Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
93.62 0-100
Denmark
Lowest
5.76 0-100
South Sudan
Median
43.86 0-100
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,432
What the numbers show
Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 93.62 0-100 in Denmark; the lowest is 5.76 0-100 in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.86 0-100, and the mean is 47.43 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 89.7%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 53.5%).
Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Corruption score): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 93.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 91.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 3 | Switzerland | 88.05 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 4 | Singapore | 87.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Sweden | 87.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 6 | Norway | 86.98 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 86.88 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 8 | New Zealand | 86.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 9 | Netherlands | 85.85 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 10 | Australia | 85.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 11 | Iceland | 84.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 83.43 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 81.85 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Estonia | 81.06 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 81.05 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 80.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 79.43 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 78.92 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 19 | Ireland | 78.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 20 | Greenland | 77.9 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 77.76 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 77.38 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 75.56 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 24 | Austria | 74.3 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 25 | France | 73.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 26 | Barbados | 72.8 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 27 | Seychelles | 72.77 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 28 | Andorra | 71.84 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 28 | American Samoa | 71.84 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 28 | Bermuda | 71.84 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 28 | Guam | 71.84 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 28 | Monaco | 71.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 28 | San Marino | 71.84 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 71.29 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 70.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 36 | Bahamas | 69.11 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 68.61 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 38 | Brunei | 68.07 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 39 | Israel | 67.35 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 40 | South Korea | 66.68 0-100 | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 41 | Cape Verde | 66.34 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 42 | Qatar | 65.81 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 43 | Aruba | 65.57 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 44 | United States | 65.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 45 | Poland | 65.16 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 64.29 0-100 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 63.81 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 63.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 49 | Latvia | 63.57 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 62.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 52 | Micronesia (country) | 61.57 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 53 | Samoa | 61.32 0-100 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 61.21 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 55 | Rwanda | 60.88 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 56 | Slovenia | 60.69 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 57 | Cayman Islands | 60.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 58 | Botswana | 59.94 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59.9 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 59.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 61 | Tuvalu | 59.8 0-100 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 62 | Macao | 59.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 63 | Malaysia | 59.42 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 64 | Puerto Rico | 58.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 65 | Dominica | 58.85 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 66 | Cyprus | 58.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 67 | Fiji | 58.83 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 68 | Palau | 58.4 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 69 | Grenada | 58.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 70 | Oman | 58.19 0-100 | 2025 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 57.85 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 72 | Nauru | 57.25 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritius | 55.96 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 55.2 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 54.46 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 76 | Jordan | 54.16 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 77 | Kiribati | 54.03 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 78 | Kuwait | 53.75 0-100 | 2025 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 79 | Bahrain | 53.72 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 80 | Greece | 53.1 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 81 | Malta | 51.62 0-100 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 82 | Senegal | 51.07 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | Namibia | 51.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 84 | New Caledonia | 50.81 0-100 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 85 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.63 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 86 | Croatia | 50.63 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 87 | Armenia | 50.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 88 | Montenegro | 49.57 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 89 | China | 49.47 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 90 | Slovakia | 49.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 48.23 0-100 | 2025 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 92 | Hungary | 48.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 93 | Romania | 47.99 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 94 | United States Virgin Islands | 46.65 0-100 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 95 | Jamaica | 46.23 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 96 | Vietnam | 45.9 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 97 | Ghana | 45.8 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 98 | South Africa | 45.35 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 99 | Georgia | 45.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 100 | Belize | 45.18 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 44.92 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 102 | Vanuatu | 44.38 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 103 | French Polynesia | 44.06 0-100 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 104 | Tunisia | 43.93 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 105 | Benin | 43.78 0-100 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 43.51 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 107 | Moldova | 42.92 0-100 | 2025 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 108 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 42.8 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 42.76 0-100 | 2025 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 110 | Kosovo | 42.7 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42.52 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 112 | Lesotho | 42.51 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 113 | India | 42.41 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 42.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 42.22 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 42.04 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 117 | Albania | 41.97 0-100 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 118 | Colombia | 41.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 119 | Maldives | 41.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 120 | Tanzania | 41.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 40.49 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 123 | Guyana | 40.43 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 124 | Brazil | 40.36 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 125 | Suriname | 40.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 126 | Argentina | 40.26 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 127 | East Timor | 40.16 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 128 | Tonga | 39.63 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 129 | Mongolia | 38.99 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 130 | Zambia | 38.86 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.35 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 132 | Thailand | 38.05 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 133 | Morocco | 37.9 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 134 | Gambia | 37.74 0-100 | 2025 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 135 | Indonesia | 37.68 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 136 | Turkey | 37.39 0-100 | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 137 | Algeria | 37.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 138 | El Salvador | 37 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 139 | Panama | 36.8 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 140 | Belarus | 36.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 141 | Philippines | 36.47 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 142 | Palestine | 36.26 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 143 | Serbia | 35.9 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 144 | Malawi | 34.69 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 145 | Angola | 34.28 0-100 | 2025 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 146 | Ukraine | 34.11 0-100 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 147 | Uzbekistan | 34.06 0-100 | 2025 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 148 | Egypt | 33.91 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 149 | Togo | 33.82 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 150 | Cuba | 33.36 0-100 | 2025 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 151 | Ecuador | 33.19 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 152 | Niger | 33.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 153 | Peru | 32.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 154 | Nepal | 32.45 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 155 | Gabon | 32.4 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 156 | Azerbaijan | 32.35 0-100 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 32.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 32.23 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 159 | Eswatini | 31.91 0-100 | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 160 | Kenya | 30.79 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 161 | Comoros | 30.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 162 | Guatemala | 29.41 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 163 | Djibouti | 29.26 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 164 | Mali | 29.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 165 | Mexico | 29.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 166 | Mauritania | 28.97 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 167 | Liberia | 28.59 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 168 | Russia | 28.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 28.2 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 170 | Laos | 28.03 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 171 | Paraguay | 27.73 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 172 | Madagascar | 27.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 173 | Guinea | 26.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 174 | Nigeria | 26.5 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 26.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 176 | Mozambique | 25.95 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 177 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.76 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 178 | Uganda | 25.75 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 179 | Iran | 25.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 180 | Bolivia | 24.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 181 | Cameroon | 23.75 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 182 | Lebanon | 23.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 183 | Honduras | 22.89 0-100 | 2025 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 184 | Iraq | 22.79 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 185 | Tajikistan | 22.75 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 186 | Cambodia | 22.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 187 | Zimbabwe | 21.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 188 | Myanmar | 21.71 0-100 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 21.7 0-100 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 190 | Turkmenistan | 21.69 0-100 | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 191 | Central African Republic | 21.32 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 192 | Chad | 20.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 193 | Nicaragua | 20.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 194 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.81 0-100 | 2025 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 195 | Congo | 19.32 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 196 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.17 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 197 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 17.98 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 198 | Libya | 17.17 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 199 | Burundi | 17 0-100 | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 200 | Haiti | 16.97 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 201 | Venezuela | 16.87 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 202 | North Korea | 16.73 0-100 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 203 | Sudan | 16.35 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 204 | Eritrea | 15.57 0-100 | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 205 | Syria | 15.41 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 206 | Yemen | 14.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 207 | Somalia | 13.92 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 208 | South Sudan | 5.76 0-100 | 2025 | down 53.5% | volatile |