Control of Corruption by Country
World Bank governance indicator measuring control of corruption (-2.5 to +2.5).
Countries
205
Highest
2.38
Denmark
Lowest
-1.97
South Sudan
Latest Year
2023
| # | Country | Control of Corruption | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark | 2.38 | 2023 |
| 2 |  Finland | 2.22 | 2023 |
| 3 |  Norway | 2.11 | 2023 |
| 4 |  New Zealand | 2.08 | 2023 |
| 5 |  Singapore | 2.04 | 2023 |
| 6 |  Sweden | 2.03 | 2023 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 2.02 | 2023 |
| 8 |  Luxembourg | 1.93 | 2023 |
| 9 |  Netherlands | 1.87 | 2023 |
| 10 |  Australia | 1.78 | 2023 |
| 11 |  Liechtenstein | 1.71 | 2023 |
| 12 |  Canada | 1.67 | 2023 |
| 13 |  Germany | 1.66 | 2023 |
| 14 |  Seychelles | 1.63 | 2023 |
| 15 |  Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.63 | 2023 |
| 16 |  Ireland | 1.58 | 2023 |
| 17 |  Uruguay | 1.57 | 2023 |
| 18 |  Iceland | 1.55 | 2023 |
| 19 |  Estonia | 1.54 | 2023 |
| 20 |  Bhutan | 1.53 | 2023 |
| 21 |  United Kingdom | 1.48 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Japan | 1.40 | 2023 |
| 23 |  Barbados | 1.34 | 2023 |
| 24 |  Belgium | 1.34 | 2023 |
| 25 |  Brunei Darussalam | 1.28 | 2023 |
| 26 |  Bahamas, The | 1.27 | 2023 |
| 27 |  San Marino | 1.25 | 2023 |
| 28 |  Bermuda | 1.25 | 2023 |
| 29 |  Guam | 1.25 | 2023 |
| 30 |  Andorra | 1.25 | 2023 |
| 31 |  American Samoa | 1.25 | 2023 |
| 32 |  Monaco | 1.25 | 2023 |
| 33 |  France | 1.18 | 2023 |
| 34 |  Austria | 1.13 | 2023 |
| 35 |  United States | 1.12 | 2023 |
| 36 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.07 | 2023 |
| 37 |  Greenland | 1.03 | 2023 |
| 38 |  Cabo Verde | 0.98 | 2023 |
| 39 |  Chile | 0.97 | 2023 |
| 40 |  Korea, Rep. | 0.89 | 2023 |
| 41 |  Macao SAR, China | 0.85 | 2023 |
| 42 |  Israel | 0.83 | 2023 |
| 43 |  Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.78 | 2023 |
| 44 |  Lithuania | 0.78 | 2023 |
| 45 |  Slovenia | 0.78 | 2023 |
| 46 |  Czechia | 0.77 | 2023 |
| 47 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.74 | 2023 |
| 48 |  Samoa | 0.73 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Aruba | 0.71 | 2023 |
| 50 |  Qatar | 0.70 | 2023 |
| 51 |  Latvia | 0.70 | 2023 |
| 52 |  Portugal | 0.70 | 2023 |
| 53 |  Botswana | 0.69 | 2023 |
| 54 |  Rwanda | 0.67 | 2023 |
| 55 |  Costa Rica | 0.65 | 2023 |
| 56 |  Tuvalu | 0.65 | 2023 |
| 57 |  Spain | 0.63 | 2023 |
| 58 |  Georgia | 0.62 | 2023 |
| 59 |  Nauru | 0.59 | 2023 |
| 60 |  Palau | 0.59 | 2023 |
| 61 |  Poland | 0.57 | 2023 |
| 62 |  Grenada | 0.56 | 2023 |
| 63 |  Italy | 0.55 | 2023 |
| 64 |  Dominica | 0.54 | 2023 |
| 65 |  St. Lucia | 0.54 | 2023 |
| 66 |  Saudi Arabia | 0.54 | 2023 |
| 67 |  Fiji | 0.51 | 2023 |
