Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Palau
Palau: Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) was 58.4 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Control of Corruption - Governance score in Palau, 2008–2025
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 Palau stood at 58.4 0-100. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, control of corruption - governance score in Palau peaked at 58.4 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 43.48 0-100, in 2014.
Palau ranks 68th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Palau, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 44.54 0-100 | — |
| 2009 | 44.54 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 44.64 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 44.4 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 43.89 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 43.93 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 43.48 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 58.2 0-100 | +33.9% |
| 2016 | 57.11 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 57.07 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 57.15 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 57.25 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 57.27 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 57.31 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 57.15 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 57.18 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 58.39 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 58.4 0-100 | +0.0% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 58.4 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 67.01 0-100, 87% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Palau's 58.4 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.61 0-100, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Control of Corruption - Governance score (0-100) (Control score 0-100) in Palau 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +33.9% | 43.48 0-100 | 58.2 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.54 0-100 | 44.54 0-100 | 44.54 0-100 | 2 |
| 2010s | 50.71 0-100 | 43.48 0-100 | 58.2 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.62 0-100 | 57.15 0-100 | 58.4 0-100 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is control of corruption - governance score in Palau?
- Control of corruption - governance score in Palau was 58.4 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 Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 58.4 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest control of corruption - governance score recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.48 0-100 in 2014.
- How does Palau rank for control of corruption - governance score?
- Palau ranks 68th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is control of corruption - governance score rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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
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).