What is executive corruption index in Myanmar?

Executive corruption index in Myanmar was 0.808 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Myanmar?

The highest recorded value was 0.946 in 1988.

What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Myanmar?

The lowest recorded value was 0.103 in 2018.

How does Myanmar rank for executive corruption index?

Myanmar ranks 23rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Myanmar?

Over the last ten years it is up 242.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Myanmar 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 Myanmar

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

Myanmar: Executive Corruption Index was 0.808 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.808

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

23rd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.946

in 1988

All-time low

0.103

in 2018

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Executive Corruption Index in Myanmar, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for executive corruption index in Myanmar is 0.808, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 242.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, executive corruption index in Myanmar peaked at 0.946 in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.103, in 2018.

That places Myanmar 23rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Executive Corruption Index in Myanmar, year by year

Annual values for Executive Corruption Index in Myanmar, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.559	—
1790	0.559	+0.0%
1791	0.559	+0.0%
1792	0.559	+0.0%
1793	0.559	+0.0%
1794	0.559	+0.0%
1795	0.559	+0.0%
1796	0.559	+0.0%
1797	0.559	+0.0%
1798	0.559	+0.0%
1799	0.559	+0.0%
1800	0.559	+0.0%
1801	0.559	+0.0%
1802	0.559	+0.0%
1803	0.559	+0.0%
1804	0.559	+0.0%
1805	0.559	+0.0%
1806	0.559	+0.0%
1807	0.559	+0.0%
1808	0.559	+0.0%
1809	0.559	+0.0%
1810	0.559	+0.0%
1811	0.559	+0.0%
1812	0.559	+0.0%
1813	0.559	+0.0%
1814	0.559	+0.0%
1815	0.559	+0.0%
1816	0.559	+0.0%
1817	0.559	+0.0%
1818	0.559	+0.0%
1819	0.559	+0.0%
1820	0.559	+0.0%
1821	0.559	+0.0%
1822	0.559	+0.0%
1823	0.559	+0.0%
1824	0.559	+0.0%
1825	0.559	+0.0%
1826	0.559	+0.0%
1827	0.559	+0.0%
1828	0.559	+0.0%
1829	0.559	+0.0%
1830	0.559	+0.0%
1831	0.559	+0.0%
1832	0.559	+0.0%
1833	0.559	+0.0%
1834	0.559	+0.0%
1835	0.559	+0.0%
1836	0.559	+0.0%
1837	0.559	+0.0%
1838	0.559	+0.0%
1839	0.559	+0.0%
1840	0.559	+0.0%
1841	0.559	+0.0%
1842	0.559	+0.0%
1843	0.559	+0.0%
1844	0.559	+0.0%
1845	0.559	+0.0%
1846	0.559	+0.0%
1847	0.559	+0.0%
1848	0.559	+0.0%
1849	0.559	+0.0%
1850	0.559	+0.0%
1851	0.559	+0.0%
1852	0.559	+0.0%
1853	0.559	+0.0%
1854	0.559	+0.0%
1855	0.559	+0.0%
1856	0.559	+0.0%
1857	0.559	+0.0%
1858	0.559	+0.0%
1859	0.559	+0.0%
1860	0.559	+0.0%
1861	0.559	+0.0%
1862	0.559	+0.0%
1863	0.559	+0.0%
1864	0.559	+0.0%
1865	0.559	+0.0%
1866	0.422	-24.5%
1867	0.422	+0.0%
1868	0.422	+0.0%
1869	0.422	+0.0%
1870	0.422	+0.0%
1871	0.422	+0.0%
1872	0.422	+0.0%
1873	0.422	+0.0%
1874	0.422	+0.0%
1875	0.422	+0.0%
1876	0.422	+0.0%
1877	0.422	+0.0%
1878	0.422	+0.0%
1879	0.422	+0.0%
1880	0.422	+0.0%
1881	0.422	+0.0%
1882	0.422	+0.0%
1883	0.422	+0.0%
1884	0.422	+0.0%
1885	0.553	+31.0%
1886	0.325	-41.2%
1887	0.325	+0.0%
1888	0.325	+0.0%
1889	0.325	+0.0%
1890	0.325	+0.0%
1891	0.325	+0.0%
1892	0.325	+0.0%
1893	0.325	+0.0%
1894	0.325	+0.0%
1895	0.325	+0.0%
1896	0.325	+0.0%
1897	0.325	+0.0%
1898	0.325	+0.0%
1899	0.325	+0.0%
1900	0.325	+0.0%
1901	0.325	+0.0%
1902	0.325	+0.0%
1903	0.325	+0.0%
1904	0.325	+0.0%
1905	0.325	+0.0%
1906	0.325	+0.0%
1907	0.325	+0.0%
1908	0.325	+0.0%
1909	0.325	+0.0%
1910	0.325	+0.0%
1911	0.325	+0.0%
1912	0.325	+0.0%
1913	0.325	+0.0%
1914	0.325	+0.0%
1915	0.325	+0.0%
1916	0.325	+0.0%
1917	0.325	+0.0%
1918	0.325	+0.0%
1919	0.325	+0.0%
1920	0.325	+0.0%
1921	0.325	+0.0%
1922	0.325	+0.0%
1923	0.325	+0.0%
1924	0.325	+0.0%
1925	0.325	+0.0%
1926	0.325	+0.0%
1927	0.325	+0.0%
1928	0.325	+0.0%
1929	0.325	+0.0%
1930	0.325	+0.0%
1931	0.325	+0.0%
1932	0.325	+0.0%
1933	0.325	+0.0%
1934	0.325	+0.0%
1935	0.325	+0.0%
1936	0.325	+0.0%
1937	0.325	+0.0%
1938	0.325	+0.0%
1939	0.325	+0.0%
1940	0.325	+0.0%
1941	0.325	+0.0%
1942	0.36	+10.8%
1943	0.36	+0.0%
1944	0.36	+0.0%
1945	0.329	-8.6%
1946	0.329	+0.0%
1947	0.322	-2.1%
1948	0.346	+7.5%
1949	0.346	+0.0%
1950	0.346	+0.0%
1951	0.346	+0.0%
1952	0.346	+0.0%
1953	0.346	+0.0%
1954	0.346	+0.0%
1955	0.346	+0.0%
1956	0.346	+0.0%
1957	0.346	+0.0%
1958	0.346	+0.0%
1959	0.346	+0.0%
1960	0.346	+0.0%
1961	0.346	+0.0%
1962	0.742	+114.5%
1963	0.912	+22.9%
1964	0.912	+0.0%
1965	0.912	+0.0%
1966	0.912	+0.0%
1967	0.912	+0.0%
1968	0.912	+0.0%
1969	0.912	+0.0%
1970	0.912	+0.0%
1971	0.912	+0.0%
1972	0.912	+0.0%
1973	0.912	+0.0%
1974	0.912	+0.0%
1975	0.912	+0.0%
1976	0.912	+0.0%
1977	0.912	+0.0%
1978	0.912	+0.0%
1979	0.912	+0.0%
1980	0.912	+0.0%
1981	0.912	+0.0%
1982	0.912	+0.0%
1983	0.912	+0.0%
1984	0.912	+0.0%
1985	0.912	+0.0%
1986	0.912	+0.0%
1987	0.912	+0.0%
1988	0.946	+3.7%
1989	0.946	+0.0%
1990	0.946	+0.0%
1991	0.946	+0.0%
1992	0.946	+0.0%
1993	0.946	+0.0%
1994	0.946	+0.0%
1995	0.946	+0.0%
1996	0.946	+0.0%
1997	0.946	+0.0%
1998	0.946	+0.0%
1999	0.946	+0.0%
2000	0.946	+0.0%
2001	0.946	+0.0%
2002	0.946	+0.0%
2003	0.946	+0.0%
2004	0.946	+0.0%
2005	0.946	+0.0%
2006	0.946	+0.0%
2007	0.946	+0.0%
2008	0.946	+0.0%
2009	0.946	+0.0%
2010	0.896	-5.3%
2011	0.697	-22.2%
2012	0.697	+0.0%
2013	0.593	-14.9%
2014	0.593	+0.0%
2015	0.236	-60.2%
2016	0.196	-16.9%
2017	0.166	-15.3%
2018	0.103	-38.0%
2019	0.14	+35.9%
2020	0.133	-5.0%
2021	0.855	+542.9%
2022	0.817	-4.4%
2023	0.795	-2.7%
2024	0.808	+1.6%
2025	0.808	+0.0%

