Bahrain vs Iran: Executive Corruption Index

Bahrain

0.63

in 2025

Iran

0.646

in 2025

Bahrain rank

63rd

Iran rank

61st

Executive Corruption Index over time

Bahrain
Iran

How they compare

Iran currently reports 0.646 against 0.63 in Bahrain, a difference of 0.016.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 63rd and Iran ranks 61st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Executive Corruption Index in Bahrain
Executive Corruption Index in Iran
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Executive Corruption Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 25,488 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which high-ranking members of the executive, such as the head of government or cabinet ministers, engage in bribery and theft. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (highly corrupt).