Japan is the 18 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries, according to the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Corruption Rank in Japan averaged 19.13 from 1995 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 25.00 in 1998 and a record low of 14.00 in 2011. source: Transparency International

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Bankruptcies	887.00	928.00	Companies	Jan 2026
Tankan Large Manufacturers Index	15.00	14.00	points	Dec 2025
BSI Large Manufacturing	4.70	3.80	percent	Dec 2025
Capacity Utilization MoM	100.00	105.60	points	Nov 2025
Car Production	587348.00	699029.00	Units	Nov 2025
Car Registrations	200047.00	181628.00	Units	Jan 2026
Cement Production	3998.00	3945.00	Thousands of Tonnes	Dec 2025
Changes in Inventories	1757.40	2871.60	JPY Billion	Sep 2025
Coincident Index	114.50	114.90	points	Dec 2025
Composite Leading Indicator	100.50	100.41	points	Jan 2026
Corporate Profits	27538.53	35833.77	JPY Billion	Sep 2025
Corruption Index	71.00	71.00	Points	Dec 2025
Corruption Rank	18.00	20.00		Dec 2025
Eco Watchers Survey Current	47.60	47.70	points	Jan 2026
Eco Watchers Survey Outlook	50.10	49.50	points	Jan 2026
Industrial Production YoY	2.60	-2.20	percent	Dec 2025
Industrial Production MoM	-0.10	-2.70	percent	Dec 2025
Leading Economic Index	110.20	109.90	Points	Dec 2025
Machine Tool Orders YoY	145587.00	158240.00	JPY Million	Jan 2026
Machinery Orders MoM	-11.00	7.00	percent	Nov 2025
Manufacturing Production	2.60	-2.20	percent	Dec 2025
Mining Production	-4.80	-3.00	percent	Dec 2025
New Orders	1019.14	1145.61	JPY Billion	Nov 2025
Capital Spending YoY	2.90	7.60	percent	Sep 2025
Reuters Tankan Index	7.00	10.00	points	Jan 2026
Tankan Small Manufacturers Index	6.00	1.00	points	Dec 2025
Steel Production	6600.00	6800.00	Thousand Tonnes	Dec 2025
Tankan Large All Industry Capex	12.60	12.50	percent	Dec 2025
Tankan Large Manufacturing Outlook	15.00	12.00	points	Dec 2025
Tankan Non-Manufacturing Outlook	28.00	28.00	points	Dec 2025
Tertiary Industry Index MoM	105.50	105.70	points	Nov 2025

Japan Corruption Rank

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories in the index.