Bahrain vs Kuwait: Public Sector Corruption Index

Bahrain

0.425

in 2025

Kuwait

0.406

in 2025

Bahrain rank

99th

Kuwait rank

101st

Public Sector Corruption Index over time

Bahrain
Kuwait

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 0.425 against 0.406 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.019.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 99th and Kuwait ranks 101st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Public Sector Corruption Index in Bahrain
Public Sector Corruption Index in Kuwait
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Public Sector Corruption Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 25,541 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which public sector employees engage in bribery and theft. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (highly corrupt).