Executive Corruption Index by country
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).
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.979
Venezuela
Lowest
0.003
Denmark
Median
0.501
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
25,488
What the numbers show
Executive Corruption Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.979 in Venezuela; the lowest is 0.003 in Denmark.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.501, and the mean is 0.4619.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 326.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 388.9%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 89.4%).
Executive Corruption Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 0.979 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 2 | Chad | 0.976 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Cameroon | 0.926 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 4 | Guinea | 0.923 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 0.917 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 6 | Tajikistan | 0.912 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 7 | Iraq | 0.911 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 8 | Yemen | 0.907 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 9 | Cambodia | 0.904 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 10 | South Sudan | 0.9 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.898 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 0.876 | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 13 | Turkmenistan | 0.875 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 0.864 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.859 | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 16 | North Korea | 0.855 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Bolivia | 0.846 | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 0.831 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritania | 0.829 | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Uganda | 0.822 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 21 | Madagascar | 0.82 | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Russia | 0.81 | 2025 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 23 | Myanmar | 0.808 | 2025 | up 242.4% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 0.804 | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 25 | Congo | 0.8 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 26 | Comoros | 0.796 | 2025 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 0.794 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 0.794 | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 29 | Turkey | 0.793 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 30 | Mali | 0.792 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Libya | 0.791 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 32 | Indonesia | 0.775 | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 0.774 | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 0.77 | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 0.768 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Mozambique | 0.763 | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Liberia | 0.762 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 38 | Burundi | 0.76 | 2025 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 0.751 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 0.748 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 0.748 | 2025 | up 40.9% | falling |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 0.748 | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.742 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Eritrea | 0.736 | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 45 | Gabon | 0.73 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 45 | Paraguay | 0.73 | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 0.724 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 48 | Somalia | 0.722 | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 49 | Djibouti | 0.712 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.707 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 0.701 | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 52 | Albania | 0.694 | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 53 | El Salvador | 0.692 | 2025 | up 80.2% | falling |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.691 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 55 | Belarus | 0.69 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 56 | India | 0.688 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Guyana | 0.671 | 2025 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 58 | Lebanon | 0.651 | 2025 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 59 | Honduras | 0.65 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 60 | Eswatini | 0.647 | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 61 | Iran | 0.646 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 0.637 | 2025 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 63 | Bahrain | 0.63 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 63 | Cuba | 0.63 | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 65 | Pakistan | 0.625 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 66 | Laos | 0.621 | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 0.618 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 68 | Morocco | 0.616 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 0.615 | 2025 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 70 | Egypt | 0.605 | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 71 | Malawi | 0.604 | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Mongolia | 0.601 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 73 | South Africa | 0.59 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 0.572 | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 75 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.557 | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 76 | Mexico | 0.55 | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 77 | Solomon Islands | 0.547 | 2025 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 0.543 | 2025 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 79 | Ukraine | 0.54 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 80 | Rwanda | 0.537 | 2025 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 81 | China | 0.534 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 81 | Ecuador | 0.534 | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 83 | Peru | 0.508 | 2025 | up 71.0% | falling |
| 84 | Armenia | 0.504 | 2025 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 84 | Kenya | 0.504 | 2025 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 84 | Sudan | 0.504 | 2025 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 0.501 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 88 | Angola | 0.496 | 2025 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 89 | Mauritius | 0.488 | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Panama | 0.47 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 91 | Georgia | 0.435 | 2025 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Argentina | 0.432 | 2025 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 0.425 | 2025 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 94 | Jamaica | 0.424 | 2025 | up 171.8% | rising |
| 95 | Qatar | 0.422 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 96 | Montenegro | 0.417 | 2025 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 97 | Kuwait | 0.41 | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 98 | Slovakia | 0.402 | 2025 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Syria | 0.389 | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Malaysia | 0.366 | 2025 | down 48.7% | rising |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.365 | 2025 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 102 | Niger | 0.364 | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 103 | Fiji | 0.351 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 104 | Brazil | 0.349 | 2025 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 105 | Oman | 0.345 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 106 | Gambia | 0.341 | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Vatican | 0.321 | 1870 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Vanuatu | 0.319 | 2025 | down 46.2% | rising |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 0.313 | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 111 | Colombia | 0.307 | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 112 | Lesotho | 0.298 | 2025 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Senegal | 0.294 | 2025 | up 51.5% | flat |
| 114 | Namibia | 0.289 | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 115 | East Timor | 0.285 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 115 | Vietnam | 0.285 | 2025 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 0.28 | 2025 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Botswana | 0.27 | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Nepal | 0.27 | 2025 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 120 | Maldives | 0.265 | 2025 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 121 | Guatemala | 0.248 | 2025 | down 69.3% | flat |
| 122 | Cape Verde | 0.229 | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 0.228 | 2025 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 124 | Greece | 0.227 | 2025 | up 100.9% | falling |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 0.226 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Zambia | 0.213 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Jordan | 0.211 | 2025 | down 36.8% | flat |
| 128 | Czechia | 0.209 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 129 | Tanzania | 0.206 | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Cyprus | 0.199 | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 131 | Austria | 0.192 | 2025 | up 368.3% | flat |
| 132 | Israel | 0.19 | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 0.181 | 2025 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 133 | Croatia | 0.181 | 2025 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Italy | 0.179 | 2025 | up 79.0% | falling |
| 136 | Suriname | 0.162 | 2025 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 137 | Romania | 0.161 | 2025 | down 52.9% | rising |
| 138 | Hong Kong | 0.123 | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 139 | Tunisia | 0.116 | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 140 | Benin | 0.113 | 2025 | down 78.5% | rising |
| 141 | Spain | 0.107 | 2025 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Japan | 0.093 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Palestine | 0.091 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.089 | 2025 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Lithuania | 0.089 | 2025 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Moldova | 0.086 | 2025 | down 89.4% | falling |
| 147 | South Korea | 0.078 | 2025 | down 79.8% | falling |
| 148 | Portugal | 0.076 | 2025 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 149 | France | 0.068 | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 150 | Bhutan | 0.066 | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0.06 | 2025 | down 78.6% | rising |
| 152 | Poland | 0.058 | 2025 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Slovenia | 0.056 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.055 | 2025 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 155 | Uruguay | 0.052 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 0.046 | 2025 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Chile | 0.044 | 2025 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 157 | United States | 0.044 | 2025 | up 388.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Taiwan | 0.043 | 2025 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Netherlands | 0.036 | 2025 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Canada | 0.034 | 2025 | up 78.9% | falling |
| 162 | Australia | 0.026 | 2025 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Estonia | 0.026 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Belgium | 0.023 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 164 | Iceland | 0.023 | 2025 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 166 | Latvia | 0.022 | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Germany | 0.02 | 2025 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Singapore | 0.02 | 2025 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 169 | New Zealand | 0.017 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 171 | Finland | 0.016 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Norway | 0.011 | 2025 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Switzerland | 0.01 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Sweden | 0.004 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Denmark | 0.003 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
About this data
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).