Control of Corruption - Governance score in Malaysia

Malaysia: Control of Corruption - Governance score was 57.94 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
57.94 0-100
Change on year
up 4.3%
World rank
67th
of 205 countries
All-time high
57.94 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
44.9 0-100
in 2009
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Control of Corruption - Governance score in Malaysia, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 55 0-1001998: 50.4 0-1002000: 50.9 0-1002002: 48.3 0-1002003: 50.8 0-1002004: 50.9 0-1002005: 48.5 0-1002006: 50.2 0-1002007: 49 0-1002008: 45.9 0-1002009: 44.9 0-1002010: 46.9 0-1002011: 49.2 0-1002012: 51 0-1002013: 52.2 0-1002014: 53.8 0-1002015: 52.8 0-1002016: 49.9 0-1002017: 49.3 0-1002018: 57.8 0-1002019: 57.2 0-1002020: 56.4 0-1002021: 54 0-1002022: 55.4 0-1002023: 55.6 0-1002024: 57.9 0-100

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

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 57.94 0-100 for control of corruption - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, control of corruption - governance score in Malaysia peaked at 57.94 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.9 0-100, in 2009.

Malaysia ranks 67th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Control of Corruption - Governance score in Malaysia, year by year

Annual values for Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) in Malaysia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 54.98 0-100 —
1998 50.42 0-100 -8.3%
2000 50.86 0-100 +0.9%
2002 48.32 0-100 -5.0%
2003 50.75 0-100 +5.0%
2004 50.94 0-100 +0.4%
2005 48.53 0-100 -4.7%
2006 50.17 0-100 +3.4%
2007 49.05 0-100 -2.2%
2008 45.93 0-100 -6.3%
2009 44.9 0-100 -2.3%
2010 46.86 0-100 +4.4%
2011 49.19 0-100 +5.0%
2012 50.96 0-100 +3.6%
2013 52.23 0-100 +2.5%
2014 53.83 0-100 +3.1%
2015 52.79 0-100 -1.9%
2016 49.95 0-100 -5.4%
2017 49.34 0-100 -1.2%
2018 57.84 0-100 +17.2%
2019 57.18 0-100 -1.1%
2020 56.37 0-100 -1.4%
2021 53.96 0-100 -4.3%
2022 55.37 0-100 +2.6%
2023 55.56 0-100 +0.4%
2024 57.94 0-100 +4.3%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 57.94 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41.19 0-100, 1.4× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 57.94 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.85 0-100, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 52.7 0-100 50.42 0-100 54.98 0-100 2
2000s 48.83 0-100 44.9 0-100 50.94 0-100 9
2010s 52.02 0-100 46.86 0-100 57.84 0-100 10
2020s 55.84 0-100 53.96 0-100 57.94 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 64 Oman 58.12 0-100 compare
  2. 65 Nauru 58.08 0-100 compare
  3. 65 Palau 58.08 0-100 compare
  4. 68 Grenada 57.55 0-100 compare
  5. 69 Saint Lucia 56.95 0-100 compare
  6. 70 Puerto Rico 55.9 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is control of corruption - governance score in Malaysia?
Control of corruption - governance score in Malaysia was 57.94 0-100 in 2024, 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 57.94 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 44.9 0-100 in 2009.
How does Malaysia rank for control of corruption - governance score?
Malaysia ranks 67th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is control of corruption - governance score rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia 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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About this data

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
205 places, 5,191 data points, 1996–2024
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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).