What is executive corruption index in Turkey?

Executive corruption index in Turkey was 0.793 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Turkey?

The highest recorded value was 0.894 in 2022.

What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Turkey?

The lowest recorded value was 0.155 in 1923.

How does Turkey rank for executive corruption index?

Turkey ranks 29th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Turkey?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Turkey 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 Turkey

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

Turkey: Executive Corruption Index was 0.793 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.793

Change on year

up 1.8%

World rank

29th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.894

in 2022

All-time low

0.155

in 1923

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Executive Corruption Index in Turkey, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Turkey recorded 0.793 for executive corruption index in 2025.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, executive corruption index in Turkey peaked at 0.894 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.155, in 1923.

That places Turkey 29th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Executive Corruption Index in Turkey, year by year

Annual values for Executive Corruption Index in Turkey, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.663	—
1790	0.663	+0.0%
1791	0.663	+0.0%
1792	0.663	+0.0%
1793	0.663	+0.0%
1794	0.663	+0.0%
1795	0.663	+0.0%
1796	0.663	+0.0%
1797	0.663	+0.0%
1798	0.663	+0.0%
1799	0.663	+0.0%
1800	0.663	+0.0%
1801	0.663	+0.0%
1802	0.663	+0.0%
1803	0.663	+0.0%
1804	0.663	+0.0%
1805	0.663	+0.0%
1806	0.663	+0.0%
1807	0.663	+0.0%
1808	0.663	+0.0%
1809	0.663	+0.0%
1810	0.663	+0.0%
1811	0.663	+0.0%
1812	0.663	+0.0%
1813	0.663	+0.0%
1814	0.663	+0.0%
1815	0.663	+0.0%
1816	0.663	+0.0%
1817	0.663	+0.0%
1818	0.663	+0.0%
1819	0.663	+0.0%
1820	0.663	+0.0%
1821	0.663	+0.0%
1822	0.663	+0.0%
1823	0.663	+0.0%
1824	0.663	+0.0%
1825	0.663	+0.0%
1826	0.663	+0.0%
1827	0.663	+0.0%
1828	0.663	+0.0%
1829	0.663	+0.0%
1830	0.663	+0.0%
1831	0.663	+0.0%
1832	0.663	+0.0%
1833	0.663	+0.0%
1834	0.663	+0.0%
1835	0.663	+0.0%
1836	0.663	+0.0%
1837	0.663	+0.0%
1838	0.663	+0.0%
1839	0.815	+22.9%
1840	0.815	+0.0%
1841	0.815	+0.0%
1842	0.815	+0.0%
1843	0.815	+0.0%
1844	0.815	+0.0%
1845	0.815	+0.0%
1846	0.815	+0.0%
1847	0.815	+0.0%
1848	0.815	+0.0%
1849	0.815	+0.0%
1850	0.815	+0.0%
1851	0.815	+0.0%
1852	0.815	+0.0%
1853	0.815	+0.0%
1854	0.815	+0.0%
1855	0.815	+0.0%
1856	0.815	+0.0%
1857	0.815	+0.0%
1858	0.815	+0.0%
1859	0.815	+0.0%
1860	0.815	+0.0%
1861	0.815	+0.0%
1862	0.815	+0.0%
1863	0.815	+0.0%
1864	0.815	+0.0%
1865	0.815	+0.0%
1866	0.815	+0.0%
1867	0.815	+0.0%
1868	0.815	+0.0%
1869	0.815	+0.0%
1870	0.815	+0.0%
1871	0.815	+0.0%
1872	0.815	+0.0%
1873	0.815	+0.0%
1874	0.815	+0.0%
1875	0.815	+0.0%
1876	0.815	+0.0%
1877	0.698	-14.4%
1878	0.698	+0.0%
1879	0.698	+0.0%
1880	0.698	+0.0%
1881	0.698	+0.0%
1882	0.698	+0.0%
1883	0.698	+0.0%
1884	0.698	+0.0%
1885	0.698	+0.0%
1886	0.698	+0.0%
1887	0.698	+0.0%
1888	0.698	+0.0%
1889	0.698	+0.0%
1890	0.698	+0.0%
1891	0.698	+0.0%
1892	0.698	+0.0%
1893	0.698	+0.0%
1894	0.698	+0.0%
1895	0.698	+0.0%
1896	0.698	+0.0%
1897	0.698	+0.0%
1898	0.698	+0.0%
1899	0.698	+0.0%
1900	0.698	+0.0%
1901	0.698	+0.0%
1902	0.698	+0.0%
1903	0.698	+0.0%
1904	0.698	+0.0%
1905	0.698	+0.0%
1906	0.698	+0.0%
1907	0.698	+0.0%
1908	0.734	+5.2%
1909	0.67	-8.7%
1910	0.67	+0.0%
1911	0.67	+0.0%
1912	0.67	+0.0%
1913	0.67	+0.0%
1914	0.67	+0.0%
1915	0.67	+0.0%
1916	0.67	+0.0%
1917	0.67	+0.0%
1918	0.67	+0.0%
1919	0.67	+0.0%
1920	0.67	+0.0%
1921	0.67	+0.0%
1922	0.67	+0.0%
1923	0.155	-76.9%
1924	0.155	+0.0%
1925	0.192	+23.9%
1926	0.192	+0.0%
1927	0.192	+0.0%
1928	0.192	+0.0%
1929	0.192	+0.0%
1930	0.192	+0.0%
1931	0.192	+0.0%
1932	0.192	+0.0%
1933	0.192	+0.0%
1934	0.192	+0.0%
1935	0.192	+0.0%
1936	0.192	+0.0%
1937	0.192	+0.0%
1938	0.192	+0.0%
1939	0.192	+0.0%
1940	0.254	+32.3%
1941	0.254	+0.0%
1942	0.254	+0.0%
1943	0.254	+0.0%
1944	0.254	+0.0%
1945	0.254	+0.0%
1946	0.254	+0.0%
1947	0.254	+0.0%
1948	0.254	+0.0%
1949	0.254	+0.0%
1950	0.283	+11.4%
1951	0.279	-1.4%
1952	0.279	+0.0%
1953	0.279	+0.0%
1954	0.279	+0.0%
1955	0.279	+0.0%
1956	0.279	+0.0%
1957	0.279	+0.0%
1958	0.279	+0.0%
1959	0.279	+0.0%
1960	0.216	-22.6%
1961	0.216	+0.0%
1962	0.216	+0.0%
1963	0.216	+0.0%
1964	0.216	+0.0%
1965	0.216	+0.0%
1966	0.282	+30.6%
1967	0.282	+0.0%
1968	0.282	+0.0%
1969	0.282	+0.0%
1970	0.227	-19.5%
1971	0.163	-28.2%
1972	0.163	+0.0%
1973	0.163	+0.0%
1974	0.228	+39.9%
1975	0.228	+0.0%
1976	0.228	+0.0%
1977	0.228	+0.0%
1978	0.228	+0.0%
1979	0.228	+0.0%
1980	0.166	-27.2%
1981	0.166	+0.0%
1982	0.166	+0.0%
1983	0.445	+168.1%
1984	0.445	+0.0%
1985	0.445	+0.0%
1986	0.445	+0.0%
1987	0.445	+0.0%
1988	0.445	+0.0%
1989	0.445	+0.0%
1990	0.445	+0.0%
1991	0.445	+0.0%
1992	0.445	+0.0%
1993	0.445	+0.0%
1994	0.445	+0.0%
1995	0.445	+0.0%
1996	0.445	+0.0%
1997	0.445	+0.0%
1998	0.445	+0.0%
1999	0.552	+24.0%
2000	0.552	+0.0%
2001	0.552	+0.0%
2002	0.552	+0.0%
2003	0.552	+0.0%
2004	0.552	+0.0%
2005	0.552	+0.0%
2006	0.552	+0.0%
2007	0.577	+4.5%
2008	0.591	+2.4%
2009	0.591	+0.0%
2010	0.661	+11.8%
2011	0.698	+5.6%
2012	0.728	+4.3%
2013	0.739	+1.5%
2014	0.772	+4.5%
2015	0.784	+1.6%
2016	0.825	+5.2%
2017	0.875	+6.1%
2018	0.89	+1.7%
2019	0.89	+0.0%
2020	0.89	+0.0%
2021	0.89	+0.0%
2022	0.894	+0.4%
2023	0.873	-2.3%
2024	0.779	-10.8%
2025	0.793	+1.8%

