Corruption perceptions - Transparency International - Country rankings
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Corruption Perceptions Index, 100 = no corruption, 2025:
The average for 2025 based on 179 countries was 43 points. The highest value was in Denmark: 89 points and the lowest value was in Somalia: 9 points. The indicator is available from 2001 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: points; Source: Transparency International
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| Countries | Corruption perceptions - Transparency International, 2025 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 89 | 1 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Finland | 88 | 2 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Singapore | 84 | 3 | 2001 - 2025 |
| New Zealand | 81 | 4 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Norway | 81 | 5 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Sweden | 80 | 6 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Switzerland | 80 | 7 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Luxembourg | 78 | 8 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Netherlands | 78 | 9 | 2013 - 2025 |
| Germany | 77 | 10 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Iceland | 77 | 11 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Australia | 76 | 12 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Estonia | 76 | 13 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Hong Kong | 76 | 14 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Ireland | 76 | 15 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Canada | 75 | 16 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Uruguay | 73 | 17 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Bhutan | 71 | 18 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Japan | 71 | 19 | 2001 - 2025 |
| UK | 70 | 20 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Austria | 69 | 21 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Belgium | 69 | 22 | 2001 - 2025 |
| UA Emirates | 69 | 23 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Barbados | 68 | 24 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Seychelles | 68 | 25 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Taiwan | 68 | 26 | 2001 - 2025 |
| France | 66 | 27 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Lithuania | 65 | 28 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Bahamas | 64 | 29 | 2012 - 2025 |
| USA | 64 | 30 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Brunei | 63 | 31 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Chile | 63 | 32 | 2001 - 2025 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 63 | 33 | 2007 - 2025 |
| South Korea | 63 | 34 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Cape Verde | 62 | 35 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Israel | 62 | 36 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Dominica | 60 | 37 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Latvia | 60 | 38 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Czechia | 59 | 39 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Saint Lucia | 59 | 40 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Botswana | 58 | 41 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Qatar | 58 | 42 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Rwanda | 58 | 43 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Slovenia | 58 | 44 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 57 | 45 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Costa Rica | 56 | 46 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Grenada | 56 | 47 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Portugal | 56 | 48 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Cyprus | 55 | 49 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Fiji | 55 | 50 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Spain | 55 | 51 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Italy | 53 | 52 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Poland | 53 | 53 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 54 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Oman | 52 | 55 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Bahrain | 50 | 56 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Georgia | 50 | 57 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Greece | 50 | 58 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Jordan | 50 | 59 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Malta | 49 | 60 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Mauritius | 48 | 61 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Slovakia | 48 | 62 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Croatia | 47 | 63 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Vanuatu | 47 | 64 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Armenia | 46 | 65 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Kuwait | 46 | 66 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Montenegro | 46 | 67 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Namibia | 46 | 68 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Senegal | 46 | 69 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Benin | 45 | 70 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Romania | 45 | 71 | 2001 - 2025 |
| S.T.&Principe | 45 | 72 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Jamaica | 44 | 73 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Solomon Isl. | 44 | 74 | 2007 - 2025 |
| China | 43 | 75 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Ghana | 43 | 76 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 77 | 2013 - 2025 |
| Moldova | 42 | 78 | 2001 - 2025 |
| South Africa | 41 | 79 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Tr.&Tobago | 41 | 80 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Vietnam | 41 | 81 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 40 | 82 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Burkina Faso | 40 | 83 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Cuba | 40 | 84 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Guyana | 40 | 85 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Hungary | 40 | 86 | 2001 - 2025 |
| North Macedonia | 40 | 87 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Tanzania | 40 | 88 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Albania | 39 | 89 | 2002 - 2025 |
| India | 39 | 90 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Maldives | 39 | 91 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Morocco | 39 | 92 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Tunisia | 39 | 93 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Ethiopia | 38 | 94 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Kazakhstan | 38 | 95 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Suriname | 38 | 96 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Colombia | 37 | 97 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Domin. Rep. | 37 | 98 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Gambia | 37 | 99 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Lesotho | 37 | 100 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Zambia | 37 | 101 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Argentina | 36 | 102 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Belize | 36 | 103 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Ukraine | 36 | 104 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Brazil | 35 | 105 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Sri Lanka | 35 | 106 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Algeria | 34 | 107 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 34 | 108 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 109 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Laos | 34 | 110 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Malawi | 34 | 111 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Nepal | 34 | 112 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Sierra Leone | 34 | 113 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Ecuador | 33 | 114 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Panama | 33 | 115 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Serbia | 33 | 116 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Thailand | 33 | 117 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Angola | 32 | 118 | 2002 - 2025 |
| El Salvador | 32 | 119 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Philippines | 32 | 120 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Togo | 32 | 121 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Belarus | 31 | 122 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Djibouti | 31 | 123 | 2007 - 2025 |
| Mongolia | 31 | 124 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Niger | 31 | 125 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Turkey | 31 | 126 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Uzbekistan | 31 | 127 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Azerbaijan | 30 | 128 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Egypt | 30 | 129 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Kenya | 30 | 130 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 131 | 2006 - 2025 |
| Peru | 30 | 132 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Gabon | 29 | 133 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Bolivia | 28 | 134 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Iraq | 28 | 135 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Liberia | 28 | 136 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Mali | 28 | 137 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 138 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Mexico | 27 | 139 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 140 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Guatemala | 26 | 141 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Guinea | 26 | 142 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 26 | 143 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 144 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Papua N.G. | 26 | 145 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Madagascar | 25 | 146 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Uganda | 25 | 147 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Bangladesh | 24 | 148 | 2001 - 2025 |
| C.A. Republic | 24 | 149 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Paraguay | 24 | 150 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Iran | 23 | 151 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Lebanon | 23 | 152 | 2003 - 2025 |
| R. of Congo | 23 | 153 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Swaziland | 23 | 154 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Chad | 22 | 155 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Honduras | 22 | 156 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Russia | 22 | 157 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 158 | 2001 - 2025 |
| G.-Bissau | 21 | 159 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Mozambique | 21 | 160 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Cambodia | 20 | 161 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Comoros | 20 | 162 | 2007 - 2025 |
| DR Congo | 20 | 163 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Tajikistan | 19 | 164 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Burundi | 17 | 165 | 2005 - 2025 |
| Turkmenistan | 17 | 166 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 167 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Burma | 16 | 168 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Haiti | 16 | 169 | 2002 - 2025 |
| Eq. Guinea | 15 | 170 | 2005 - 2025 |
| North Korea | 15 | 171 | 2012 - 2025 |
| Syria | 15 | 172 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Nicaragua | 14 | 173 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Sudan | 14 | 174 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Eritrea | 13 | 175 | 2004 - 2025 |
| Libya | 13 | 176 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Yemen | 13 | 177 | 2003 - 2025 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 178 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Somalia | 9 | 179 | 2005 - 2025 |
Definition: The Corruption Perceptions Index is an indicator of perceptions of public sector corruption, i.e. administrative and political corruption. The indicator values are determined by using information from surveys and assessments of corruption, collected by a variety of reputable institutions.
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