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

Countries reporting
208
Highest
2.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Denmark
Lowest
-2.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
South Sudan
Median
-0.2076 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,432

What the numbers show

Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 2.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Denmark; the lowest is -2.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.2076 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is -0.0305 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 16,440.0%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 916.8%).

Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 2.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.5% flat
2 Finland 2.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.7% falling
3 Switzerland 1.98 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.7% rising
4 Singapore 1.97 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.2% flat
5 Sweden 1.96 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.5% falling
6 Norway 1.93 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.3% flat
7 Luxembourg 1.93 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.5% rising
8 New Zealand 1.89 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.2% falling
9 Netherlands 1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.6% falling
10 Australia 1.84 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.9% falling
11 Iceland 1.82 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.2% falling
12 Liechtenstein 1.75 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.9% rising
13 Germany 1.68 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.7% falling
14 Estonia 1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 27.4% rising
15 Hong Kong 1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.1% rising
16 Canada 1.59 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.7% falling
17 Uruguay 1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 23.6% rising
18 United Kingdom 1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.6% falling
19 Ireland 1.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.0% rising
20 Greenland 1.48 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 45.4% rising
21 Bhutan 1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 36.6% rising
22 Japan 1.45 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.2% rising
23 Belgium 1.36 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.1% flat
24 Austria 1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.8% falling
25 France 1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.1% falling
26 Barbados 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.7% falling
27 Seychelles 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 32.9% volatile
28 Andorra 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.9% falling
28 American Samoa 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.9% volatile
28 Bermuda 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.9% falling
28 Guam 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.9% rising
28 Monaco 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 34.2% falling
28 San Marino 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.9% flat
34 United Arab Emirates 1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 25.3% rising
35 Chile 1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.1% falling
36 Bahamas 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.0% falling
37 Lithuania 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 51.7% rising
38 Brunei 0.9929 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.2% volatile
39 Israel 0.9572 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.7% falling
40 South Korea 0.9239 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 166.3% rising
41 Cape Verde 0.9069 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.6% rising
42 Qatar 0.8809 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.8% rising
43 Aruba 0.869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 25.1% falling
44 United States 0.8652 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.1% falling
45 Poland 0.8484 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.6% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 0.8056 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 659.1% volatile
47 Czechia 0.7817 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 32.5% rising
48 Portugal 0.7725 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.9% falling
49 Latvia 0.7699 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 33.3% volatile
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.7227 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.6% falling
51 Costa Rica 0.6939 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.1% flat
52 Micronesia (country) 0.6709 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.4% volatile
53 Samoa 0.6582 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 263.5% volatile
54 Spain 0.6525 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.6% falling
55 Rwanda 0.6362 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 27.9% volatile
56 Slovenia 0.6269 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.6% falling
57 Cayman Islands 0.6045 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 32.5% falling
58 Botswana 0.5898 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 26.3% falling
59 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5879 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.1% volatile
60 Italy 0.5839 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 636.3% volatile
61 Tuvalu 0.5831 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1,600.1% volatile
62 Macao 0.5738 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.8% volatile
63 Malaysia 0.564 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 133.5% volatile
64 Puerto Rico 0.5423 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 118.3% volatile
65 Dominica 0.5359 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.7% falling
66 Cyprus 0.5352 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.6% falling
67 Fiji 0.5347 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 69.9% volatile
68 Palau 0.5134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.0% volatile
69 Grenada 0.5044 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.6% falling
70 Oman 0.503 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16,440.0% volatile
71 Saint Lucia 0.486 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 15.3% volatile
72 Nauru 0.4567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.3% volatile
73 Mauritius 0.3925 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 34.2% falling
74 Marshall Islands 0.3548 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 56.4% volatile
75 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.318 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 26.9% volatile
76 Jordan 0.3033 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 14.7% volatile
77 Kiribati 0.2968 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.5% rising
78 Kuwait 0.2831 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 214.8% volatile
79 Bahrain 0.2813 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 733.6% volatile
80 Greece 0.2505 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 972.4% volatile
81 Malta 0.1773 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 79.2% falling
82 Senegal 0.1501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 97.0% volatile
83 Namibia 0.1479 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 68.3% volatile
84 New Caledonia 0.1374 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 — flat
85 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1284 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 326.0% volatile
86 Croatia 0.1281 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 19.6% volatile
87 Armenia 0.1125 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 116.9% volatile
88 Montenegro 0.0755 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 140.6% volatile
89 China 0.0709 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 140.3% volatile
90 Slovakia 0.0561 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 67.9% falling
91 Dominican Republic 0.0094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 101.2% rising
92 Hungary 0.0021 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 98.8% volatile
93 Romania -0.0026 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 97.5% volatile
94 United States Virgin Islands -0.0689 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 112.6% volatile
95 Jamaica -0.0898 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 61.9% volatile
96 Vietnam -0.1063 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 71.8% rising
97 Ghana -0.1114 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 58.8% volatile
98 South Africa -0.1334 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 667.3% volatile
99 Georgia -0.1401 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 118.5% volatile
100 Belize -0.1418 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 46.4% volatile
101 Solomon Islands -0.155 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 61.1% volatile