| 68 |  Mauritius | 0.45 | 2023 |
| 69 |  Cayman Islands | 0.44 | 2023 |
| 70 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.41 | 2023 |
| 71 |  Marshall Islands | 0.41 | 2023 |
| 72 |  Kiribati | 0.41 | 2023 |
| 73 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0.36 | 2023 |
| 74 |  Cyprus | 0.33 | 2023 |
| 75 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0.33 | 2023 |
| 76 |  Malaysia | 0.30 | 2023 |
| 77 |  Slovak Republic | 0.29 | 2023 |
| 78 |  Oman | 0.22 | 2023 |
| 79 |  Kuwait | 0.21 | 2023 |
| 80 |  Croatia | 0.18 | 2023 |
| 81 |  Bahrain | 0.18 | 2023 |
| 82 |  Namibia | 0.11 | 2023 |
| 83 |  Malta | 0.11 | 2023 |
| 84 |  Greece | 0.10 | 2023 |
| 85 |  Jordan | 0.09 | 2023 |
| 86 |  Armenia | 0.06 | 2023 |
| 87 |  Senegal | 0.06 | 2023 |
| 88 |  Romania | 0.04 | 2023 |
| 89 |  Puerto Rico (US) | 0.02 | 2023 |
| 90 |  Hungary | -0.00 | 2023 |
| 91 |  China | -0.01 | 2023 |
| 92 |  Vanuatu | -0.01 | 2023 |
| 93 |  Virgin Islands (U.S.) | -0.02 | 2023 |
| 94 |  Benin | -0.05 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Cuba | -0.06 | 2023 |
| 96 |  Montenegro | -0.08 | 2023 |
| 97 |  Ghana | -0.10 | 2023 |
| 98 |  Jamaica | -0.11 | 2023 |
| 99 |  Solomon Islands | -0.13 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Bulgaria | -0.14 | 2023 |
| 101 |  Burkina Faso | -0.17 | 2023 |
| 102 |  Kosovo | -0.19 | 2023 |
| 103 |  Belize | -0.23 | 2023 |
| 104 |  Timor-Leste | -0.23 | 2023 |
| 105 |  Kazakhstan | -0.27 | 2023 |
| 106 |  Moldova | -0.28 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Gambia, The | -0.28 | 2023 |
| 108 |  South Africa | -0.28 | 2023 |
| 109 |  Tonga | -0.31 | 2023 |
| 110 |  Colombia | -0.31 | 2023 |
| 111 |  Cote d'Ivoire | -0.31 | 2023 |
| 112 |  Tanzania | -0.32 | 2023 |
| 113 |  Albania | -0.33 | 2023 |
| 114 |  Tunisia | -0.34 | 2023 |
| 115 |  North Macedonia | -0.35 | 2023 |
| 116 |  Argentina | -0.36 | 2023 |
| 117 |  India | -0.37 | 2023 |
| 118 |  Trinidad and Tobago | -0.37 | 2023 |
| 119 |  Guyana | -0.38 | 2023 |
| 120 |  Sri Lanka | -0.38 | 2023 |
| 121 |  Maldives | -0.40 | 2023 |
| 122 |  Suriname | -0.40 | 2023 |
| 123 |  Viet Nam | -0.42 | 2023 |
| 124 |  Serbia | -0.45 | 2023 |
| 125 |  Dominican Republic | -0.45 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Ethiopia | -0.47 | 2023 |
| 127 |  Zambia | -0.48 | 2023 |
| 128 |  Indonesia | -0.49 | 2023 |
| 129 |  Thailand | -0.49 | 2023 |
| 130 |  Mongolia | -0.49 | 2023 |
| 131 |  Turkiye | -0.50 | 2023 |
| 132 |  Brazil | -0.50 | 2023 |
| 133 |  Nepal | -0.51 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Lesotho | -0.51 | 2023 |
| 135 |  Morocco | -0.54 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Philippines | -0.54 | 2023 |
| 137 |  El Salvador | -0.56 | 2023 |
| 138 |  Niger | -0.56 | 2023 |
| 139 |  Sierra Leone | -0.57 | 2023 |
| 140 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.58 | 2023 |
| 141 |  Algeria | -0.59 | 2023 |
| 142 |  Malawi | -0.60 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Angola | -0.61 | 2023 |
| 144 |  Togo | -0.62 | 2023 |
| 145 |  Panama | -0.63 | 2023 |
| 146 |  Ecuador | -0.65 | 2023 |
| 147 |  Papua New Guinea | -0.66 | 2023 |
| 148 |  Belarus | -0.67 | 2023 |
| 149 |  West Bank and Gaza | -0.68 | 2023 |
| 150 |  Ukraine | -0.69 | 2023 |
| 151 |  Peru | -0.72 | 2023 |
| 152 |  Eswatini | -0.73 | 2023 |
| 153 |  Egypt, Arab Rep. | -0.75 | 2023 |
| 154 |  Kenya | -0.77 | 2023 |
| 155 |  Djibouti | -0.78 | 2023 |
| 156 |  Uzbekistan | -0.81 | 2023 |
| 157 |  Mauritania | -0.82 | 2023 |
| 158 |  Mozambique | -0.83 | 2023 |
| 159 |  Bolivia | -0.84 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Mali | -0.86 | 2023 |
| 161 |  Liberia | -0.89 | 2023 |
| 162 |  Guinea | -0.90 | 2023 |
| 163 |  Lao PDR | -0.97 | 2023 |
| 164 |  Comoros | -0.99 | 2023 |
| 165 |  Pakistan | -1.00 | 2023 |
| 166 |  Madagascar | -1.00 | 2023 |
| 167 |  Gabon | -1.02 | 2023 |
| 168 |  Mexico | -1.02 | 2023 |
| 169 |  Nigeria | -1.04 | 2023 |
| 170 |  Uganda | -1.04 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Paraguay | -1.06 | 2023 |
| 172 |  Russian Federation | -1.10 | 2023 |
| 173 |  Honduras | -1.11 | 2023 |
| 174 |  Bangladesh | -1.12 | 2023 |
| 175 |  Guatemala | -1.12 | 2023 |
| 176 |  Afghanistan | -1.15 | 2023 |
| 177 |  Cameroon | -1.16 | 2023 |
| 178 |  Guinea-Bissau | -1.18 | 2023 |
| 179 |  Azerbaijan | -1.20 | 2023 |
| 180 |  Myanmar | -1.22 | 2023 |
| 181 |  Kyrgyz Republic | -1.22 | 2023 |
| 182 |  Lebanon | -1.23 | 2023 |
| 183 |  Iran, Islamic Rep. | -1.23 | 2023 |
| 184 |  Zimbabwe | -1.26 | 2023 |
| 185 |  Cambodia | -1.30 | 2023 |
| 186 |  Central African Republic | -1.31 | 2023 |
| 187 |  Iraq | -1.32 | 2023 |
| 188 |  Congo, Rep. | -1.35 | 2023 |
| 189 |  Tajikistan | -1.38 | 2023 |
| 190 |  Nicaragua | -1.39 | 2023 |
| 191 |  Turkmenistan | -1.42 | 2023 |
| 192 |  Haiti | -1.44 | 2023 |
| 193 |  Eritrea | -1.48 | 2023 |
| 194 |  Congo, Dem. Rep. | -1.48 | 2023 |
| 195 |  Chad | -1.48 | 2023 |
| 196 |  Sudan | -1.50 | 2023 |
| 197 |  Libya | -1.53 | 2023 |
| 198 |  Burundi | -1.56 | 2023 |
| 199 |  Equatorial Guinea | -1.57 | 2023 |
| 200 |  Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | -1.58 | 2023 |
| 201 |  Yemen, Rep. | -1.65 | 2023 |
| 202 |  Venezuela, RB | -1.69 | 2023 |
| 203 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.73 | 2023 |
| 204 |  Syrian Arab Republic | -1.75 | 2023 |
| 205 |  South Sudan | -1.97 | 2023 |