Cape Verde vs Maldives: Executive Corruption Index

Cape Verde

0.229

in 2025

Maldives

0.265

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

122nd

Maldives rank

120th

Executive Corruption Index over time

Cape Verde
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.265 against 0.229 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.036.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 122nd and Maldives ranks 120th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Executive Corruption Index in Cape Verde
Executive Corruption Index in Maldives
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).