Countries by control of corruption

Countries by control of corruption, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Denmark	+2.26	Northern Europe
2	Finland	+2.14	Northern Europe
3	Switzerland	+1.98	Western Europe
4	Singapore	+1.97	South-Eastern Asia
5	Sweden	+1.96	Northern Europe
=6	Luxembourg	+1.93	Western Europe
=6	Norway	+1.93	Northern Europe
8	New Zealand	+1.89	Australia and New Zealand
9	Netherlands	+1.87	Western Europe
10	Australia	+1.84	Australia and New Zealand
11	Iceland	+1.82	Northern Europe
12	Liechtenstein	+1.75	Western Europe
13	Germany	+1.68	Western Europe
14	Estonia	+1.64	Northern Europe
15	Canada	+1.59	Northern America
16	Uruguay	+1.56	South America
17	United Kingdom	+1.53	Northern Europe
18	Ireland	+1.51	Northern Europe
19	Bhutan	+1.47	Southern Asia
20	Japan	+1.45	Eastern Asia
21	Belgium	+1.36	Western Europe
22	Austria	+1.30	Western Europe
23	France	+1.24	Western Europe
=24	Barbados	+1.23	Caribbean
=24	Seychelles	+1.23	Eastern Africa
=26	Andorra	+1.18	Southern Europe
=26	Monaco	+1.18	Western Europe
=26	San Marino	+1.18	Southern Europe
=26	Taiwan	+1.18	Eastern Asia
30	United Arab Emirates	+1.15	Western Asia
31	Chile	+1.10	South America
32	Bahamas	+1.04	Caribbean
33	Lithuania	+1.02	Northern Europe
34	Brunei	+0.99	South-Eastern Asia
35	Israel	+0.96	Western Asia
36	South Korea	+0.92	Eastern Asia
37	Cabo Verde	+0.91	Western Africa
38	Qatar	+0.88	Western Asia
39	United States	+0.87	Northern America
40	Poland	+0.85	Eastern Europe
41	Saudi Arabia	+0.81	Western Asia
42	Czechia	+0.78	Eastern Europe
=43	Latvia	+0.77	Northern Europe
=43	Portugal	+0.77	Southern Europe
45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	+0.72	Caribbean
46	Costa Rica	+0.69	Central America
47	Micronesia	+0.67	Micronesia
48	Samoa	+0.66	Polynesia
49	Spain	+0.65	Southern Europe
50	Rwanda	+0.64	Eastern Africa
51	Slovenia	+0.63	Southern Europe
=52	Antigua and Barbuda	+0.59	Caribbean
=52	Botswana	+0.59	Southern Africa
54	Italy	+0.58	Southern Europe
55	Malaysia	+0.56	South-Eastern Asia
=56	Cyprus	+0.54	Western Asia
=56	Dominica	+0.54	Caribbean
58	Fiji	+0.53	Melanesia
59	Palau	+0.51	Micronesia
=60	Grenada	+0.50	Caribbean
=60	Oman	+0.50	Western Asia
62	Saint Lucia	+0.49	Caribbean
63	Nauru	+0.46	Micronesia
64	Mauritius	+0.39	Eastern Africa
65	Marshall Islands	+0.35	Micronesia
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.32	Caribbean
=67	Jordan	+0.30	Western Asia
=67	Kiribati	+0.30	Micronesia
=69	Bahrain	+0.28	Western Asia
=69	Kuwait	+0.28	Western Asia
71	Greece	+0.25	Southern Europe
72	Malta	+0.18	Southern Europe
=73	Namibia	+0.15	Southern Africa
=73	Senegal	+0.15	Western Africa
=75	Croatia	+0.13	Southern Europe
=75	São Tomé and Principe	+0.13	Middle Africa
77	Armenia	+0.11	Western Asia
78	Montenegro	+0.08	Southern Europe
79	China	+0.07	Eastern Asia
80	Slovakia	+0.06	Eastern Europe
81	Dominican Republic	+0.01	Caribbean
=82	Hungary	0.00	Eastern Europe
=82	Romania	0.00	Eastern Europe
84	Jamaica	−0.09	Caribbean
=85	Ghana	−0.11	Western Africa
=85	Vietnam	−0.11	South-Eastern Asia
87	South Africa	−0.13	Southern Africa
=88	Belize	−0.14	Central America
=88	Georgia	−0.14	Western Asia
90	Solomon Islands	−0.16	Melanesia
91	Vanuatu	−0.18	Melanesia
92	Tunisia	−0.20	Northern Africa
93	Benin	−0.21	Western Africa
94	Burkina Faso	−0.22	Western Africa
95	Moldova	−0.25	Eastern Europe
96	Kazakhstan	−0.26	Central Asia
=97	Côte d'Ivoire	−0.27	Western Africa
=97	Lesotho	−0.27	Southern Africa
=99	India	−0.28	Southern Asia
=99	Sri Lanka	−0.28	Southern Asia
101	Bulgaria	−0.29	Eastern Europe
=102	Albania	−0.30	Southern Europe
=102	North Macedonia	−0.30	Southern Europe
104	Colombia	−0.31	South America
=105	Maldives	−0.33	Southern Asia
=105	Tanzania	−0.33	Eastern Africa
107	Trinidad and Tobago	−0.34	Caribbean
108	Ethiopia	−0.37	Eastern Africa
=109	Brazil	−0.38	South America
=109	Guyana	−0.38	South America
=109	Suriname	−0.38	South America
=112	Argentina	−0.39	South America
=112	Timor-Leste	−0.39	South-Eastern Asia
114	Tonga	−0.42	Polynesia
115	Mongolia	−0.45	Eastern Asia
116	Zambia	−0.46	Eastern Africa
