Kuwait vs Malaysia: Executive Corruption Index

Kuwait
0.41
in 2025
Malaysia
0.366
in 2025
Kuwait rank
97th
Malaysia rank
100th

Executive Corruption Index over time

  • Kuwait
  • Malaysia
0.20.40.60.8178919072025

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.41 against 0.366 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.044.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 97th and Malaysia ranks 100th 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).