Bulgaria vs China: Executive Corruption Index

Bulgaria
0.543
in 2025
China
0.534
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
78th
China rank
81st

Executive Corruption Index over time

  • Bulgaria
  • China
0.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.543 against 0.534 in China, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 148 shared years of data; in 1878 it was China ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 78th and China ranks 81st of 176 countries.

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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
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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).