Correlation between COVID-19 Vaccination and Country Corruption

 

This week we take a look at COVID-19 vaccination rates and perceived country corruption.

I ranked countries from 1 to 176 based on the percentage of the population that had taken at least one dose of the vaccine against COVID-19, with 1 being country with the largest share and 176 being the country with the smallest. For that I used the vaccination rates from OurWorldInData. 

I then took the Corruption Perception Index from Transparency.org where it ranks countries from 1 to 179 based on their "perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys". 

I excluded any countries from OurWorldInData that didn't overlap with the countries in Transparency.org and vice versa. 

The linear correlation coefficient that measures the correlation between corruption and vaccination is r=0.7 and can be considered  strong. 

You can find all the data on the table below. 

Country	Corruption	Vaccination
Afghanistan	165	158
Albania	104	96
Algeria	104	130
Angola	142	143
Argentina	78	45
Armenia	60	136
Australia	11	37
Austria	15	51
Azerbaijan	129	72
Bahamas	30	98
Bahrain	78	41
Bangladesh	146	114
Barbados	29	69
Belarus	63	109
Belgium	15	25
Benin	83	159
Bhutan	24	20
Bolivia	124	89
Bosnia and Herzegovina	111	111
Botswana	35	121
Brazil	94	29
Brunei Darussalam	35	31
Bulgaria	69	117
Burkina Faso	86	168
Cambodia	160	10
Cameroon	149	167
Canada	11	14
Central African Republic	146	153
Chad	160	171
Chile	25	6
China	78	17
Colombia	92	64
Comoros	160	113
Congo	165	148
Costa Rica	42	39
Cote d'Ivoire	104	149
Croatia	63	76
Cuba	63	3
Cyprus	42	43
Czechia	49	60
Democratic Republic of the Congo	170	176
Denmark	1	15
Djibouti	142	141
Dominica	48	93
Dominican Republic	137	61
Ecuador	92	52
Egypt	117	134
El Salvador	104	49
Equatorial Guinea	174	125
Estonia	17	58
Eswatini	117	120
Ethiopia	94	155
Finland	3	22
France	23	23
Gabon	129	147
Gambia	102	139
Georgia	45	107
Germany	9	36
Ghana	75	151
Greece	59	53
Grenada	52	101
Guatemala	149	104
Guinea	137	135
Guinea Bissau	165	150
Guyana	83	73
Haiti	170	175
Honduras	157	97
Hong Kong	11	57
Hungary	69	55
Iceland	17	4
India	86	70
Indonesia	102	91
Iran	149	79
Iraq	160	132
Ireland	20	18
Israel	35	32
Italy	52	19
Jamaica	69	122
Japan	19	26
Jordan	60	88
Kazakhstan	94	81
Kenya	124	145
Korea, South	33	13
Kosovo	104	74
Kuwait	78	54
Kyrgyzstan	124	131
Laos	134	82
Latvia	42	66
Lebanon	149	108
Lesotho	83	128
Liberia	137	161
Libya	173	118
Lithuania	35	46
Luxembourg	9	44
Madagascar	149	172
Malawi	129	152
Malaysia	57	24
Maldives	75	27
Mali	129	164
Malta	52	5
Mauritania	134	142
Mauritius	52	34
Mexico	124	67
Moldova	115	116
Mongolia	111	38
Montenegro	67	84
Morocco	86	56
Mozambique	149	144
Myanmar	137	127
Namibia	57	133
Nepal	117	103
Netherlands	8	21
New Zealand	1	33
Nicaragua	159	138
Niger	123	162
Nigeria	149	157
North Macedonia	111	86
Norway	7	16
Oman	49	62
Pakistan	124	102
Panama	111	40
Papua New Guinea	142	165
Paraguay	137	85
Peru	94	68
Philippines	115	110
Poland	45	65
Portugal	33	2
Qatar	30	8
Romania	69	99
Russia	129	95
Rwanda	49	124
Saint Lucia	45	105
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40	119
Sao Tome and Principe	63	100
Saudi Arabia	52	42
Senegal	67	140
Serbia	94	77
Seychelles	27	12
Sierra Leone	117	156
Singapore	3	9
Slovakia	60	75
Slovenia	35	63
Solomon Islands	78	129
Somalia	179	163
South Africa	69	112
South Sudan	179	173
Spain	32	7
Sri Lanka	94	35
Sudan	174	166
Suriname	94	83
Sweden	3	30
Switzerland	3	48
Syria	178	154
Taiwan	28	59
Tajikistan	149	106
Tanzania	94	170
Thailand	104	71
Timor-Leste	86	92
Togo	134	137
Trinidad and Tobago	86	80
Tunisia	69	78
Turkey	86	50
Turkmenistan	165	174
Uganda	142	146
Ukraine	117	123
United Arab Emirates	21	1
United Kingdom	11	28
United States of America	25	47
Uruguay	21	11
Uzbekistan	146	90
Vanuatu	75	126
Venezuela	176	94
Vietnam	104	87
Yemen	176	169
Zambia	117	160
Zimbabwe	157	115

