Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) by country
Countries reporting
200
Highest
94.16 0-100
Denmark
Lowest
6.06 0-100
South Sudan
Median
42.87 0-100
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,193
What the numbers show
Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 94.16 0-100 in Denmark; the lowest is 6.06 0-100 in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.87 0-100, and the mean is 46.85 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 98.4%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 53.6%).
Control of Corruption - Governance score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 94.16 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 92.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 4 | Switzerland | 88.48 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 5 | Singapore | 87.69 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Sweden | 87.68 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 7 | Norway | 87.55 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 8 | New Zealand | 86.89 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 9 | Netherlands | 86.52 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 10 | Australia | 85.34 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 11 | Iceland | 84.87 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 12 | Monaco | 84.3 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 83.75 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 15 | Estonia | 81.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 80.89 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 79.68 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 78.78 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 78.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 21 | Greenland | 77.87 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 22 | Bhutan | 77.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 77.59 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 24 | Japan | 75.32 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 74.06 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 26 | Bahamas | 72.79 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 27 | Seychelles | 72.77 0-100 | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 28 | Barbados | 72.67 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 29 | France | 72.51 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 30 | Brunei | 71.86 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Andorra | 71.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 31 | American Samoa | 71.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Bermuda | 71.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 31 | Guam | 71.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | San Marino | 71.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 71.54 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 37 | Chile | 70.24 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 38 | United States | 69.86 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 39 | Lithuania | 67.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 40 | Cape Verde | 66.9 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 41 | Czechia | 66.7 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 42 | Aruba | 65.44 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 43 | Israel | 65.13 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 44 | South Korea | 65.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 45 | Latvia | 64.56 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 46 | Portugal | 64.54 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 47 | Poland | 63.93 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 48 | Qatar | 63.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 63.09 0-100 | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 50 | Spain | 62.32 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 51 | Micronesia (country) | 62.19 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.13 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 53 | Samoa | 61.78 0-100 | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 61.6 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 55 | Slovenia | 61.5 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 56 | Botswana | 60.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 57 | Rwanda | 60.52 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 58 | Cayman Islands | 60.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 59.57 0-100 | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 60 | Macao | 59.46 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 61 | Fiji | 59.24 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 62 | Italy | 59.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 63 | Dominica | 58.64 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 64 | Cyprus | 58.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 65 | Oman | 58.12 0-100 | 2024 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 66 | Nauru | 58.08 0-100 | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 66 | Palau | 58.08 0-100 | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 68 | Malaysia | 57.94 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 69 | Grenada | 57.55 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 56.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 71 | Puerto Rico | 55.9 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 72 | Marshall Islands | 55.76 0-100 | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 73 | Georgia | 55.57 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 74 | Kiribati | 55.44 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 54.9 0-100 | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritius | 54.75 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 77 | Greece | 53.92 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 53.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 79 | Jordan | 53.36 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 81 | Bahrain | 53 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 82 | Kuwait | 52.27 0-100 | 2024 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.58 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 84 | Croatia | 50.86 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 85 | Armenia | 50.78 0-100 | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 86 | Namibia | 50.42 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 87 | Senegal | 50.14 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 88 | Slovakia | 50.1 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 89 | China | 49.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 90 | Hungary | 48.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 91 | Romania | 48.38 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 92 | Montenegro | 46.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 46.5 0-100 | 2024 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 94 | United States Virgin Islands | 46.4 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 95 | Jamaica | 45.91 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 96 | Solomon Islands | 45.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 44.81 0-100 | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 98 | Belize | 44.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 99 | South Africa | 43.97 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 100 | Ghana | 43.94 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 101 | Tunisia | 43.4 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 102 | Cuba | 43.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 43 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 104 | Benin | 42.98 0-100 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 105 | Vietnam | 42.76 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 42.74 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 42.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 30.5% | flat |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42.09 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 109 | Moldova | 41.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 48.6% | flat |
| 110 | Colombia | 41.91 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 111 | Tanzania | 41.9 0-100 | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 112 | India | 41.88 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 113 | Lesotho | 41.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 114 | Argentina | 41.26 0-100 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 41.19 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 116 | Gambia | 41.09 0-100 | 2024 | up 37.9% | flat |
| 117 | Maldives | 41.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.98 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 119 | Guyana | 40.83 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 120 | Suriname | 40.23 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 121 | East Timor | 40.21 0-100 | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 40.07 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 123 | Tonga | 39.77 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 124 | Brazil | 39.58 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 125 | Albania | 39.34 0-100 | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 38.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 127 | Zambia | 38.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 128 | Mongolia | 38.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 130 | Morocco | 37.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 131 | Thailand | 37.18 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 132 | Indonesia | 36.83 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 133 | Panama | 36.64 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 134 | Serbia | 36.5 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 135 | Turkey | 36.45 0-100 | 2024 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 136 | Palestine | 36.3 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 137 | El Salvador | 36.18 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 138 | Philippines | 36.18 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 139 | Belarus | 36.15 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 140 | Algeria | 35.84 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 141 | Niger | 35.37 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 142 | Angola | 35.25 0-100 | 2024 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 143 | Nepal | 35.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 144 | Malawi | 34.72 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 145 | Togo | 34.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 146 | Ukraine | 34.24 0-100 | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 33.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 148 | Peru | 33.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 32.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 32.17 0-100 | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 151 | Ecuador | 32.15 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 152 | Eswatini | 31.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 31.72 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 154 | Kenya | 31.62 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 155 | Egypt | 31.12 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 156 | Djibouti | 29.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 157 | Russia | 29.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 158 | Mauritania | 28.95 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 159 | Gabon | 28.89 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 160 | Mexico | 28.81 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 161 | Guatemala | 28.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 162 | Laos | 28.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 163 | Mali | 28 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 164 | Bolivia | 27.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 165 | Madagascar | 27.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 166 | Paraguay | 27.11 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 167 | Liberia | 26.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 168 | Mozambique | 26.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 169 | Pakistan | 26.29 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 25.55 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 171 | Nigeria | 25.29 0-100 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 172 | Uganda | 25.26 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 173 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.85 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 174 | Comoros | 24.76 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 175 | Iran | 24.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 176 | Guinea | 24.08 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 177 | Iraq | 23.46 0-100 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 23.21 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 179 | Cameroon | 23.07 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 180 | Cambodia | 22.9 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 181 | Honduras | 22.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 182 | Zimbabwe | 22.52 0-100 | 2024 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 183 | Myanmar | 22.5 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 21.6 0-100 | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 185 | Lebanon | 21.46 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 21.36 0-100 | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 21.34 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 189 | Chad | 19.7 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 190 | Congo | 19.04 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 191 | Nicaragua | 18.85 0-100 | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 192 | Burundi | 18.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 17.18 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 195 | Libya | 16.85 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 196 | Haiti | 16.68 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 197 | North Korea | 16.33 0-100 | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 198 | Sudan | 16.33 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 199 | Venezuela | 15.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 200 | Eritrea | 14.8 0-100 | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 201 | Yemen | 14.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 202 | Syria | 13.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 203 | Somalia | 11.7 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 204 | South Sudan | 6.06 0-100 | 2024 | down 53.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 42.7 0-100