Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) was 26.5 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Control of Corruption - Governance score in Nigeria, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, control of corruption - governance score in Nigeria stood at 26.5 0-100.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, control of corruption - governance score in Nigeria peaked at 27.43 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 14.16 0-100, in 2002.
That places Nigeria 174th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24.58 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 21.3 0-100 | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 19.13 0-100 | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 14.16 0-100 | -26.0% |
| 2003 | 17.94 0-100 | +26.7% |
| 2004 | 20.26 0-100 | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 22.43 0-100 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 24.29 0-100 | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 24.93 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 27.43 0-100 | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 26.88 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 25.63 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 25.21 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 24.73 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 23.94 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 21.68 0-100 | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 24.76 0-100 | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 26.19 0-100 | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 25.11 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 25.1 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 24.91 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 25.39 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 23.9 0-100 | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 23.44 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 26.12 0-100 | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 25.57 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2025 | 26.5 0-100 | +3.7% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 26.5 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.33 0-100, 82% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 26.5 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 32.07 0-100, 83% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.94 0-100 | 21.3 0-100 | 24.58 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.94 0-100 | 14.16 0-100 | 27.43 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 24.73 0-100 | 21.68 0-100 | 26.19 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.15 0-100 | 23.44 0-100 | 26.5 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 171 Paraguay 27.73 0-100 compare
- 172 Madagascar 27.1 0-100 compare
- 173 Guinea 26.56 0-100 compare
- 175 Pakistan 26.49 0-100 compare
- 176 Mozambique 25.95 0-100 compare
- 177 Kyrgyzstan 25.76 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Nigeria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 19.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 5.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 81.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 121.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 14.27 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is control of corruption - governance score in Nigeria?
- Control of corruption - governance score in Nigeria was 26.5 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 27.43 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.16 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Nigeria rank for control of corruption - governance score?
- Nigeria ranks 174th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is control of corruption - governance score rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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).