102 Vanuatu -0.1816 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 100.1% volatile
103 French Polynesia -0.1973 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 — flat
104 Tunisia -0.2039 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 668.2% volatile
105 Benin -0.2113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 57.3% volatile
106 Burkina Faso -0.2248 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 30.6% volatile
107 Moldova -0.254 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 75.9% rising
108 Kosovo -0.2547 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 27.2% volatile
109 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) -0.2601 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 32.0% volatile
110 Kazakhstan -0.2621 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 69.4% rising
111 Cote d'Ivoire -0.2738 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 36.2% rising
112 Lesotho -0.2741 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 916.8% volatile
113 India -0.2792 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.3% rising
114 Sri Lanka -0.2831 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.0% volatile
115 Bulgaria -0.2886 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 35.8% volatile
116 North Macedonia -0.2978 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.5% volatile
117 Albania -0.3011 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 50.6% rising
118 Colombia -0.3085 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.6% rising
119 Maldives -0.3339 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 43.0% volatile
120 Tanzania -0.3339 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 43.0% rising
121 Trinidad and Tobago -0.3386 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.8% volatile
122 Ethiopia -0.3744 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 27.9% rising
123 Guyana -0.3772 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 25.6% falling
124 Brazil -0.3811 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.1% volatile
125 Suriname -0.3819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 90.2% volatile
126 Argentina -0.3861 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 39.9% rising
127 East Timor -0.3909 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 39.3% falling
128 Tonga -0.4171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 29.0% volatile
129 Mongolia -0.4488 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 25.0% volatile
130 Zambia -0.4554 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 15.5% rising
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.4804 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.2% falling
132 Thailand -0.4954 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.8% falling
133 Morocco -0.5028 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 48.2% falling
134 Gambia -0.5107 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 44.9% falling
135 Indonesia -0.5139 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.1% rising
136 Turkey -0.5281 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 295.4% volatile
137 Algeria -0.5309 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.3% rising
138 El Salvador -0.5474 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.7% rising
139 Panama -0.5575 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 31.6% falling
140 Belarus -0.5723 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 114.7% volatile
141 Philippines -0.5735 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.8% flat
142 Palestine -0.5839 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.6% falling
143 Serbia -0.6019 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 71.5% volatile
144 Malawi -0.6618 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 20.6% falling
145 Angola -0.6821 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 54.1% rising
146 Ukraine -0.6909 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 34.2% rising
147 Uzbekistan -0.6934 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 46.8% rising
148 Egypt -0.7008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 31.8% falling
149 Togo -0.7052 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.5% rising
150 Cuba -0.7278 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 353.0% volatile
151 Ecuador -0.7364 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.0% rising
152 Niger -0.7371 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 70.5% rising
153 Peru -0.7553 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.4% falling
154 Nepal -0.773 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.7% falling
155 Gabon -0.7757 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.6% flat
156 Azerbaijan -0.7781 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 21.2% rising
157 Papua New Guinea -0.7787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.8% flat
158 Sierra Leone -0.784 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.8% rising
159 Eswatini -0.7998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 176.0% volatile
160 Kenya -0.8551 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.3% rising
161 Comoros -0.8782 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.5% falling
162 Guatemala -0.9237 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.9% falling
163 Djibouti -0.9312 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.6% falling
164 Mali -0.9393 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 51.3% falling
165 Mexico -0.9424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.8% falling
166 Mauritania -0.9454 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.8% falling
167 Liberia -0.9643 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 34.2% rising
168 Russia -0.983 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.1% rising
169 Bangladesh -0.9836 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.6% rising
170 Laos -0.9922 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.8% falling
171 Paraguay -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.8% rising
172 Madagascar -1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 32.8% volatile
173 Guinea -1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.4% falling
174 Nigeria -1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.5% rising
175 Pakistan -1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.0% flat
176 Mozambique -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 19.5% falling
177 Kyrgyzstan -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.3% falling
178 Uganda -1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.2% falling
179 Iran -1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 50.3% falling
180 Bolivia -1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 57.3% falling
181 Cameroon -1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.3% flat
182 Lebanon -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.2% falling
183 Honduras -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 53.8% falling
184 Iraq -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.9% rising
185 Tajikistan -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.5% rising
186 Cambodia -1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.3% falling
187 Zimbabwe -1.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.5% falling
188 Myanmar -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 37.0% rising
189 Afghanistan -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 13.8% rising
190 Turkmenistan -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.7% falling
191 Central African Republic -1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.9% falling
192 Chad -1.34 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.6% falling
193 Nicaragua -1.38 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 36.0% falling
194 Guinea-Bissau -1.4 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.6% falling
195 Congo -1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.3% falling
196 Equatorial Guinea -1.48 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.7% falling
197 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.1% rising
198 Libya -1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.1% falling
199 Burundi -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.2% falling
200 Haiti -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.4% falling
201 Venezuela -1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.3% falling
202 North Korea -1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.1% falling
203 Sudan -1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.3% falling
204 Eritrea -1.61 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 19.1% volatile
205 Syria -1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.4% falling
206 Yemen -1.68 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.3% falling
207 Somalia -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.4% falling
208 South Sudan -2.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.6% falling

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Indicator
Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,432 data points, 1996–2025
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