Control of Corruption - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
88.8%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
South Sudan
Median
36.9%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,217
What the numbers show
Control of Corruption - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 88.8% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.9%, and the mean is 40.8%.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Naoero (up 322.4%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 100.0%).
Control of Corruption - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 86.8% | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 83.3% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 82.3% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | Sweden | 82.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 6 | Switzerland | 81.9% | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 7 | Norway | 81.8% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 8 | New Zealand | 81.2% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 9 | Netherlands | 81.1% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 10 | Australia | 79.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 11 | Germany | 78.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Iceland | 78.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 13 | Estonia | 76.6% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 75.2% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 15 | Ireland | 74.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Hong Kong (China) | 74.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Liechtenstein | 74.0% | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 73.1% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 72.7% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 20 | Belgium | 72.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 71.0% | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 22 | Monaco | 69.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 23 | Japan | 69.6% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 24 | Austria | 68.7% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 25 | France | 67.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 26 | Barbados | 66.2% | 2024 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 27 | Greenland | 66.2% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 66.1% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 29 | Bahamas | 65.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Seychelles | 64.9% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 31 | Chile | 64.8% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 32 | United States | 64.1% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 33 | Brunei Darussalam | 64.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 62.9% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 61.7% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 36 | Cape Verde | 60.2% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 37 | Korea | 59.7% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 59.5% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 59.2% | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 58.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 41 | Israel | 58.6% | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 42 | Andorra | 57.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 42 | American Samoa | 57.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 42 | Bermuda | 57.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 42 | Guam | 57.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 42 | San Marino | 57.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 57.1% | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 48 | Qatar | 57.0% | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 49 | Spain | 57.0% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 50 | Slovenia | 56.5% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 51 | Aruba | 56.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 55.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 53 | Botswana | 55.4% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 54 | Rwanda | 55.1% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 53.7% | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.5% | 2024 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 57 | Cyprus | 53.3% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 58 | Malaysia | 52.6% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 59 | Oman | 52.0% | 2024 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 60 | Cayman Islands | 50.7% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 61 | Samoa | 50.4% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 62 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 50.3% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 63 | Macau (China) | 50.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 64 | Dominica | 50.1% | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 65 | Georgia | 49.6% | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 66 | Fiji | 49.3% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 67 | Grenada | 49.0% | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 68 | Mauritius | 49.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 69 | Greece | 48.6% | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 48.4% | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 71 | Jordan | 48.1% | 2024 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 72 | Puerto Rico | 47.8% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 73 | Malta | 47.6% | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 74 | Tuvalu | 47.6% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 75 | Bahrain | 47.0% | 2024 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 76 | Kuwait | 46.8% | 2024 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 77 | Croatia | 45.8% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.6% | 2024 | up 43.7% | falling |
| 79 | Namibia | 45.1% | 2024 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 80 | Slovak Republic | 45.1% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 81 | Senegal | 45.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.7% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 83 | Armenia | 44.4% | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 85 | China (People’s Republic of) | 44.3% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 86 | Naoero | 43.8% | 2024 | up 322.4% | rising |
| 86 | Palau | 43.8% | 2024 | up 322.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Marshall Islands | 43.8% | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 89 | Hungary | 43.6% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 90 | Kiribati | 43.6% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 91 | Romania | 43.3% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 41.1% | 2024 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 93 | Montenegro | 40.7% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 94 | Jamaica | 40.2% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 39.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 96 | South Africa | 38.7% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 97 | Tunisia | 38.0% | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 38.0% | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 99 | Benin | 37.7% | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 100 | Belize | 37.7% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 37.5% | 2024 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 102 | Viet Nam | 37.2% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 103 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.0% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 104 | Kosovo | 36.9% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 104 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 36.9% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 36.8% | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 107 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 36.8% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 108 | India | 36.6% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 109 | Colombia | 36.5% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 110 | Cuba | 36.4% | 2024 | down 22.8% | flat |
| 111 | Moldova | 36.3% | 2024 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 112 | Gambia | 36.0% | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 113 | Argentina | 35.9% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 114 | Lesotho | 35.8% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 35.7% | 2024 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 35.7% | 2024 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.3% | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 35.3% | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 34.7% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 120 | Guyana | 34.6% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 121 | Brazil | 34.2% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 122 | Suriname | 34.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 33.7% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 124 | Albania | 33.6% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 125 | Zambia | 33.4% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 126 | Timor-Leste | 33.3% | 2024 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 127 | Mongolia | 32.8% | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 128 | United States Virgin Islands | 32.0% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 129 | Morocco | 31.9% | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 130 | Thailand | 31.8% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 131 | Indonesia | 31.6% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.6% | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 133 | Maldives | 31.1% | 2024 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 134 | Türkiye | 31.1% | 2024 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 135 | Philippines | 31.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 136 | Panama | 30.9% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 137 | Serbia | 30.8% | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 138 | El Salvador | 30.7% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 139 | Belarus | 30.2% | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 140 | Algeria | 30.1% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 141 | Niger | 30.0% | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 142 | Angola | 29.8% | 2024 | up 153.5% | rising |
| 143 | Malawi | 29.6% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 144 | Nepal | 29.5% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 145 | Tonga | 29.3% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 146 | Togo | 29.1% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 147 | Ukraine | 28.8% | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 148 | Sierra Leone | 28.5% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 149 | Palestine, State of | 28.2% | 2024 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 150 | Peru | 27.9% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 151 | Uzbekistan | 27.0% | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 152 | Kenya | 26.7% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 153 | Ecuador | 26.5% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 25.7% | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 155 | Eswatini | 25.5% | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 156 | Egypt | 25.5% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 25.4% | 2024 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 158 | Russia | 24.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 159 | Mexico | 23.4% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 160 | Djibouti | 23.4% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritania | 23.4% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 162 | Gabon | 23.3% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 163 | Guatemala | 23.0% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 164 | Mali | 22.9% | 2024 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 165 | Madagascar | 22.1% | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 166 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.1% | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 167 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 21.7% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 168 | Liberia | 21.5% | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 169 | Paraguay | 21.5% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 170 | Mozambique | 21.2% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 171 | Pakistan | 20.9% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 172 | Nigeria | 20.2% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 20.2% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 174 | Uganda | 20.1% | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 175 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.3% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea | 18.9% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 177 | Iran | 18.9% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 178 | Cameroon | 17.9% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 17.4% | 2024 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 180 | Cambodia | 17.3% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 181 | Honduras | 17.2% | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 182 | Iraq | 17.1% | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 183 | Tajikistan | 16.9% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 184 | Myanmar | 16.8% | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 185 | Comoros | 16.3% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 186 | Lebanon | 15.7% | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 187 | Afghanistan | 15.5% | 2024 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 15.0% | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 189 | Turkmenistan | 14.4% | 2024 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 190 | Chad | 13.8% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.6% | 2024 | up 72.2% | falling |
| 192 | Congo | 13.6% | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 193 | Nicaragua | 13.3% | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 194 | Burundi | 12.1% | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 195 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.0% | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 196 | Haiti | 11.0% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 197 | Sudan | 11.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 198 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.9% | 2024 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 199 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 10.3% | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 200 | Libya | 10.1% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 201 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 9.4% | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 202 | Yemen | 8.5% | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 203 | Eritrea | 8.4% | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 204 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.7% | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 205 | Somalia | 5.6% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 206 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |