Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
0.9709
New Caledonia
Lowest
0.1485
Kenya
Median
0.1707
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,432
What the numbers show
Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 0.9709 in New Caledonia; the lowest is 0.1485 in Kenya.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1707, and the mean is 0.2045.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 7.5%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 25.5%).
Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Caledonia | 0.9709 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 0.9709 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 3 | Andorra | 0.4371 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | American Samoa | 0.4371 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Bermuda | 0.4371 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Guam | 0.4371 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Monaco | 0.4371 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | San Marino | 0.4371 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4371 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Nauru | 0.4315 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Palau | 0.4315 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Marshall Islands | 0.3613 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Tuvalu | 0.3613 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3572 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 15 | Greenland | 0.3535 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Kiribati | 0.3431 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 16 | Samoa | 0.3431 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 18 | Tonga | 0.3154 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 19 | Maldives | 0.2942 | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 20 | Fiji | 0.292 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 21 | Aruba | 0.2845 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Cayman Islands | 0.2845 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 0.2845 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Macao | 0.2845 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2806 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 0.2743 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 26 | Vanuatu | 0.2743 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2736 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 29 | Dominica | 0.2583 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 0.2528 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2528 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 32 | Grenada | 0.2507 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 33 | Comoros | 0.2482 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 0.246 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 35 | Palestine | 0.2439 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 36 | Seychelles | 0.2387 | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 37 | Brunei | 0.2328 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 38 | South Sudan | 0.2218 | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Turkmenistan | 0.2186 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2169 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 41 | Bahamas | 0.2083 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 42 | Cuba | 0.2083 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 42 | North Korea | 0.2083 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 44 | East Timor | 0.2077 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2072 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 46 | Belize | 0.2065 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2052 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 0.2046 | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 49 | Libya | 0.2036 | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 50 | Bhutan | 0.2011 | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 51 | Switzerland | 0.1967 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 51 | Iceland | 0.1967 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 51 | Israel | 0.1967 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 54 | Barbados | 0.1954 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 55 | Eswatini | 0.1949 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 0.1947 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 57 | Iraq | 0.1933 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 58 | Armenia | 0.1932 | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 59 | Eritrea | 0.1932 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 60 | Syria | 0.1922 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 61 | Laos | 0.1917 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.1911 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 63 | Burundi | 0.1909 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 0.1909 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 63 | Djibouti | 0.1909 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1894 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 67 | Yemen | 0.1882 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 68 | Guyana | 0.1871 | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 69 | Suriname | 0.185 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 70 | Bahrain | 0.1827 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 70 | Oman | 0.1827 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1827 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 73 | Chad | 0.1816 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | Belarus | 0.1805 | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 75 | Somalia | 0.1801 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 76 | Lesotho | 0.1792 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1788 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 77 | Georgia | 0.1788 | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.1788 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 77 | Montenegro | 0.1788 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 81 | Mauritius | 0.1756 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 0.1755 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 83 | Iran | 0.1741 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 84 | Kosovo | 0.1739 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 85 | Myanmar | 0.1735 | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 0.1732 | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 86 | Norway | 0.1732 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 86 | New Zealand | 0.1732 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 89 | Lebanon | 0.1726 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 90 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.1726 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 91 | Canada | 0.1726 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 91 | United States | 0.1726 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 93 | Russia | 0.1725 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 93 | Ukraine | 0.1725 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 95 | Algeria | 0.1724 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 96 | Australia | 0.172 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 96 | Hong Kong | 0.172 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 96 | Japan | 0.172 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 99 | Albania | 0.1709 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 99 | Moldova | 0.1709 | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 99 | Serbia | 0.1709 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 0.1707 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 0.1707 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 102 | Ecuador | 0.1707 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 102 | Guatemala | 0.1707 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 0.1707 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 102 | Panama | 0.1707 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 102 | Paraguay | 0.1707 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1707 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 102 | Uruguay | 0.1707 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 111 | Haiti | 0.1699 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.1688 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 113 | Cambodia | 0.1687 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 114 | Malta | 0.1686 | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1684 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Gabon | 0.1681 | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 0.167 | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 118 | Bolivia | 0.1669 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 118 | El Salvador | 0.1669 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 0.1667 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 121 | Mauritania | 0.166 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 122 | Angola | 0.1655 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 123 | Morocco | 0.1651 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 124 | Congo | 0.165 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 0.165 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 0.1642 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 127 | Venezuela | 0.164 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 128 | China | 0.1635 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 128 | Qatar | 0.1635 | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 130 | Honduras | 0.1632 | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0.1632 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 132 | Rwanda | 0.1627 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 133 | Turkey | 0.1626 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 0.1626 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 0.1622 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 0.1621 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 0.1621 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 136 | Pakistan | 0.1621 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 139 | Brazil | 0.162 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 139 | Chile | 0.162 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 139 | Colombia | 0.162 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 139 | Mexico | 0.162 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 139 | Peru | 0.162 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 144 | Argentina | 0.162 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 145 | Sudan | 0.1618 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 146 | South Korea | 0.1616 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 146 | Malaysia | 0.1616 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 146 | Singapore | 0.1616 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 146 | Thailand | 0.1616 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 150 | South Africa | 0.1612 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 151 | Benin | 0.1609 | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 152 | Austria | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Belgium | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 152 | Germany | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Denmark | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Spain | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | France | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Greece | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Ireland | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 152 | Italy | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 152 | Netherlands | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Portugal | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Sweden | 0.1603 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 0.1599 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 0.1599 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 167 | Guinea | 0.1599 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 167 | Madagascar | 0.1599 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 167 | Niger | 0.1599 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Togo | 0.1599 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Uganda | 0.1599 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 174 | Botswana | 0.1599 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 174 | Namibia | 0.1599 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 176 | India | 0.1594 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 177 | Vietnam | 0.1592 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 178 | Jordan | 0.159 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 179 | Indonesia | 0.1584 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 179 | Philippines | 0.1584 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 181 | Mongolia | 0.1581 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 182 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1566 | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 183 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Cameroon | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Gambia | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 183 | Liberia | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Mali | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 183 | Mozambique | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 183 | Malawi | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Senegal | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Tanzania | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Zambia | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 183 | Zimbabwe | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 195 | Nigeria | 0.1525 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 196 | Bulgaria | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 196 | Czechia | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 196 | Estonia | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 196 | Croatia | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 196 | Hungary | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 196 | Lithuania | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 196 | Latvia | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 196 | Poland | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 196 | Romania | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 196 | Slovakia | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 196 | Slovenia | 0.1514 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 207 | Ghana | 0.1485 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 207 | Kenya | 0.1485 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |