Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
0.4353
Andorra
Lowest
0.1478
Ghana
Median
0.1704
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,217
What the numbers show
Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 0.4353 in Andorra; the lowest is 0.1478 in Ghana.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1704, and the mean is 0.1973.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 8.3%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 56.3%).
Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 0.4353 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | American Samoa | 0.4353 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 0.4353 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guam | 0.4353 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 0.4353 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 0.4353 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4353 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Nauru | 0.429 | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 8 | Palau | 0.429 | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 10 | Marshall Islands | 0.3607 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 10 | Tuvalu | 0.3607 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3566 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 12 | Kiribati | 0.3566 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 14 | Greenland | 0.3521 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Samoa | 0.3435 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 16 | Tonga | 0.316 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 17 | Fiji | 0.3004 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 17 | Maldives | 0.3004 | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 19 | Aruba | 0.2833 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Cayman Islands | 0.2833 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Liechtenstein | 0.2833 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Macao | 0.2833 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Solomon Islands | 0.2815 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2807 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2807 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 26 | Vanuatu | 0.2749 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 27 | Dominica | 0.2587 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 0.2587 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2587 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 30 | Grenada | 0.2563 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 0.2538 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Puerto Rico | 0.2442 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 33 | Palestine | 0.2438 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 34 | Seychelles | 0.2361 | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 35 | Brunei | 0.2359 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | South Sudan | 0.2221 | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 0.2179 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2165 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2103 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 40 | Belize | 0.2094 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 41 | Bahamas | 0.2081 | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 42 | Cuba | 0.2078 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 42 | North Korea | 0.2078 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 44 | East Timor | 0.2075 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2066 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 46 | Libya | 0.2033 | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 0.2029 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 48 | Syria | 0.2012 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.2009 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 50 | Switzerland | 0.1981 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 51 | Iceland | 0.1957 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 51 | Israel | 0.1957 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 53 | Barbados | 0.1951 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 0.194 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 55 | Eswatini | 0.1936 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 56 | Djibouti | 0.193 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 0.193 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Iraq | 0.1929 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 59 | Armenia | 0.1925 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 60 | Laos | 0.1913 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 61 | Central African Republic | 0.1909 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.1905 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1893 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 64 | Yemen | 0.1877 | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 65 | Guyana | 0.1871 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 65 | Suriname | 0.1871 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 67 | Burundi | 0.1844 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 68 | Oman | 0.1837 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 68 | Qatar | 0.1837 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 70 | Somalia | 0.1832 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 71 | Bahrain | 0.1819 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1819 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 0.1802 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1784 | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 74 | Georgia | 0.1784 | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 0.1784 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 74 | Montenegro | 0.1784 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 78 | Lesotho | 0.178 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 78 | Chad | 0.178 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 0.1768 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 81 | Mauritius | 0.1745 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 82 | Norway | 0.1743 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 83 | Kosovo | 0.1739 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 83 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.1739 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 85 | Japan | 0.1739 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 86 | Iran | 0.1737 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 87 | Australia | 0.173 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 0.1727 | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 88 | New Zealand | 0.1727 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 90 | Myanmar | 0.1726 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 91 | Lebanon | 0.1723 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 92 | Algeria | 0.1721 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 93 | Albania | 0.1721 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 94 | Canada | 0.172 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 94 | United States | 0.172 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 0.1719 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 96 | Guatemala | 0.1719 | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 96 | Panama | 0.1719 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 0.1714 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 100 | Moldova | 0.1705 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 100 | Serbia | 0.1705 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 0.1704 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1704 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 0.1704 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 0.1704 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 104 | Paraguay | 0.1704 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 104 | Uruguay | 0.1704 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 108 | Haiti | 0.1699 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 109 | Malta | 0.1695 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 110 | Egypt | 0.1686 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 111 | Gabon | 0.1686 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.1682 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0.1682 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 114 | Bolivia | 0.1681 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1681 | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 116 | Cambodia | 0.168 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 117 | Mauritania | 0.1669 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 118 | Vietnam | 0.1667 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 119 | El Salvador | 0.1667 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 0.1665 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 121 | Angola | 0.1646 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 122 | Congo | 0.1643 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1643 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 124 | Morocco | 0.1643 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 125 | Kuwait | 0.1641 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 126 | Venezuela | 0.1634 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 127 | Tunisia | 0.1634 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 128 | Honduras | 0.163 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 129 | Russia | 0.1629 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 129 | Ukraine | 0.1629 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 0.1629 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 132 | Argentina | 0.1628 | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 132 | Brazil | 0.1628 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 132 | Chile | 0.1628 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 135 | China | 0.1626 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 136 | Rwanda | 0.1626 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 137 | Turkey | 0.1621 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 138 | Denmark | 0.162 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 138 | Finland | 0.162 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 0.162 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 138 | Netherlands | 0.162 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Pakistan | 0.162 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 143 | Thailand | 0.162 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 144 | Malaysia | 0.1617 | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 0.1616 | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 0.1616 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 0.1615 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 147 | Mexico | 0.1615 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 147 | Peru | 0.1615 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 150 | Sudan | 0.1613 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 151 | Singapore | 0.161 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 152 | Austria | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 152 | Belgium | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 152 | Germany | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 152 | Spain | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 152 | France | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 152 | Greece | 0.1607 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 152 | Ireland | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 152 | Italy | 0.1607 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 152 | Portugal | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 152 | Sweden | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 0.1607 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 163 | South Korea | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 163 | Niger | 0.1607 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 166 | Benin | 0.1602 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 167 | South Africa | 0.16 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 168 | Burkina Faso | 0.1594 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 168 | Madagascar | 0.1594 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 168 | Togo | 0.1594 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 171 | Botswana | 0.1587 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 171 | Namibia | 0.1587 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 173 | Jordan | 0.1587 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 174 | India | 0.1586 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 175 | Mongolia | 0.1585 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 176 | Indonesia | 0.1576 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 176 | Philippines | 0.1576 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1566 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 179 | Guinea | 0.1556 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 179 | Liberia | 0.1556 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 179 | Mozambique | 0.1556 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.1556 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 179 | Uganda | 0.1556 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 179 | Zambia | 0.1556 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 0.1556 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 186 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1545 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 186 | Cameroon | 0.1545 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 186 | Gambia | 0.1545 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 186 | Mali | 0.1545 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 186 | Senegal | 0.1545 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 186 | Sierra Leone | 0.1545 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 186 | Tanzania | 0.1545 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 193 | Lithuania | 0.1528 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 194 | Nigeria | 0.1527 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 195 | Bulgaria | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 195 | Czechia | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 195 | Estonia | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 195 | Croatia | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 195 | Hungary | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 195 | Latvia | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 195 | Poland | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 195 | Romania | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 195 | Slovakia | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 195 | Slovenia | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 205 | Kenya | 0.1488 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 206 | Ghana | 0.1478 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |