Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Laos

Laos: Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) was 28.03 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
28.03 0-100
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
170th
of 208 countries
All-time high
33.23 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
21.88 0-100
in 2006
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Control of Corruption - Governance score in Laos, 1996–2025

01020301996201020251996: 33.2 0-1001998: 33.2 0-1002000: 33 0-1002002: 32.9 0-1002003: 32.9 0-1002004: 25.6 0-1002005: 22.7 0-1002006: 21.9 0-1002007: 22.3 0-1002008: 23 0-1002009: 23 0-1002010: 24.1 0-1002011: 24.9 0-1002012: 25 0-1002013: 26.3 0-1002014: 27.3 0-1002015: 27.9 0-1002016: 28.9 0-1002017: 27.7 0-1002018: 25.6 0-1002019: 25.7 0-1002020: 26.6 0-1002021: 26.3 0-1002022: 27.9 0-1002023: 28.7 0-1002024: 28 0-1002025: 28 0-100

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

Analysis

Laos recorded 28.03 0-100 for control of corruption - governance score in 2025.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, control of corruption - governance score in Laos peaked at 33.23 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 21.88 0-100, in 2006.

Laos ranks 170th of 208 countries on this measure, 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 Laos, year by year

Annual values for Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) in Laos, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 33.23 0-100 —
1998 33.17 0-100 -0.2%
2000 33.01 0-100 -0.5%
2002 32.89 0-100 -0.4%
2003 32.86 0-100 -0.1%
2004 25.65 0-100 -21.9%
2005 22.72 0-100 -11.4%
2006 21.88 0-100 -3.7%
2007 22.34 0-100 +2.1%
2008 23 0-100 +2.9%
2009 23 0-100 -0.0%
2010 24.09 0-100 +4.8%
2011 24.9 0-100 +3.4%
2012 25.01 0-100 +0.4%
2013 26.31 0-100 +5.2%
2014 27.34 0-100 +3.9%
2015 27.86 0-100 +1.9%
2016 28.9 0-100 +3.7%
2017 27.65 0-100 -4.3%
2018 25.61 0-100 -7.4%
2019 25.71 0-100 +0.4%
2020 26.63 0-100 +3.6%
2021 26.31 0-100 -1.2%
2022 27.9 0-100 +6.0%
2023 28.67 0-100 +2.8%
2024 27.95 0-100 -2.5%
2025 28.03 0-100 +0.3%

Laos compared with similar countries

  • Laos's 28.03 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.33 0-100, 87% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Laos's 28.03 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.61 0-100, 51% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 33.2 0-100 33.17 0-100 33.23 0-100 2
2000s 26.37 0-100 21.88 0-100 33.01 0-100 9
2010s 26.34 0-100 24.09 0-100 28.9 0-100 10
2020s 27.58 0-100 26.31 0-100 28.67 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 167 Liberia 28.59 0-100 compare
  2. 168 Russia 28.21 0-100 compare
  3. 169 Bangladesh 28.2 0-100 compare
  4. 171 Paraguay 27.73 0-100 compare
  5. 172 Madagascar 27.1 0-100 compare
  6. 173 Guinea 26.56 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is control of corruption - governance score in Laos?
Control of corruption - governance score in Laos was 28.03 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 Laos?
The highest recorded value was 33.23 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 21.88 0-100 in 2006.
How does Laos rank for control of corruption - governance score?
Laos ranks 170th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is control of corruption - governance score rising or falling in Laos?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Laos 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).