United States vs Uruguay: Executive Corruption Index

United States
0.044
in 2025
Uruguay
0.052
in 2025
United States rank
157th
Uruguay rank
155th

Executive Corruption Index over time

  • United States
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.052 against 0.044 in United States, a difference of 0.008.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.

United States ranks 157th and Uruguay ranks 155th 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).