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.48	Southern Europe
=118	Morocco	−0.50	Northern Africa
=118	Thailand	−0.50	South-Eastern Asia
=120	Gambia	−0.51	Western Africa
=120	Indonesia	−0.51	South-Eastern Asia
=122	Algeria	−0.53	Northern Africa
=122	Turkey	−0.53	Western Asia
124	El Salvador	−0.55	Central America
125	Panama	−0.56	Central America
=126	Belarus	−0.57	Eastern Europe
=126	Philippines	−0.57	South-Eastern Asia
128	Serbia	−0.60	Southern Europe
129	Malawi	−0.66	Eastern Africa
130	Angola	−0.68	Middle Africa
=131	Ukraine	−0.69	Eastern Europe
=131	Uzbekistan	−0.69	Central Asia
133	Egypt	−0.70	Northern Africa
134	Togo	−0.71	Western Africa
135	Cuba	−0.73	Caribbean
=136	Ecuador	−0.74	South America
=136	Niger	−0.74	Western Africa
138	Peru	−0.76	South America
139	Nepal	−0.77	Southern Asia
=140	Azerbaijan	−0.78	Western Asia
=140	Gabon	−0.78	Middle Africa
=140	Papua New Guinea	−0.78	Melanesia
=140	Sierra Leone	−0.78	Western Africa
144	Eswatini	−0.80	Southern Africa
145	Kenya	−0.86	Eastern Africa
146	Comoros	−0.88	Eastern Africa
147	Guatemala	−0.92	Central America
148	Djibouti	−0.93	Eastern Africa
=149	Mali	−0.94	Western Africa
=149	Mexico	−0.94	Central America
151	Mauritania	−0.95	Western Africa
152	Liberia	−0.96	Western Africa
=153	Bangladesh	−0.98	Southern Asia
=153	Russia	−0.98	Eastern Europe
155	Laos	−0.99	South-Eastern Asia
156	Paraguay	−1.01	South America
157	Madagascar	−1.04	Eastern Africa
=158	Guinea	−1.07	Western Africa
=158	Nigeria	−1.07	Western Africa
=158	Pakistan	−1.07	Southern Asia
=161	Kyrgyzstan	−1.10	Central Asia
=161	Mozambique	−1.10	Eastern Africa
163	Uganda	−1.11	Eastern Africa
164	Iran	−1.14	Southern Asia
165	Bolivia	−1.19	South America
166	Cameroon	−1.20	Middle Africa
167	Lebanon	−1.22	Western Asia
=168	Honduras	−1.25	Central America
=168	Iraq	−1.25	Western Asia
=168	Tajikistan	−1.25	Central Asia
171	Cambodia	−1.26	South-Eastern Asia
172	Zimbabwe	−1.29	Eastern Africa
=173	Afghanistan	−1.31	Southern Asia
=173	Myanmar	−1.31	South-Eastern Asia
=173	Turkmenistan	−1.31	Central Asia
176	Central African Republic	−1.32	Middle Africa
177	Chad	−1.34	Middle Africa
178	Nicaragua	−1.38	Central America
179	Guinea-Bissau	−1.40	Western Africa
180	Congo	−1.42	Middle Africa
181	Equatorial Guinea	−1.48	Middle Africa
182	DR Congo	−1.49	Middle Africa
183	Libya	−1.53	Northern Africa
=184	Burundi	−1.54	Eastern Africa
=184	Haiti	−1.54	Caribbean
=186	North Korea	−1.55	Eastern Asia
=186	Venezuela	−1.55	South America
188	Sudan	−1.57	Northern Africa
189	Eritrea	−1.61	Eastern Africa
190	Syria	−1.62	Western Asia
191	Yemen	−1.68	Western Asia
192	Somalia	−1.69	Eastern Africa
193	South Sudan	−2.10	Eastern Africa

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Estimate	Status
Hong Kong	+1.64	Territory of China
Greenland	+1.48	Territory of Denmark
American Samoa	+1.18	Territory of United States of America
Bermuda	+1.18	Territory of United Kingdom
Guam	+1.18	Territory of United States of America
Aruba	+0.87	Territory of Netherlands
Cayman Islands	+0.60	Territory of United Kingdom
Macao	+0.57	Territory of China
Puerto Rico	+0.54	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	+0.14	Territory of France
US Virgin Islands	−0.07	Territory of United States of America
French Polynesia	−0.20	Territory of France
Palestine	−0.58	Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the best control of corruption?

Denmark has the best control of corruption: an estimate of +2.26 (2025). Next come Finland (an estimate of +2.14) and Switzerland (an estimate of +1.98).

Which country has the worst control of corruption?

The South Sudan, with an estimate of −2.10 (2025).

What is the typical control of corruption of a country?

The median of the 193 countries is an estimate of −0.27: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

How well public power is kept from being used for private gain, petty or grand, as the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators estimate it from surveys and experts: about −2.5 (most corrupt) to +2.5 (least). Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.