Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) by country

Control of Corruption (CC) captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is used for private gain, including both petty and grand corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e....

Countries reporting
203
Highest
2.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Denmark
Lowest
-2.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
South Sudan
Median
-0.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,167

What the numbers show

Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 2.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Denmark; the lowest is -2.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is -0.027 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 15,039.2%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 1,860.0%).

Control of Corruption - Governance estimate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 2.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.3% flat
2 Finland 2.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 7.2% falling
3 Luxembourg 2.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.2% rising
4 Switzerland 2.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.2% rising
5 Singapore 1.97 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.3% flat
6 Sweden 1.97 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2.0% falling
7 Norway 1.96 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.0% flat
8 New Zealand 1.93 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.0% falling
9 Netherlands 1.91 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2.0% falling
10 Australia 1.85 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.6% falling
11 Iceland 1.83 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.7% falling
12 Monaco 1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.4% falling
13 Germany 1.77 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.8% falling
14 Liechtenstein 1.76 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.9% rising
15 Estonia 1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 31.5% rising
16 Canada 1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 10.2% falling
17 Ireland 1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.2% rising
18 Hong Kong 1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.3% rising
19 Uruguay 1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 18.6% rising
20 United Kingdom 1.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.7% falling
21 Greenland 1.48 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 45.5% rising
22 Bhutan 1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 35.0% rising
23 Belgium 1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.1% rising
24 Japan 1.36 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.8% rising
25 Austria 1.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.9% falling
26 Bahamas 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.9% falling
27 Seychelles 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 161.1% volatile
28 Barbados 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.3% falling
29 France 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.1% flat
30 Brunei 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.5% volatile
31 American Samoa 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.0% volatile
31 Bermuda 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.0% falling
31 Guam 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.0% rising
31 San Marino 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.7% flat
35 United Arab Emirates 1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 18.7% rising
36 Chile 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 20.2% falling
37 United States 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.3% falling
38 Lithuania 0.9928 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 65.7% rising
39 Cape Verde 0.9408 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.0% rising
40 Czechia 0.9311 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 82.9% rising
41 Aruba 0.8688 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2.9% falling
42 Israel 0.8533 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 14.2% falling
43 South Korea 0.8496 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 68.5% rising
44 Latvia 0.8251 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 62.9% volatile
45 Portugal 0.8242 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.5% falling
46 Poland 0.7941 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.6% rising
47 Qatar 0.7548 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.4% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 0.7528 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 400.1% volatile
49 Spain 0.7146 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 19.3% falling
50 Micronesia (country) 0.708 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.0% volatile
51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.705 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.5% falling
52 Samoa 0.6881 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 288.6% volatile
53 Costa Rica 0.6792 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 13.0% flat
54 Slovenia 0.6743 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.7% falling
55 Botswana 0.6311 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 23.2% falling
56 Rwanda 0.6255 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 27.8% volatile
57 Cayman Islands 0.6045 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 32.5% falling
58 Tuvalu 0.5787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,362.6% volatile
59 Macao 0.5734 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.9% volatile
60 Fiji 0.5627 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 62.0% volatile
61 Italy 0.5532 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4,108.7% volatile
62 Dominica 0.533 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.9% falling
63 Cyprus 0.5325 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.3% falling
64 Oman 0.5072 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4,254.9% volatile
65 Nauru 0.5049 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 308.4% volatile
65 Palau 0.5049 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 308.4% volatile
67 Malaysia 0.4984 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 68.8% volatile
68 Grenada 0.479 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 98.4% falling
69 Saint Lucia 0.4493 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 28.3% volatile
70 Puerto Rico 0.3977 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.1% volatile
71 Marshall Islands 0.3907 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 442.1% volatile
72 Georgia 0.3811 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 52.8% volatile
73 Kiribati 0.3746 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 32.8% rising
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.3481 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 517.1% volatile
75 Mauritius 0.3405 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25.4% falling
76 Greece 0.2997 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15,039.2% volatile
77 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2844 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 47.4% volatile
78 Jordan 0.2722 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 189.0% volatile
79 Malta 0.2668 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 67.1% falling
80 Bahrain 0.2541 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,342.7% volatile
81 Kuwait 0.2183 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 180.3% volatile
82 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1842 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 328.2% volatile
83 Croatia 0.1487 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 28.9% volatile
84 Armenia 0.1447 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 122.6% volatile
85 Namibia 0.1265 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 71.0% volatile
86 Senegal 0.113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 217.4% volatile
87 Slovakia 0.1108 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 40.5% falling
88 China 0.0887 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 129.4% volatile
89 Hungary 0.0394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 77.2% volatile
90 Romania 0.026 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 111.3% volatile
91 Montenegro -0.0594 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 62.1% volatile
92 Kazakhstan -0.0671 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 92.0% rising
93 United States Virgin Islands -0.0719 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 113.3% volatile
94 Jamaica -0.0963 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 66.7% volatile
95 Solomon Islands -0.1401 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 65.0% volatile
96 Vanuatu -0.1506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 131.7% volatile
97 Belize -0.1604 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 44.1% volatile
