Control of Corruption: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Eswatini
Eswatini: Control of Corruption: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 25.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Control of Corruption - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini stood at 25.5%.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini peaked at 44.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 25.3%, in 2024.
That places Eswatini 158th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Control of Corruption: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 37.1% | — |
| 1998 | 37.0% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 36.0% | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 35.9% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 35.9% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 32.0% | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 32.0% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 42.0% | +31.1% |
| 2007 | 41.9% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 44.1% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 43.1% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 38.9% | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 38.0% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 38.3% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 37.8% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 34.7% | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 35.1% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 35.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 38.2% | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 35.3% | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 34.7% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 34.6% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 29.2% | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 28.7% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 28.3% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 25.3% | -10.5% |
| 2025 | 25.5% | +0.6% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 25.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 26.1%, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 25.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 26.4%, 97% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Control of Corruption: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +31.1% | 32.0% | 42.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.1% | 37.0% | 37.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 38.1% | 32.0% | 44.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 36.6% | 34.7% | 38.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.6% | 25.3% | 34.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More reference data data for Eswatini
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0203 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3059 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3309 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0048 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3309 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0679 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0557 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.026 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini?
- Control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini was 25.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 44.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.3% in 2024.
- How does Eswatini rank for control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Eswatini ranks 158th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is control of corruption - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Control of Corruption - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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