted by wt, the within-country weight. Share of substantive answers; don't know, refused and not asked are left out of the base. A country needs 300 answers to be shown. Counted as yes: answers 4–5 on the 1–5 scale (EXC7NEW).
Think more than half or all politicians are involved in corruption (%)
Interactive — choose a period, search a country, switch between bars, table and map.
azenha.ai/bulldozer
Trend over time
Group average by period, 2016–2017–2025–2026.
azenha.ai/bulldozer
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 67.2% | +67.2pp |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 63.8% | +63.8pp |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 60.3% | +60.3pp |
| 🇺🇸 USA | 45.9% | +45.9pp |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 44% | +44.0pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 0% | -66.0pp |
| 🇧🇿 Belize | 0% | -63.9pp |
| 🇸🇷 Suriname | 0% | -63.9pp |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 0% | -62.6pp |
| 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0% | -43.3pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 20 | 52.3% | -10.1pp |
Most Politicians Are Corrupt (AmericasBarometer) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Think more than half or all politicians are involved in corruption (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 81.3% | -5.5pp |
| 2 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 68.2% | -5.8pp |
| 3 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 67.5% | -8.8pp |
| 4 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 67.2% | — |
| 5 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 64.3% | -11.3pp |
| 6 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 63.8% | — |
| 7 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 62.8% | -13.1pp |
| 8 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 60.3% | — |
| 9 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 57.6% | -4.3pp |
| 10 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 55% | +2.3pp |
| 11 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 54.2% | -8.3pp |
| 12 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 52.9% | -13.0pp |
| 13 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 52.8% | -21.1pp |
| 14 | 🇺🇸 USA | 45.9% | — |
| 15 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 44.3% | -9.1pp |
| 16 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 44% | — |
| 17 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 29.4% | — |
| 18 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 28.3% | — |
| 19 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 24.4% | — |
| 20 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 22.5% | -9.9pp |