98 South Africa -0.1918 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1,233.5% volatile
99 Ghana -0.1935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.9% volatile
100 Tunisia -0.2202 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1,860.0% volatile
101 Cuba -0.2263 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 177.3% volatile
102 Bulgaria -0.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 38.5% volatile
103 Benin -0.2407 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 60.4% volatile
104 Vietnam -0.2517 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 30.5% rising
105 Burkina Faso -0.2526 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 43.2% volatile
107 Dominican Republic -0.2655 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 64.9% flat
108 Cote d'Ivoire -0.285 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 32.9% rising
109 Moldova -0.2916 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 69.9% rising
110 Colombia -0.2937 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.9% rising
111 Tanzania -0.2941 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 53.4% rising
112 India -0.2953 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 28.7% rising
113 Lesotho -0.3024 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 342.3% volatile
114 Argentina -0.3257 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 51.1% rising
115 North Macedonia -0.3292 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 126.4% volatile
116 Gambia -0.3342 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 62.5% falling
117 Maldives -0.336 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 41.7% volatile
118 Trinidad and Tobago -0.3398 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 18.8% volatile
119 Guyana -0.3469 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 42.3% falling
120 Suriname -0.3769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.2% volatile
121 East Timor -0.3775 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 41.9% falling
122 Sri Lanka -0.3848 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 14.5% volatile
123 Tonga -0.3992 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 31.7% volatile
124 Brazil -0.4089 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 73.9% volatile
125 Albania -0.4208 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 37.7% rising
126 Ethiopia -0.4379 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 19.4% rising
127 Zambia -0.4568 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.0% rising
128 Mongolia -0.486 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.1% volatile
129 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.5129 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 44.8% falling
130 Morocco -0.5187 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 24.5% falling
131 Thailand -0.5273 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.2% falling
132 Indonesia -0.5446 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 23.8% rising
133 Panama -0.5541 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 40.6% falling
134 Serbia -0.5608 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 153.9% volatile
135 Turkey -0.5632 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 417.2% volatile
136 Palestine -0.5708 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 31.8% falling
137 El Salvador -0.5766 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.9% rising
138 Philippines -0.5766 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.0% falling
139 Belarus -0.5781 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 279.7% volatile
140 Algeria -0.5934 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.6% rising
141 Niger -0.6169 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 39.1% rising
142 Angola -0.6226 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 58.1% rising
143 Nepal -0.6326 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 24.9% falling
144 Malawi -0.6487 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.9% falling
145 Togo -0.6634 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.2% rising
146 Ukraine -0.6724 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 37.2% rising
147 Sierra Leone -0.7023 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.6% rising
148 Peru -0.7204 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 23.9% falling
149 Uzbekistan -0.7543 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 39.0% rising
150 Azerbaijan -0.7751 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 30.9% rising
151 Ecuador -0.7757 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2.7% rising
152 Eswatini -0.7852 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 176.2% volatile
153 Papua New Guinea -0.7974 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 18.2% flat
154 Kenya -0.8018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.9% rising
155 Egypt -0.827 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 43.5% falling
156 Djibouti -0.8908 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.3% falling
157 Russia -0.8911 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.4% rising
158 Mauritania -0.9337 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.3% falling
159 Gabon -0.9368 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.8% flat
160 Mexico -0.9409 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25.0% falling
161 Guatemala -0.9483 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.9% falling
162 Laos -0.9799 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.5% falling
163 Mali -0.9809 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 52.6% falling
164 Bolivia -0.9976 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 55.6% falling
165 Madagascar -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.8% volatile
166 Paraguay -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.0% rising
167 Liberia -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 32.0% rising
168 Mozambique -1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 23.3% falling
169 Pakistan -1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.1% flat
170 Bangladesh -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 7.0% rising
171 Nigeria -1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 14.1% rising
172 Uganda -1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.9% falling
173 Kyrgyzstan -1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.0% falling
174 Comoros -1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 41.5% falling
175 Iran -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 40.4% falling
176 Guinea -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.3% falling
177 Iraq -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.2% rising
178 Tajikistan -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.8% rising
179 Cameroon -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.7% flat
180 Cambodia -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.2% falling
181 Honduras -1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.9% flat
182 Zimbabwe -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.4% falling
183 Myanmar -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 19.2% rising
184 Turkmenistan -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.3% falling
185 Lebanon -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.9% falling
186 Afghanistan -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.2% rising
187 Central African Republic -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.7% falling
188 Guinea-Bissau -1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.2% falling
189 Chad -1.39 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.9% falling
190 Congo -1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.6% falling
191 Nicaragua -1.43 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 43.9% falling
192 Burundi -1.46 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 15.5% falling
193 Equatorial Guinea -1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 7.4% falling
194 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.52 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.4% rising
195 Libya -1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.8% falling
196 Haiti -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.7% falling
197 North Korea -1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 22.4% falling
198 Sudan -1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.7% falling
199 Venezuela -1.59 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.1% falling
200 Eritrea -1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 45.2% volatile
201 Yemen -1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.9% falling
202 Syria -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.2% falling
203 Somalia -1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2.7% falling
204 South Sudan -2.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 20.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 5,167 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Control of Corruption (CC) captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is used for private gain, including both petty and grand corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.