Italy vs Romania: Executive Corruption Index

Italy
0.179
in 2025
Romania
0.161
in 2025
Italy rank
135th
Romania rank
137th

Executive Corruption Index over time

  • Italy
  • Romania
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 0.179 against 0.161 in Romania, a difference of 0.018.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Romania ahead.

Italy ranks 135th and Romania ranks 137th 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).