Here's also data about GDP per Capita and Vaccination

Country	GDP per Capita	Vaccination
Afghanistan	165	155
Albania	86	95
Algeria	114	128
Angola	132	141
Argentina	69	45
Armenia	101	134
Australia	10	37
Austria	14	51
Azerbaijan	92	72
Bahamas	29	97
Bahrain	37	41
Bangladesh	131	113
Barbados	45	69
Belarus	85	108
Belgium	17	25
Benin	143	156
Bhutan	115	20
Bolivia	111	89
Bosnia and Herzegovina	82	110
Botswana	77	119
Brazil	80	29
Brunei Darussalam	27	31
Bulgaria	58	115
Burkina Faso	156	165
Cambodia	136	10
Cameroon	138	164
Canada	18	14
Central African Republic	167	150
Chad	162	168
Chile	51	6
China	54	17
Colombia	87	64
Comoros	142	112
Congo	123	146
Costa Rica	55	39
Croatia	48	76
Cuba	65	3
Cyprus	33	43
Czechia	36	60
Democratic Republic of the Congo	166	173
Denmark	7	15
Djibouti	116	139
Dominica	81	92
Dominican Republic	76	61
Ecuador	88	52
Egypt	105	132
El Salvador	102	49
Equatorial Guinea	74	123
Estonia	35	58
Eswatini	108	118
Ethiopia	154	152
Finland	13	22
France	22	23
Gabon	73	145
Gambia	157	137
Georgia	97	106
Germany	16	36
Ghana	126	148
Greece	42	53
Grenada	68	100
Guatemala	95	103
Guinea	147	133
Guinea Bissau	155	147
Guyana	67	73
Haiti	133	172
Honduras	122	96
Hong Kong	15	57
Hungary	44	55
Iceland	6	4
India	127	70
Indonesia	99	91
Iran	75	79
Iraq	94	130
Ireland	3	18
Israel	19	32
Italy	25	19
Jamaica	90	120
Japan	23	26
Jordan	98	88
Kazakhstan	60	81
Kenya	130	143
Korea. South	26	13
Kosovo	93	74
Kuwait	31	54
Kyrgyzstan	148	129
Laos	120	82
Latvia	43	66
Lebanon	119	107
Lesotho	146	126
Liberia	163	158
Libya	112	116
Lithuania	40	46
Luxembourg	1	44
Madagascar	169	169
Malawi	170	149
Malaysia	57	24
Maldives	59	27
Mali	151	161
Malta	30	5
Mauritania	128	140
Mauritius	63	34
Mexico	66	67
Mongolia	100	38
Montenegro	70	84
Morocco	113	56
Mozambique	171	142
Myanmar	141	125
Namibia	96	131
Nepal	145	102
Netherlands	12	21
New Zealand	20	33
Nicaragua	134	136
Niger	164	159
Nigeria	125	154
North Macedonia	84	86
Norway	4	16
Oman	47	62
Pakistan	144	101
Panama	53	40
Papua New Guinea	121	162
Paraguay	91	85
Peru	83	68
Philippines	110	109
Poland	46	65
Portugal	38	2
Qatar	9	8
Romania	52	98
Russia	56	94
Rwanda	158	122
Saint Lucia	61	104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	79	117
Sao Tome and Principe	129	99
Saudi Arabia	39	42
Senegal	139	138
Serbia	72	77
Seychelles	62	12
Sierra Leone	168	153
Singapore	8	9
Slovakia	41	75
Slovenia	34	63
Solomon Islands	124	127
Somalia	172	160
South Africa	89	111
South Sudan	173	170
Spain	32	7
Sri Lanka	106	35
Sudan	160	163
Suriname	103	83
Sweden	11	30
Switzerland	2	48
Syria	118	151
Taiwan	28	59
Tajikistan	159	105
Tanzania	149	167
Thailand	78	71
Togo	150	135
Trinidad and Tobago	49	80
Tunisia	109	78
Turkey	64	50
Turkmenistan	71	171
Uganda	153	144
Ukraine	104	121
United Arab Emirates	24	1
United Kingdom	21	28
United States of America	5	47
Uruguay	50	11
Uzbekistan	135	90
Vanuatu	117	124
Venezuela	140	93
Vietnam	107	87
Yemen	161	166
Zambia	152	157
Zimbabwe	137	114