Control of corruption - Country rankings
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Control of corruption (-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong), 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 191 countries was -0.04 points. The highest value was in Denmark: 2.37 points and the lowest value was in Somalia: -1.78 points. The indicator is available from 1996 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: points; Source: The World Bank
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Countries | Control of corruption, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
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Denmark | 2.37 | 1 | 1996 - 2021 |
Finland | 2.27 | 2 | 1996 - 2021 |
New Zealand | 2.2 | 3 | 1996 - 2021 |
Singapore | 2.17 | 4 | 1996 - 2021 |
Norway | 2.14 | 5 | 1996 - 2021 |
Sweden | 2.13 | 6 | 1996 - 2021 |
Netherlands | 2.04 | 7 | 1996 - 2021 |
Switzerland | 1.99 | 8 | 1996 - 2021 |
Luxembourg | 1.87 | 9 | 1996 - 2021 |
Germany | 1.81 | 10 | 1996 - 2021 |
Iceland | 1.79 | 11 | 1996 - 2021 |
Australia | 1.74 | 12 | 1996 - 2021 |
Hong Kong | 1.71 | 13 | 1996 - 2021 |
Liechtenstein | 1.7 | 14 | 1996 - 2021 |
UK | 1.67 | 15 | 1996 - 2021 |
Canada | 1.65 | 16 | 1996 - 2021 |
Ireland | 1.65 | 17 | 1996 - 2021 |
Seychelles | 1.63 | 18 | 1996 - 2021 |
Uruguay | 1.62 | 19 | 1996 - 2021 |
Japan | 1.57 | 20 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bhutan | 1.55 | 21 | 1996 - 2021 |
Estonia | 1.54 | 22 | 1996 - 2021 |
Belgium | 1.48 | 23 | 1996 - 2021 |
Andorra | 1.33 | 24 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bermuda | 1.33 | 25 | 1996 - 2021 |
France | 1.31 | 26 | 1996 - 2021 |
Austria | 1.27 | 27 | 1996 - 2021 |
Brunei | 1.25 | 28 | 1996 - 2021 |
Barbados | 1.24 | 29 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bahamas | 1.18 | 30 | 1996 - 2021 |
UA Emirates | 1.18 | 31 | 1996 - 2021 |
USA | 1.05 | 32 | 1996 - 2021 |
Cape Verde | 1.04 | 33 | 1996 - 2021 |
Chile | 0.98 | 34 | 1996 - 2021 |
Israel | 0.86 | 35 | 1996 - 2021 |
Lithuania | 0.85 | 36 | 1996 - 2021 |
Macao | 0.85 | 37 | 1996 - 2021 |
Aruba | 0.83 | 38 | 2004 - 2021 |
Qatar | 0.81 | 39 | 1996 - 2021 |
St. Vincent & ... | 0.8 | 40 | 2004 - 2021 |
Portugal | 0.77 | 41 | 1996 - 2021 |
South Korea | 0.76 | 42 | 1996 - 2021 |
Latvia | 0.75 | 43 | 1996 - 2021 |
Spain | 0.74 | 44 | 1996 - 2021 |
Slovenia | 0.72 | 45 | 1996 - 2021 |
Botswana | 0.69 | 46 | 1996 - 2021 |
Georgia | 0.69 | 47 | 1996 - 2021 |
Tuvalu | 0.67 | 48 | 2004 - 2021 |
Czechia | 0.64 | 49 | 1996 - 2021 |
Samoa | 0.63 | 50 | 1996 - 2021 |
Rwanda | 0.6 | 51 | 1996 - 2021 |
Saint Lucia | 0.59 | 52 | 2004 - 2021 |
Dominica | 0.58 | 53 | 1996 - 2021 |
Poland | 0.57 | 54 | 1996 - 2021 |
Micronesia | 0.56 | 55 | 2004 - 2021 |
