Lesotho vs Malta: Executive Corruption Index

Lesotho
0.298
in 2025
Malta
0.316
in 2025
Lesotho rank
112th
Malta rank
109th

Executive Corruption Index over time

  • Lesotho
  • Malta
0.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.316 against 0.298 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.018.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malta ahead.

Lesotho ranks 112th and Malta ranks 109th 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).