What is executive corruption index in Iran?

Executive corruption index in Iran was 0.646 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Iran?

The highest recorded value was 0.792 in 1789.

What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Iran?

The lowest recorded value was 0.444 in 1952.

How does Iran rank for executive corruption index?

Iran ranks 61st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Iran?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Iran 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 Iran

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

Iran: Executive Corruption Index was 0.646 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.646

Change on year

down 8.1%

World rank

61st

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.792

in 1789

All-time low

0.444

in 1952

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Executive Corruption Index in Iran, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, executive corruption index in Iran stood at 0.646.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, executive corruption index in Iran peaked at 0.792 in 1789 and was at its lowest, 0.444, in 1952.

Iran ranks 61st of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Executive Corruption Index in Iran, year by year

Annual values for Executive Corruption Index in Iran, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.792	—
1790	0.792	+0.0%
1791	0.792	+0.0%
1792	0.792	+0.0%
1793	0.792	+0.0%
1794	0.792	+0.0%
1795	0.792	+0.0%
1796	0.792	+0.0%
1797	0.792	+0.0%
1798	0.792	+0.0%
1799	0.792	+0.0%
1800	0.792	+0.0%
1801	0.792	+0.0%
1802	0.792	+0.0%
1803	0.792	+0.0%
1804	0.792	+0.0%
1805	0.792	+0.0%
1806	0.792	+0.0%
1807	0.792	+0.0%
1808	0.792	+0.0%
1809	0.792	+0.0%
1810	0.792	+0.0%
1811	0.792	+0.0%
1812	0.792	+0.0%
1813	0.792	+0.0%
1814	0.792	+0.0%
1815	0.792	+0.0%
1816	0.792	+0.0%
1817	0.792	+0.0%
1818	0.792	+0.0%
1819	0.792	+0.0%
1820	0.792	+0.0%
1821	0.792	+0.0%
1822	0.792	+0.0%
1823	0.792	+0.0%
1824	0.792	+0.0%
1825	0.792	+0.0%
1826	0.792	+0.0%
1827	0.792	+0.0%
1828	0.792	+0.0%
1829	0.792	+0.0%
1830	0.792	+0.0%
1831	0.792	+0.0%
1832	0.792	+0.0%
1833	0.792	+0.0%
1834	0.792	+0.0%
1835	0.792	+0.0%
1836	0.792	+0.0%
1837	0.792	+0.0%
1838	0.792	+0.0%
1839	0.792	+0.0%
1840	0.792	+0.0%
1841	0.792	+0.0%
1842	0.792	+0.0%
1843	0.792	+0.0%
1844	0.792	+0.0%
1845	0.792	+0.0%
1846	0.792	+0.0%
1847	0.792	+0.0%
1848	0.792	+0.0%
1849	0.792	+0.0%
1850	0.792	+0.0%
1851	0.792	+0.0%
1852	0.792	+0.0%
1853	0.792	+0.0%
1854	0.792	+0.0%
1855	0.792	+0.0%
1856	0.792	+0.0%
1857	0.792	+0.0%
1858	0.792	+0.0%
1859	0.792	+0.0%
1860	0.792	+0.0%
1861	0.792	+0.0%
1862	0.792	+0.0%
1863	0.792	+0.0%
1864	0.792	+0.0%
1865	0.792	+0.0%
1866	0.792	+0.0%
1867	0.792	+0.0%
1868	0.792	+0.0%
1869	0.792	+0.0%
1870	0.792	+0.0%
1871	0.792	+0.0%
1872	0.792	+0.0%
1873	0.792	+0.0%
1874	0.792	+0.0%
1875	0.792	+0.0%
1876	0.792	+0.0%
1877	0.792	+0.0%
1878	0.792	+0.0%
1879	0.792	+0.0%
1880	0.792	+0.0%
1881	0.792	+0.0%
1882	0.792	+0.0%
1883	0.792	+0.0%
1884	0.792	+0.0%
1885	0.792	+0.0%
1886	0.792	+0.0%
1887	0.792	+0.0%
1888	0.792	+0.0%
1889	0.792	+0.0%
1890	0.792	+0.0%
1891	0.792	+0.0%
1892	0.792	+0.0%
1893	0.792	+0.0%
1894	0.792	+0.0%
1895	0.792	+0.0%
1896	0.792	+0.0%
1897	0.792	+0.0%
1898	0.792	+0.0%
1899	0.792	+0.0%
1900	0.792	+0.0%
1901	0.792	+0.0%
1902	0.792	+0.0%
1903	0.792	+0.0%
1904	0.792	+0.0%
1905	0.792	+0.0%
1906	0.792	+0.0%
1907	0.792	+0.0%
1908	0.792	+0.0%
1909	0.792	+0.0%
1910	0.792	+0.0%
1911	0.792	+0.0%
1912	0.792	+0.0%
1913	0.792	+0.0%
1914	0.792	+0.0%
1915	0.792	+0.0%
1916	0.792	+0.0%
1917	0.792	+0.0%
1918	0.792	+0.0%
1919	0.792	+0.0%
1920	0.792	+0.0%
1921	0.792	+0.0%
1922	0.792	+0.0%
1923	0.792	+0.0%
1924	0.792	+0.0%
1925	0.523	-34.0%
1926	0.523	+0.0%
1927	0.523	+0.0%
1928	0.523	+0.0%
1929	0.523	+0.0%
1930	0.523	+0.0%
1931	0.523	+0.0%
1932	0.523	+0.0%
1933	0.523	+0.0%