Italy | 0.54 | 56 | 1996 - 2021 |
Grenada | 0.52 | 57 | 1996 - 2021 |
Costa Rica | 0.5 | 58 | 1996 - 2021 |
Fiji | 0.47 | 59 | 1996 - 2021 |
Mauritius | 0.47 | 60 | 1996 - 2021 |
Puerto Rico | 0.4 | 61 | 1996 - 2021 |
Cyprus | 0.39 | 62 | 1996 - 2021 |
Malta | 0.32 | 63 | 1996 - 2021 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.31 | 64 | 1996 - 2021 |
Kiribati | 0.28 | 65 | 2004 - 2021 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0.26 | 66 | 1996 - 2021 |
Namibia | 0.26 | 67 | 1996 - 2021 |
S.T.&Principe | 0.26 | 68 | 1996 - 2021 |
Slovakia | 0.24 | 69 | 1996 - 2021 |
Greece | 0.21 | 70 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bahrain | 0.17 | 71 | 1996 - 2021 |
Malaysia | 0.17 | 72 | 1996 - 2021 |
Oman | 0.09 | 73 | 1996 - 2021 |
Armenia | 0.07 | 74 | 1996 - 2021 |
Croatia | 0.06 | 75 | 1996 - 2021 |
Senegal | 0.06 | 76 | 1996 - 2021 |
China | 0.05 | 77 | 1996 - 2021 |
Jordan | 0.05 | 78 | 1996 - 2021 |
Hungary | 0.04 | 79 | 1996 - 2021 |
South Africa | 0.02 | 80 | 1996 - 2021 |
Montenegro | -0.02 | 81 | 1998 - 2021 |
Vanuatu | -0.02 | 82 | 1996 - 2021 |
Jamaica | -0.03 | 83 | 1996 - 2021 |
Kuwait | -0.03 | 84 | 1996 - 2021 |
Romania | -0.04 | 85 | 1996 - 2021 |
Burkina Faso | -0.06 | 86 | 1996 - 2021 |
Ghana | -0.11 | 87 | 1996 - 2021 |
Solomon Isl. | -0.14 | 88 | 1996 - 2021 |
Benin | -0.15 | 89 | 1996 - 2021 |
Guyana | -0.17 | 90 | 1996 - 2021 |
Tunisia | -0.23 | 91 | 1996 - 2021 |
Belarus | -0.24 | 92 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bulgaria | -0.24 | 93 | 1996 - 2021 |
Kazakhstan | -0.24 | 94 | 1996 - 2021 |
Tr.&Tobago | -0.28 | 95 | 1996 - 2021 |
India | -0.29 | 96 | 1996 - 2021 |
Vietnam | -0.29 | 97 | 1996 - 2021 |
Belize | -0.3 | 98 | 1996 - 2021 |
Malawi | -0.3 | 99 | 1996 - 2021 |
Lesotho | -0.32 | 100 | 1996 - 2021 |
Sri Lanka | -0.33 | 101 | 1996 - 2021 |
Colombia | -0.34 | 102 | 1996 - 2021 |
North Macedonia | -0.35 | 103 | 1996 - 2021 |
Gambia | -0.36 | 104 | 1996 - 2021 |
Tanzania | -0.36 | 105 | 1996 - 2021 |
Ivory Coast | -0.37 | 106 | 1996 - 2021 |
Maldives | -0.37 | 107 | 1996 - 2021 |
Tonga | -0.38 | 108 | 2004 - 2021 |
Turkey | -0.39 | 109 | 1996 - 2021 |
Argentina | -0.4 | 110 | 1996 - 2021 |
Ethiopia | -0.4 | 111 | 1996 - 2021 |
Suriname | -0.4 | 112 | 1996 - 2021 |
Indonesia | -0.43 | 113 | 1996 - 2021 |
Morocco | -0.43 | 114 | 1996 - 2021 |
Palau | -0.43 | 115 | 2008 - 2021 |
Sierra Leone | -0.43 | 116 | 1996 - 2021 |
Serbia | -0.44 | 117 | 1996 - 2021 |
Moldova | -0.45 | 118 | 1996 - 2021 |
Thailand | -0.46 | 119 | 1996 - 2021 |
Brazil | -0.48 | 120 | 1996 - 2021 |
Philippines | -0.51 | 121 | 1996 - 2021 |
El Salvador | -0.53 | 122 | 1996 - 2021 |
Mongolia | -0.53 | 123 | 1996 - 2021 |
Nepal | -0.53 | 124 | 1996 - 2021 |
Niger | -0.55 | 125 | 1996 - 2021 |
