What is executive corruption index in Dominican Republic?

Executive corruption index in Dominican Republic was 0.501 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Dominican Republic?

The highest recorded value was 0.974 in 1924.

What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Dominican Republic?

The lowest recorded value was 0.417 in 2021.

How does Dominican Republic rank for executive corruption index?

Dominican Republic ranks 87th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?

Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Executive Corruption Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Executive Corruption Index in Dominican Republic

Name: Executive Corruption Index in Dominican Republic
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Dominican Republic: Executive Corruption Index was 0.501 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.501

Change on year

up 17.6%

World rank

87th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.974

in 1924

All-time low

0.417

in 2021

Years of data

216

1789–2025

Executive Corruption Index in Dominican Republic, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, executive corruption index in Dominican Republic stood at 0.501.

The figure is up 17.6% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, executive corruption index in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.974 in 1924 and was at its lowest, 0.417, in 2021.

That places Dominican Republic 87th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 216 years of available data.

Executive Corruption Index in Dominican Republic, year by year

Annual values for Executive Corruption Index in Dominican Republic, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.884	—
1790	0.884	+0.0%
1791	0.884	+0.0%
1792	0.884	+0.0%
1793	0.884	+0.0%
1794	0.884	+0.0%
1795	0.884	+0.0%
1796	0.884	+0.0%
1797	0.884	+0.0%
1798	0.884	+0.0%
1799	0.884	+0.0%
1800	0.884	+0.0%
1801	0.884	+0.0%
1802	0.884	+0.0%
1803	0.884	+0.0%
1804	0.884	+0.0%
1805	0.884	+0.0%
1806	0.884	+0.0%
1807	0.884	+0.0%
1808	0.884	+0.0%
1809	0.884	+0.0%
1810	0.884	+0.0%
1811	0.884	+0.0%
1812	0.884	+0.0%
1813	0.884	+0.0%
1814	0.884	+0.0%
1815	0.884	+0.0%
1816	0.884	+0.0%
1817	0.884	+0.0%
1818	0.884	+0.0%
1819	0.884	+0.0%
1820	0.884	+0.0%
1821	0.884	+0.0%
1822	0.884	+0.0%
1844	0.923	+4.4%
1845	0.923	+0.0%
1846	0.923	+0.0%
1847	0.923	+0.0%
1848	0.923	+0.0%
1849	0.923	+0.0%
1850	0.923	+0.0%
1851	0.923	+0.0%
1852	0.923	+0.0%
1853	0.923	+0.0%
1854	0.923	+0.0%
1855	0.923	+0.0%
1856	0.923	+0.0%
1857	0.923	+0.0%
1858	0.923	+0.0%
1859	0.923	+0.0%
1860	0.923	+0.0%
1861	0.897	-2.8%
1862	0.897	+0.0%
1863	0.897	+0.0%
1864	0.897	+0.0%
1865	0.897	+0.0%
1866	0.897	+0.0%
1867	0.897	+0.0%
1868	0.897	+0.0%
1869	0.897	+0.0%
1870	0.897	+0.0%
1871	0.897	+0.0%
1872	0.897	+0.0%
1873	0.897	+0.0%
1874	0.897	+0.0%
1875	0.897	+0.0%
1876	0.897	+0.0%
1877	0.897	+0.0%
1878	0.897	+0.0%
1879	0.897	+0.0%
1880	0.897	+0.0%
1881	0.897	+0.0%
1882	0.897	+0.0%
1883	0.897	+0.0%
1884	0.922	+2.8%
1885	0.922	+0.0%
1886	0.922	+0.0%
1887	0.922	+0.0%
1888	0.922	+0.0%
1889	0.922	+0.0%
1890	0.922	+0.0%
1891	0.922	+0.0%
1892	0.922	+0.0%
1893	0.922	+0.0%
1894	0.922	+0.0%
1895	0.922	+0.0%
1896	0.922	+0.0%
1897	0.922	+0.0%
1898	0.922	+0.0%
1899	0.922	+0.0%
1900	0.94	+2.0%
1901	0.94	+0.0%
1902	0.94	+0.0%
1903	0.94	+0.0%
1904	0.94	+0.0%
1905	0.94	+0.0%
1906	0.94	+0.0%
1907	0.94	+0.0%
1908	0.94	+0.0%
1909	0.94	+0.0%
1910	0.94	+0.0%
1911	0.94	+0.0%
1912	0.94	+0.0%
1913	0.94	+0.0%
1914	0.94	+0.0%
1915	0.94	+0.0%
1916	0.824	-12.3%
1917	0.801	-2.8%
1918	0.801	+0.0%
1919	0.801	+0.0%
1920	0.801	+0.0%
1921	0.801	+0.0%
1922	0.801	+0.0%
1923	0.801	+0.0%
1924	0.974	+21.6%
1925	0.974	+0.0%
1926	0.974	+0.0%
1927	0.974	+0.0%
1928	0.974	+0.0%
1929	0.974	+0.0%
1930	0.965	-0.9%
1931	0.965	+0.0%
1932	0.965	+0.0%
1933	0.965	+0.0%
1934	0.965	+0.0%
1935	0.965	+0.0%
1936	0.965	+0.0%
1937	0.965	+0.0%
1938	0.965	+0.0%
1939	0.965	+0.0%
1940	0.965	+0.0%
1941	0.965	+0.0%
1942	0.965	+0.0%
1943	0.965	+0.0%
1944	0.965	+0.0%
1945	0.965	+0.0%
1946	0.965	+0.0%
1947	0.965	+0.0%
1948	0.965	+0.0%
1949	0.965	+0.0%
1950	0.965	+0.0%
1951	0.965	+0.0%
1952	0.965	+0.0%
1953	0.965	+0.0%
1954	0.965	+0.0%
1955	0.965	+0.0%
1956	0.965	+0.0%
1957	0.965	+0.0%
1958	0.965	+0.0%
1959	0.965	+0.0%
1960	0.965	+0.0%
1961	0.965	+0.0%
1962	0.934	-3.2%
1963	0.815	-12.7%
1964	0.928	+13.9%
1965	0.928	+0.0%
1966	0.877	-5.5%
1967	0.877	+0.0%
1968	0.877	+0.0%
1969	0.877	+0.0%
1970	0.877	+0.0%
1971	0.877	+0.0%
1972	0.877	+0.0%
1973	0.85	-3.1%
1974	0.879	+3.4%
1975	0.879	+0.0%
1976	0.879	+0.0%
1977	0.879	+0.0%
1978	0.879	+0.0%
1979	0.841	-4.3%
1980	0.841	+0.0%
1981	0.841	+0.0%
1982	0.841	+0.0%
1983	0.841	+0.0%
1984	0.841	+0.0%
1985	0.841	+0.0%
1986	0.841	+0.0%
1987	0.85	+1.1%
1988	0.85	+0.0%
1989	0.85	+0.0%
1990	0.85	+0.0%
1991	0.85	+0.0%
1992	0.85	+0.0%
1993	0.85	+0.0%
1994	0.85	+0.0%
1995	0.85	+0.0%
1996	0.839	-1.3%
1997	0.719	-14.3%
1998	0.719	+0.0%
1999	0.719	+0.0%
2000	0.719	+0.0%
2001	0.719	+0.0%
2002	0.719	+0.0%
2003	0.719	+0.0%
2004	0.719	+0.0%
2005	0.719	+0.0%
2006	0.719	+0.0%
2007	0.719	+0.0%
2008	0.719	+0.0%
2009	0.719	+0.0%
2010	0.719	+0.0%
2011	0.719	+0.0%
2012	0.719	+0.0%
2013	0.644	-10.4%
2014	0.644	+0.0%
2015	0.643	-0.2%
2016	0.643	+0.0%
2017	0.663	+3.1%
2018	0.663	+0.0%
2019	0.663	+0.0%
2020	0.474	-28.5%
2021	0.417	-12.0%
2022	0.426	+2.2%
2023	0.426	+0.0%
2024	0.426	+0.0%
2025	0.501	+17.6%

