Iraq vs Nicaragua: Executive Corruption Index

Iraq
0.911
in 2025
Nicaragua
0.917
in 2025
Iraq rank
7th
Nicaragua rank
5th

Executive Corruption Index over time

  • Iraq
  • Nicaragua
0.20.40.60.81183819312025

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.917 against 0.911 in Iraq, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Iraq ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 5th 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
Last refreshed

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).