Albania | -0.56 | 126 | 1996 - 2021 |
Domin. Rep. | -0.57 | 127 | 1996 - 2021 |
Ecuador | -0.57 | 128 | 1996 - 2021 |
Panama | -0.57 | 129 | 1996 - 2021 |
Algeria | -0.61 | 130 | 1996 - 2021 |
Peru | -0.63 | 131 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bosnia & Herz. | -0.64 | 132 | 1996 - 2021 |
Swaziland | -0.65 | 133 | 1996 - 2021 |
Angola | -0.66 | 134 | 1996 - 2021 |
Togo | -0.67 | 135 | 1996 - 2021 |
Egypt | -0.68 | 136 | 1996 - 2021 |
Kenya | -0.71 | 137 | 1996 - 2021 |
Palestine | -0.74 | 138 | 1996 - 2021 |
Zambia | -0.75 | 139 | 1996 - 2021 |
Papua N.G. | -0.76 | 140 | 1996 - 2021 |
Ukraine | -0.77 | 141 | 1996 - 2021 |
Djibouti | -0.78 | 142 | 1996 - 2021 |
Pakistan | -0.79 | 143 | 1996 - 2021 |
Mozambique | -0.81 | 144 | 1996 - 2021 |
Uzbekistan | -0.81 | 145 | 1996 - 2021 |
Mauritania | -0.82 | 146 | 1996 - 2021 |
Azerbaijan | -0.83 | 147 | 1996 - 2021 |
Gabon | -0.85 | 148 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bolivia | -0.86 | 149 | 1996 - 2021 |
Mali | -0.87 | 150 | 1996 - 2021 |
Russia | -0.9 | 151 | 1996 - 2021 |
Liberia | -0.92 | 152 | 1996 - 2021 |
Madagascar | -0.93 | 153 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bangladesh | -0.96 | 154 | 1996 - 2021 |
Guinea | -1 | 155 | 1996 - 2021 |
Mexico | -1 | 156 | 1996 - 2021 |
Uganda | -1 | 157 | 1996 - 2021 |
Paraguay | -1.01 | 158 | 1996 - 2021 |
Burma | -1.03 | 159 | 1996 - 2021 |
Laos | -1.04 | 160 | 1996 - 2021 |
Honduras | -1.07 | 161 | 1996 - 2021 |
Nigeria | -1.07 | 162 | 1996 - 2021 |
Cameroon | -1.09 | 163 | 1996 - 2021 |
Iran | -1.1 | 164 | 1996 - 2021 |
Kyrgyzstan | -1.12 | 165 | 1996 - 2021 |
Afghanistan | -1.14 | 166 | 1996 - 2021 |
Guatemala | -1.17 | 167 | 1996 - 2021 |
Cambodia | -1.18 | 168 | 1996 - 2021 |
C.A. Republic | -1.23 | 169 | 1996 - 2021 |
Lebanon | -1.23 | 170 | 1996 - 2021 |
Eritrea | -1.24 | 171 | 1996 - 2021 |
Nicaragua | -1.24 | 172 | 1996 - 2021 |
Iraq | -1.25 | 173 | 1996 - 2021 |
Zimbabwe | -1.26 | 174 | 1996 - 2021 |
Comoros | -1.29 | 175 | 1996 - 2021 |
Sudan | -1.29 | 176 | 1996 - 2021 |
G.-Bissau | -1.3 | 177 | 1996 - 2021 |
Tajikistan | -1.34 | 178 | 1996 - 2021 |
R. of Congo | -1.37 | 179 | 1996 - 2021 |
Haiti | -1.42 | 180 | 1996 - 2021 |
Turkmenistan | -1.42 | 181 | 1996 - 2021 |
Chad | -1.48 | 182 | 1996 - 2021 |
DR Congo | -1.55 | 183 | 1996 - 2021 |
Eq. Guinea | -1.57 | 184 | 1996 - 2021 |
Libya | -1.57 | 185 | 1996 - 2021 |
Burundi | -1.58 | 186 | 1996 - 2021 |
North Korea | -1.61 | 187 | 1996 - 2021 |
Venezuela | -1.61 | 188 | 1996 - 2021 |
Yemen | -1.65 | 189 | 1996 - 2021 |
Somalia | -1.78 | 190 | 1996 - 2021 |
Syria | -1.78 | 191 | 1996 - 2021 |
Definition: The index for Control of Corruption captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests.
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