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China scores 99.98 on the Academic Misconduct Index Prevalence axis — the highest of 39 countries scored in 2026. Here is the full ranking and what drives each country's position.
Australia achieves the joint highest Response Quality score on the Academic Misconduct Index at R=88.8, alongside a very low Prevalence score of P=7.43. Here is what Australia did differently and what other countries can replicate.
Contract cheating — paying someone to complete academic work and submitting it as your own — is estimated to affect millions of students worldwide. Here is what it is, how it works, and what the data shows about its global prevalence.
China scores P=99.98 on the Academic Misconduct Index Prevalence axis — the highest of 39 countries. This profile explains what drives the score, what the data shows, and what China's institutional response looks like.
The United Kingdom scores P=11.41 and R=87.5 on the Academic Misconduct Index — one of the strongest response quality scores of any country. Here is what drives the UK's position and what the data shows.
Plagiarism self-report rates range from 26% in Norway to 73% in China according to the AMI D4 (Plagiarism) dimension data. Here are the full statistics for 39 countries and what drives the differences.
Essay mills are commercial companies that produce academic work to order for students to submit as their own. Here is how they operate, which brands dominate the market, which countries they target, and what the data shows about their impact.
Russia scores P=37.5 and R=16.8 on the Academic Misconduct Index, placing it in Q4 (Probably not looking). The Dissernet project has exposed over 10,000 plagiarised doctoral dissertations. This profile explains Russia's scores and what the data shows.
The Guardian's Freedom of Information investigation found nearly 7,000 UK students caught using AI without disclosure in 2023-24. Stanford found 9-16% admit it. Here is what the complete global data shows about ChatGPT and academic misconduct.
Colombia scores P=77.4 on the Academic Misconduct Index — the second highest Prevalence score after China. The profile is driven almost entirely by demand signals: Google Trends data for essay mill and AI submission keywords both max out at 100. Here is what the data shows.
Argentina scores P=74.6 on the Academic Misconduct Index — the third highest Prevalence score globally. The profile is dominated by Spanish-language search demand for essay mill and AI submission services, with limited institutional response. Here is what the data shows.
Greece scores P=74.0 on the Academic Misconduct Index — the fourth highest Prevalence globally and the highest in Europe. The data shows maxed essay mill and AI submission search demand combined with weak institutional response. Here is what drives Greece's position.