1934	0.493	-5.7%
1935	0.493	+0.0%
1936	0.493	+0.0%
1937	0.493	+0.0%
1938	0.493	+0.0%
1939	0.493	+0.0%
1940	0.493	+0.0%
1941	0.493	+0.0%
1942	0.448	-9.1%
1943	0.448	+0.0%
1944	0.448	+0.0%
1945	0.448	+0.0%
1946	0.448	+0.0%
1947	0.448	+0.0%
1948	0.448	+0.0%
1949	0.448	+0.0%
1950	0.448	+0.0%
1951	0.448	+0.0%
1952	0.444	-0.9%
1953	0.444	+0.0%
1954	0.553	+24.5%
1955	0.559	+1.1%
1956	0.559	+0.0%
1957	0.559	+0.0%
1958	0.559	+0.0%
1959	0.559	+0.0%
1960	0.559	+0.0%
1961	0.559	+0.0%
1962	0.559	+0.0%
1963	0.559	+0.0%
1964	0.559	+0.0%
1965	0.559	+0.0%
1966	0.559	+0.0%
1967	0.559	+0.0%
1968	0.559	+0.0%
1969	0.559	+0.0%
1970	0.559	+0.0%
1971	0.559	+0.0%
1972	0.559	+0.0%
1973	0.559	+0.0%
1974	0.559	+0.0%
1975	0.559	+0.0%
1976	0.559	+0.0%
1977	0.559	+0.0%
1978	0.559	+0.0%
1979	0.637	+14.0%
1980	0.629	-1.3%
1981	0.629	+0.0%
1982	0.629	+0.0%
1983	0.629	+0.0%
1984	0.629	+0.0%
1985	0.629	+0.0%
1986	0.629	+0.0%
1987	0.629	+0.0%
1988	0.629	+0.0%
1989	0.629	+0.0%
1990	0.629	+0.0%
1991	0.629	+0.0%
1992	0.629	+0.0%
1993	0.629	+0.0%
1994	0.629	+0.0%
1995	0.629	+0.0%
1996	0.629	+0.0%
1997	0.478	-24.0%
1998	0.478	+0.0%
1999	0.478	+0.0%
2000	0.478	+0.0%
2001	0.478	+0.0%
2002	0.478	+0.0%
2003	0.478	+0.0%
2004	0.478	+0.0%
2005	0.662	+38.5%
2006	0.662	+0.0%
2007	0.662	+0.0%
2008	0.662	+0.0%
2009	0.662	+0.0%
2010	0.662	+0.0%
2011	0.662	+0.0%
2012	0.662	+0.0%
2013	0.659	-0.5%
2014	0.652	-1.1%
2015	0.652	+0.0%
2016	0.65	-0.3%
2017	0.662	+1.8%
2018	0.685	+3.5%
2019	0.69	+0.7%
2020	0.668	-3.2%
2021	0.675	+1.0%
2022	0.655	-3.0%
2023	0.723	+10.4%
2024	0.703	-2.8%
2025	0.646	-8.1%

Iran compared with similar countries

Iran's 0.646 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.545, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Iran's 0.646 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.572, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.792	0.792	0.792	1
1790s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1800s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1810s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1820s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1830s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1840s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1850s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1860s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1870s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1880s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1890s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1900s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1910s	0.792	0.792	0.792	10
1920s	0.6575	0.523	0.792	10
1930s	0.505	0.493	0.523	10
1940s	0.457	0.448	0.493	10
1950s	0.5132	0.444	0.559	10
1960s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1970s	0.5668	0.559	0.637	10
1980s	0.629	0.629	0.629	10
1990s	0.5837	0.478	0.629	10
2000s	0.57	0.478	0.662	10
2010s	0.6636	0.65	0.69	10
2020s	0.6783	0.646	0.723	6

Countries ranked near Iran

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59 Honduras 0.65 compare
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63 Bahrain 0.63 compare
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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 157,912 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0017 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions

What is executive corruption index in Iran?: Executive corruption index in Iran was 0.646 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Iran?: The highest recorded value was 0.792 in 1789.
What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Iran?: The lowest recorded value was 0.444 in 1952.
How does Iran rank for executive corruption index?: Iran ranks 61st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Iran?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Iran 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).