Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Tonga

Tonga: Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.3154 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.3154
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
18th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.4371
in 2004
All-time low
0.3154
in 2024
Years of data
22
2004–2025

Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Tonga, 2004–2025

00.10.20.30.42004201420252004: 0.4372005: 0.3612006: 0.3612007: 0.3612008: 0.3612009: 0.3292010: 0.3292011: 0.3292012: 0.3292013: 0.3292014: 0.3292015: 0.3292016: 0.3292017: 0.3292018: 0.3292019: 0.3292020: 0.3292021: 0.3262022: 0.3262023: 0.3572024: 0.3152025: 0.315

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Tonga recorded 0.3154 for control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in Tonga peaked at 0.4371 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.3154, in 2024.

Tonga ranks 18th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Tonga, year by year

Annual values for Control of Corruption - Standard error of the governance estimate in Tonga, 2004 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2004 0.4371 —
2005 0.3613 -17.4%
2006 0.3613 +0.0%
2007 0.3613 +0.0%
2008 0.3613 +0.0%
2009 0.3293 -8.8%
2010 0.3293 +0.0%
2011 0.3293 +0.0%
2012 0.3293 +0.0%
2013 0.3293 +0.0%
2014 0.3293 +0.0%
2015 0.3293 +0.0%
2016 0.3293 +0.0%
2017 0.3293 +0.0%
2018 0.3293 +0.0%
2019 0.3293 +0.0%
2020 0.3293 +0.0%
2021 0.3262 -0.9%
2022 0.3262 +0.0%
2023 0.3572 +9.5%
2024 0.3154 -11.7%
2025 0.3154 +0.0%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 0.3154 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1725, 1.8× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 0.3154 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.208, 1.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3686 0.3293 0.4371 6
2010s 0.3293 0.3293 0.3293 10
2020s 0.3283 0.3154 0.3572 6

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 15 Greenland 0.3535 compare
  2. 16 Kiribati 0.3431 compare
  3. 16 Samoa 0.3431 compare
  4. 19 Maldives 0.2942 compare
  5. 20 Fiji 0.292 compare
  6. 21 Aruba 0.2845 compare
  7. 21 Cayman Islands 0.2845 compare
  8. 21 Liechtenstein 0.2845 compare
  9. 21 Macao 0.2845 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in Tonga?
Control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate in Tonga was 0.3154 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 0.4371 in 2004.
What is the lowest control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3154 in 2024.
How does Tonga rank for control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate?
Tonga ranks 18th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is control of corruption - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tonga 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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