Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.1894 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.1894
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
66th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.2322
in 1996
All-time low
0.1894
in 2024
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea, 1996–2025

00.050.10.150.20.251996201020251996: 0.2321998: 0.2322000: 0.2322002: 0.2322003: 0.2322004: 0.2022005: 0.1922006: 0.1922007: 0.1922008: 0.1922009: 0.1922010: 0.1922011: 0.1922012: 0.1922013: 0.1922014: 0.1922015: 0.1922016: 0.1922017: 0.1922018: 0.1922019: 0.1922020: 0.1922021: 0.1922022: 0.1922023: 0.1922024: 0.1892025: 0.189

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2025, control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.1894. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.2322 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1894, in 2024.

Papua New Guinea ranks 66th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 0.2322 —
1998 0.2322 +0.0%
2000 0.2322 +0.0%
2002 0.2322 +0.0%
2003 0.2322 +0.0%
2004 0.2016 -13.2%
2005 0.1923 -4.6%
2006 0.1923 +0.0%
2007 0.1923 +0.0%
2008 0.1923 +0.0%
2009 0.1923 +0.0%
2010 0.1917 -0.3%
2011 0.1917 +0.0%
2012 0.1917 +0.0%
2013 0.1917 +0.0%
2014 0.1917 +0.0%
2015 0.1917 +0.0%
2016 0.1917 +0.0%
2017 0.1923 +0.3%
2018 0.1923 +0.0%
2019 0.1923 +0.0%
2020 0.1923 +0.0%
2021 0.1917 -0.3%
2022 0.1917 +0.0%
2023 0.1917 +0.0%
2024 0.1894 -1.2%
2025 0.1894 +0.0%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 0.1894 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.166, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 0.1894 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.208, 91% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2322 0.2322 0.2322 2
2000s 0.2066 0.1923 0.2322 9
2010s 0.1919 0.1917 0.1923 10
2020s 0.191 0.1894 0.1923 6

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 63 Burundi 0.1909 compare
  2. 63 Central African Republic 0.1909 compare
  3. 63 Djibouti 0.1909 compare
  4. 67 Yemen 0.1882 compare
  5. 68 Guyana 0.1871 compare
  6. 69 Suriname 0.185 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea?
Control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in Papua New Guinea was 0.1894 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 0.2322 in 1996.
What is the lowest control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1894 in 2024.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate?
Papua New Guinea ranks 66th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,432 data points, 1996–2025
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