Control of Corruption - Governance score in Kenya

Kenya: Control of Corruption - Governance score was 31.62 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
31.62 0-100
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
154th
of 204 countries
All-time high
33.47 0-100
in 2021
All-time low
23.97 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Control of Corruption - Governance score in Kenya, 1996–2024

01020301996201020241996: 27.2 0-1001998: 24 0-1002000: 28.1 0-1002002: 28.2 0-1002003: 32.6 0-1002004: 29.7 0-1002005: 26.7 0-1002006: 28.7 0-1002007: 28.4 0-1002008: 26.6 0-1002009: 25.4 0-1002010: 30.6 0-1002011: 29.2 0-1002012: 28.1 0-1002013: 28.9 0-1002014: 31 0-1002015: 28.2 0-1002016: 29.6 0-1002017: 29.7 0-1002018: 31 0-1002019: 31.5 0-1002020: 32.7 0-1002021: 33.5 0-1002022: 32.6 0-1002023: 32.5 0-1002024: 31.6 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for control of corruption - governance score in Kenya is 31.62 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, control of corruption - governance score in Kenya peaked at 33.47 0-100 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 23.97 0-100, in 1998.

Kenya ranks 154th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.59 0-100 23.97 0-100 27.22 0-100 2
2000s 28.27 0-100 25.42 0-100 32.62 0-100 9
2010s 29.77 0-100 28.12 0-100 31.47 0-100 10
2020s 32.58 0-100 31.62 0-100 33.47 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 151 Ecuador 32.15 0-100 compare
  2. 152 Eswatini 31.96 0-100 compare
  3. 153 Papua New Guinea 31.72 0-100 compare
  4. 155 Egypt 31.12 0-100 compare
  5. 156 Djibouti 29.82 0-100 compare
  6. 157 Russia 29.82 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is control of corruption - governance score in Kenya?
Control of corruption - governance score in Kenya was 31.62 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 33.47 0-100 in 2021.
What is the lowest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 23.97 0-100 in 1998.
How does Kenya rank for control of corruption - governance score?
Kenya ranks 154th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is control of corruption - governance score rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kenya data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).