Corruption is generally measured as people's perception of corruption, which should help to normalize something that is culturally nebulous. Secondly if corrupt

Corruption is generally measured as people's perception of corruption, which should help to normalize something that is culturally nebulous. Secondly if corruption becomes really bad it'll bleed into other numbers like GDP growth (see China), pollution (oil leaks and spills in Nigeria) and even life expectancy (recent crisis in Venezuela).