Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) was 18.17 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
18.17 0-100
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
196th
of 208 countries
All-time high
22.62 0-100
in 2010
All-time low
15.06 0-100
in 2017
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Control of Corruption - Governance score in Equatorial Guinea, 1996–2025

05101520251996201020251996: 19.5 0-1001998: 19.4 0-1002000: 19.3 0-1002002: 19.3 0-1002003: 19.3 0-1002004: 19.7 0-1002005: 17.7 0-1002006: 20.6 0-1002007: 20.6 0-1002008: 20.6 0-1002009: 22.4 0-1002010: 22.6 0-1002011: 22.6 0-1002012: 22.6 0-1002013: 21.6 0-1002014: 16 0-1002015: 16 0-1002016: 15.1 0-1002017: 15.1 0-1002018: 17.4 0-1002019: 17.4 0-1002020: 17.4 0-1002021: 17.4 0-1002022: 17.4 0-1002023: 17.3 0-1002024: 18.4 0-1002025: 18.2 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for control of corruption - governance score in Equatorial Guinea is 18.17 0-100, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, control of corruption - governance score in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 22.62 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 15.06 0-100, in 2017.

That places Equatorial Guinea 196th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Equatorial Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) in Equatorial Guinea, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 19.46 0-100 —
1998 19.43 0-100 -0.2%
2000 19.34 0-100 -0.5%
2002 19.28 0-100 -0.3%
2003 19.25 0-100 -0.1%
2004 19.71 0-100 +2.4%
2005 17.68 0-100 -10.3%
2006 20.62 0-100 +16.6%
2007 20.58 0-100 -0.2%
2008 20.59 0-100 +0.0%
2009 22.41 0-100 +8.9%
2010 22.62 0-100 +0.9%
2011 22.6 0-100 -0.1%
2012 22.57 0-100 -0.1%
2013 21.63 0-100 -4.2%
2014 16 0-100 -26.0%
2015 16.02 0-100 +0.1%
2016 15.07 0-100 -5.9%
2017 15.06 0-100 -0.1%
2018 17.36 0-100 +15.3%
2019 17.38 0-100 +0.2%
2020 17.39 0-100 +0.0%
2021 17.4 0-100 +0.1%
2022 17.36 0-100 -0.2%
2023 17.25 0-100 -0.6%
2024 18.41 0-100 +6.7%
2025 18.17 0-100 -1.3%

Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Equatorial Guinea's 18.17 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41.82 0-100, 43% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Equatorial Guinea's 18.17 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 32.07 0-100, 57% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Equatorial Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2014 -26.0% 21.63 0-100 16 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 19.44 0-100 19.43 0-100 19.46 0-100 2
2000s 19.94 0-100 17.68 0-100 22.41 0-100 9
2010s 18.63 0-100 15.06 0-100 22.62 0-100 10
2020s 17.66 0-100 17.25 0-100 18.41 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 193 Nicaragua 20.21 0-100 compare
  2. 194 Guinea-Bissau 19.81 0-100 compare
  3. 195 Congo 19.32 0-100 compare
  4. 197 Democratic Republic of Congo 17.98 0-100 compare
  5. 198 Libya 17.17 0-100 compare
  6. 199 Burundi 17 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is control of corruption - governance score in Equatorial Guinea?
Control of corruption - governance score in Equatorial Guinea was 18.17 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 22.62 0-100 in 2010.
What is the lowest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 15.06 0-100 in 2017.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for control of corruption - governance score?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 196th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is control of corruption - governance score rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,432 data points, 1996–2025
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Control of Corruption (CC) captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is used for private gain, including both petty and grand corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).