Control of Corruption - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
98.9%
Denmark
Lowest
13.1%
South Sudan
Median
50.4%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,432
What the numbers show
Control of Corruption - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 98.9% in Denmark; the lowest is 13.1% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.4%, and the mean is 54.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 65.1%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 33.7%).
Control of Corruption: Upper bound of the 90% confidence: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 98.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 96.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Switzerland | 94.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 4 | Singapore | 93.2% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 92.8% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 92.8% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Norway | 92.7% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 92.2% | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 9 | New Zealand | 91.8% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 10 | Iceland | 91.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 11 | Netherlands | 91.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 12 | Australia | 90.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 13 | Greenland | 89.6% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 87.2% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 86.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Andorra | 86.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | American Samoa | 86.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 16 | Bermuda | 86.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Guam | 86.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 16 | Monaco | 86.3% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 16 | San Marino | 86.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Estonia | 86.1% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 23 | Canada | 85.9% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 85.1% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 84.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 26 | Bhutan | 84.4% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 83.8% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 28 | Japan | 83.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 29 | New Caledonia | 82.9% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 30 | Belgium | 80.9% | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 31 | Seychelles | 80.7% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 32 | Austria | 79.6% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 33 | Barbados | 79.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 34 | France | 78.4% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 76.7% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 36 | French Polynesia | 76.2% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 37 | Bahamas | 76.0% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 38 | Brunei | 75.8% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 75.6% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 40 | Aruba | 75.0% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 41 | Israel | 73.9% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | Lithuania | 73.6% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 43 | Micronesia (country) | 73.4% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 73.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 45 | Palau | 72.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 46 | Samoa | 72.7% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 47 | South Korea | 72.0% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 48 | Tuvalu | 71.8% | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 49 | Nauru | 71.5% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 50 | Qatar | 71.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 51 | United States | 71.2% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 70.3% | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 54 | Poland | 70.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 55 | Cayman Islands | 69.6% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 56 | Macao | 69.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.0% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 68.9% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 59 | Czechia | 68.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 60 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 61 | Fiji | 68.5% | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 67.7% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 63 | Dominica | 67.4% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 67.2% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 67.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 66 | Grenada | 66.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 67 | Spain | 66.5% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 68 | Rwanda | 66.3% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 66.2% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 70 | Slovenia | 65.7% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 71 | Kiribati | 65.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 72 | Botswana | 65.2% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 73 | Italy | 65.1% | 2025 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 74 | Malaysia | 64.8% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 64.2% | 2025 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 76 | Cyprus | 64.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 77 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 63.7% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 78 | Mauritius | 61.8% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 79 | United States Virgin Islands | 61.1% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 80 | Bahrain | 59.8% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 81 | Jordan | 59.4% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 82 | Kuwait | 59.2% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 83 | Greece | 58.4% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 57.4% | 2025 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 85 | Malta | 57.2% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 86 | Armenia | 56.7% | 2025 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 87 | Namibia | 56.3% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 88 | Senegal | 56.2% | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 89 | Croatia | 55.6% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 90 | Montenegro | 55.5% | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 91 | China | 54.9% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 92 | Slovakia | 54.2% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 93 | Solomon Islands | 54.0% | 2025 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 53.9% | 2025 | up 43.0% | flat |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 53.5% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 96 | Hungary | 53.1% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 97 | Romania | 53.0% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 98 | Belize | 52.0% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 99 | Jamaica | 51.9% | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 100 | Vietnam | 51.2% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 101 | Georgia | 51.1% | 2025 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 102 | Maldives | 51.0% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 103 | Ghana | 50.7% | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 104 | South Africa | 50.7% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 105 | Tonga | 50.1% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 106 | Tunisia | 49.4% | 2025 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 107 | Benin | 49.1% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 48.8% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 109 | Moldova | 48.6% | 2025 | up 50.8% | flat |
| 110 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 48.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 111 | Kosovo | 48.5% | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 112 | Lesotho | 48.4% | 2025 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 48.1% | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 48.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 47.7% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 116 | India | 47.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 117 | Cote d'Ivoire | 47.7% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 118 | Albania | 47.6% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 47.2% | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 120 | Colombia | 47.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 121 | East Timor | 47.0% | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.9% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 123 | Guyana | 46.6% | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 124 | Suriname | 46.5% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 125 | Tanzania | 46.4% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 45.8% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 127 | Brazil | 45.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 128 | Argentina | 45.6% | 2025 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 129 | Palestine | 44.3% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.3% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 131 | Mongolia | 44.2% | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 132 | Zambia | 44.0% | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 133 | Thailand | 43.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 134 | Morocco | 43.4% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 135 | Algeria | 43.0% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 136 | Indonesia | 42.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 137 | Gambia | 42.9% | 2025 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 138 | Turkey | 42.8% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 139 | El Salvador | 42.5% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 140 | Belarus | 42.5% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 141 | Panama | 42.4% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 41.7% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 143 | Serbia | 41.6% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 144 | Cuba | 40.3% | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 145 | Malawi | 39.8% | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 146 | Ukraine | 39.8% | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 147 | Angola | 39.8% | 2025 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 39.4% | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 149 | Egypt | 39.4% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 150 | Togo | 39.1% | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 151 | Ecuador | 38.8% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 152 | Azerbaijan | 38.8% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 38.6% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 154 | Comoros | 38.5% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Niger | 38.5% | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 38.4% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 157 | Peru | 38.2% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 158 | Nepal | 38.0% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 159 | Gabon | 38.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 37.4% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 161 | Kenya | 35.7% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 162 | Djibouti | 35.6% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 163 | Guatemala | 35.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 164 | Mauritania | 34.5% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 165 | Mexico | 34.4% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 166 | Laos | 34.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 167 | Mali | 34.2% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 168 | Russia | 33.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 169 | Liberia | 33.7% | 2025 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 33.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 171 | Paraguay | 33.4% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 172 | Madagascar | 32.4% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 173 | Pakistan | 31.9% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 174 | Guinea | 31.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 175 | Nigeria | 31.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 176 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.3% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 177 | Mozambique | 31.1% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 178 | Uganda | 31.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 179 | Iran | 30.8% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 180 | Bolivia | 29.6% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 181 | Iraq | 29.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 182 | Tajikistan | 29.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 183 | Lebanon | 29.1% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 28.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 185 | Cameroon | 28.9% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 186 | Honduras | 28.3% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 187 | Cambodia | 28.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 27.6% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 27.5% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 190 | Myanmar | 27.5% | 2025 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 191 | Zimbabwe | 27.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 192 | Chad | 27.0% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 193 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.7% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 194 | Nicaragua | 25.7% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.3% | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 196 | Congo | 24.8% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 197 | Libya | 23.9% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 198 | North Korea | 23.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 199 | Burundi | 23.3% | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 23.2% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 201 | Haiti | 22.6% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 202 | Venezuela | 22.3% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 203 | Eritrea | 22.0% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 204 | Syria | 21.8% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 205 | Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 206 | Yemen | 20.4% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 207 | Somalia | 19.9% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 208 | South Sudan | 13.1% | 2025 | down 33.7% | volatile |