Turkey compared with similar countries

Turkey's 0.793 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.545, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Turkey's 0.793 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1865, 4.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.663	0.663	0.663	1
1790s	0.663	0.663	0.663	10
1800s	0.663	0.663	0.663	10
1810s	0.663	0.663	0.663	10
1820s	0.663	0.663	0.663	10
1830s	0.6782	0.663	0.815	10
1840s	0.815	0.815	0.815	10
1850s	0.815	0.815	0.815	10
1860s	0.815	0.815	0.815	10
1870s	0.7799	0.698	0.815	10
1880s	0.698	0.698	0.698	10
1890s	0.698	0.698	0.698	10
1900s	0.6988	0.67	0.734	10
1910s	0.67	0.67	0.67	10
1920s	0.328	0.155	0.67	10
1930s	0.192	0.192	0.192	10
1940s	0.254	0.254	0.254	10
1950s	0.2794	0.279	0.283	10
1960s	0.2424	0.216	0.282	10
1970s	0.2084	0.163	0.228	10
1980s	0.3613	0.166	0.445	10
1990s	0.4557	0.445	0.552	10
2000s	0.5623	0.552	0.591	10
2010s	0.7862	0.661	0.89	10
2020s	0.8532	0.779	0.894	6

Countries ranked near Turkey

26 Comoros 0.796 compare
27 Kazakhstan 0.794 compare
27 Philippines 0.794 compare
30 Mali 0.792 compare
31 Libya 0.791 compare
32 Indonesia 0.775 compare

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Electoral democracy 0 (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 Turkey?: Executive corruption index in Turkey was 0.793 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest executive corruption index recorded in Turkey?: The highest recorded value was 0.894 in 2022.
What is the lowest executive corruption index recorded in Turkey?: The lowest recorded value was 0.155 in 1923.
How does Turkey rank for executive corruption index?: Turkey ranks 29th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is executive corruption index rising or falling in Turkey?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Turkey 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).