Myanmar compared with similar countries

Myanmar's 0.808 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6485, 1.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Myanmar's 0.808 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.45, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.559	0.559	0.559	1
1790s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1800s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1810s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1820s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1830s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1840s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1850s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1860s	0.5042	0.422	0.559	10
1870s	0.422	0.422	0.422	10
1880s	0.3963	0.325	0.553	10
1890s	0.325	0.325	0.325	10
1900s	0.325	0.325	0.325	10
1910s	0.325	0.325	0.325	10
1920s	0.325	0.325	0.325	10
1930s	0.325	0.325	0.325	10
1940s	0.3402	0.322	0.36	10
1950s	0.346	0.346	0.346	10
1960s	0.7818	0.346	0.912	10
1970s	0.912	0.912	0.912	10
1980s	0.9188	0.912	0.946	10
1990s	0.946	0.946	0.946	10
2000s	0.946	0.946	0.946	10
2010s	0.4317	0.103	0.896	10
2020s	0.7027	0.133	0.855	6

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More social development data for Myanmar

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.52 million (2025)
Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0278 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.52 million (2025)
Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15.27 % change on previous year (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is executive corruption index in Myanmar?: Executive corruption index in Myanmar was 0.808 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Myanmar?: The highest recorded value was 0.946 in 1988.
What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Myanmar?: The lowest recorded value was 0.103 in 2018.
How does Myanmar rank for executive corruption index?: Myanmar ranks 23rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Myanmar?: Over the last ten years it is up 242.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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).