Control of Corruption - Governance score in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Control of Corruption - Governance score was 78.41 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
78.41 0-100
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
20th
of 204 countries
All-time high
90.31 0-100
in 1998
All-time low
75.55 0-100
in 2009
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Control of Corruption - Governance score in United Kingdom, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 89.4 0-1001998: 90.3 0-1002000: 88.9 0-1002002: 87 0-1002003: 87.4 0-1002004: 85 0-1002005: 86.4 0-1002006: 82.9 0-1002007: 80.8 0-1002008: 79.7 0-1002009: 75.6 0-1002010: 75.7 0-1002011: 77.2 0-1002012: 77.9 0-1002013: 78.3 0-1002014: 78.6 0-1002015: 81.3 0-1002016: 83.5 0-1002017: 84.6 0-1002018: 84.4 0-1002019: 83.6 0-1002020: 82.7 0-1002021: 81.5 0-1002022: 81 0-1002023: 77.7 0-1002024: 78.4 0-100

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

Analysis

United Kingdom recorded 78.41 0-100 for control of corruption - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, control of corruption - governance score in United Kingdom peaked at 90.31 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 75.55 0-100, in 2009.

That places United Kingdom 20th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 89.84 0-100 89.36 0-100 90.31 0-100 2
2000s 83.75 0-100 75.55 0-100 88.95 0-100 9
2010s 80.51 0-100 75.71 0-100 84.62 0-100 10
2020s 80.26 0-100 77.7 0-100 82.69 0-100 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 17 Ireland 79.69 0-100 compare
  2. 18 Hong Kong 79.68 0-100 compare
  3. 19 Uruguay 78.78 0-100 compare
  4. 21 Greenland 77.87 0-100 compare
  5. 22 Bhutan 77.66 0-100 compare
  6. 23 Belgium 77.59 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is control of corruption - governance score in United Kingdom?
Control of corruption - governance score in United Kingdom was 78.41 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 United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 90.31 0-100 in 1998.
What is the lowest control of corruption - governance score recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 75.55 0-100 in 2009.
How does United Kingdom rank for control of corruption - governance score?
United Kingdom ranks 20th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is control of corruption - governance score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom 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
204 places, 5,167 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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).