Dominican Republic compared with similar countries

Dominican Republic's 0.501 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.545, 92% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Dominican Republic's 0.501 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.501, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.884	0.884	0.884	1
1790s	0.884	0.884	0.884	10
1800s	0.884	0.884	0.884	10
1810s	0.884	0.884	0.884	10
1820s	0.884	0.884	0.884	3
1840s	0.923	0.923	0.923	6
1850s	0.923	0.923	0.923	10
1860s	0.8996	0.897	0.923	10
1870s	0.897	0.897	0.897	10
1880s	0.912	0.897	0.922	10
1890s	0.922	0.922	0.922	10
1900s	0.94	0.94	0.94	10
1910s	0.8867	0.801	0.94	10
1920s	0.9048	0.801	0.974	10
1930s	0.965	0.965	0.965	10
1940s	0.965	0.965	0.965	10
1950s	0.965	0.965	0.965	10
1960s	0.9043	0.815	0.965	10
1970s	0.8717	0.841	0.879	10
1980s	0.8437	0.841	0.85	10
1990s	0.8096	0.719	0.85	10
2000s	0.719	0.719	0.719	10
2010s	0.672	0.643	0.719	10
2020s	0.445	0.417	0.501	6

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Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions

What is executive corruption index in Dominican Republic?: Executive corruption index in Dominican Republic was 0.501 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Dominican Republic?: The highest recorded value was 0.974 in 1924.
What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Dominican Republic?: The lowest recorded value was 0.417 in 2021.
How does Dominican Republic rank for executive corruption index?: Dominican Republic ranks 87th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?: Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Executive Corruption Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 18 September 2026

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).