Countries by control of corruption

Countries by control of corruption, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Denmark	+2.29	Northern Europe
2	Finland	+2.19	Northern Europe
3	Luxembourg	+2.02	Western Europe
4	Switzerland	+2.01	Western Europe
=5	Singapore	+1.97	South-Eastern Asia
=5	Sweden	+1.97	Northern Europe
7	Norway	+1.96	Northern Europe
8	New Zealand	+1.93	Australia and New Zealand
9	Netherlands	+1.91	Western Europe
10	Australia	+1.85	Australia and New Zealand
11	Iceland	+1.83	Northern Europe
12	Monaco	+1.80	Western Europe
13	Germany	+1.77	Western Europe
14	Liechtenstein	+1.76	Western Europe
15	Estonia	+1.67	Northern Europe
16	Canada	+1.63	Northern America
17	Ireland	+1.57	Northern Europe
18	Uruguay	+1.53	South America
19	United Kingdom	+1.51	Northern Europe
=20	Belgium	+1.47	Western Europe
=20	Bhutan	+1.47	Southern Asia
22	Japan	+1.36	Eastern Asia
23	Austria	+1.29	Western Europe
=24	Bahamas	+1.23	Caribbean
=24	Barbados	+1.23	Caribbean
=24	Seychelles	+1.23	Eastern Africa
27	France	+1.22	Western Europe
28	Brunei	+1.19	South-Eastern Asia
=29	Andorra	+1.18	Southern Europe
=29	San Marino	+1.18	Southern Europe
=29	Taiwan	+1.18	Eastern Asia
32	United Arab Emirates	+1.17	Western Asia
33	Chile	+1.11	South America
34	United States	+1.09	Northern America
35	Lithuania	+0.99	Northern Europe
36	Cabo Verde	+0.94	Western Africa
37	Czechia	+0.93	Eastern Europe
=38	Israel	+0.85	Western Asia
=38	South Korea	+0.85	Eastern Asia
40	Latvia	+0.83	Northern Europe
41	Portugal	+0.82	Southern Europe
42	Poland	+0.79	Eastern Europe
=43	Qatar	+0.75	Western Asia
=43	Saudi Arabia	+0.75	Western Asia
=45	Micronesia	+0.71	Micronesia
=45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	+0.71	Caribbean
=45	Spain	+0.71	Southern Europe
48	Samoa	+0.69	Polynesia
49	Costa Rica	+0.68	Central America
50	Slovenia	+0.67	Southern Europe
=51	Botswana	+0.63	Southern Africa
=51	Rwanda	+0.63	Eastern Africa
53	Fiji	+0.56	Melanesia
54	Italy	+0.55	Southern Europe
=55	Cyprus	+0.53	Western Asia
=55	Dominica	+0.53	Caribbean
57	Oman	+0.51	Western Asia
=58	Malaysia	+0.50	South-Eastern Asia
=58	Nauru	+0.50	Micronesia
=58	Palau	+0.50	Micronesia
61	Grenada	+0.48	Caribbean
62	Saint Lucia	+0.45	Caribbean
63	Marshall Islands	+0.39	Micronesia
64	Georgia	+0.38	Western Asia
65	Kiribati	+0.37	Micronesia
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.35	Caribbean
67	Mauritius	+0.34	Eastern Africa
68	Greece	+0.30	Southern Europe
69	Antigua and Barbuda	+0.28	Caribbean
=70	Jordan	+0.27	Western Asia
=70	Malta	+0.27	Southern Europe
72	Bahrain	+0.25	Western Asia
73	Kuwait	+0.22	Western Asia
74	São Tomé and Principe	+0.18	Middle Africa
75	Croatia	+0.15	Southern Europe
76	Armenia	+0.14	Western Asia
77	Namibia	+0.13	Southern Africa
=78	Senegal	+0.11	Western Africa
=78	Slovakia	+0.11	Eastern Europe
80	China	+0.09	Eastern Asia
81	Hungary	+0.04	Eastern Europe
82	Romania	+0.03	Eastern Europe
83	Montenegro	−0.06	Southern Europe
84	Kazakhstan	−0.07	Central Asia
85	Jamaica	−0.10	Caribbean
86	Solomon Islands	−0.14	Melanesia
87	Vanuatu	−0.15	Melanesia
88	Belize	−0.16	Central America
=89	Ghana	−0.19	Western Africa
=89	South Africa	−0.19	Southern Africa
91	Tunisia	−0.22	Northern Africa
92	Cuba	−0.23	Caribbean
=93	Benin	−0.24	Western Africa
=93	Bulgaria	−0.24	Eastern Europe
=95	Burkina Faso	−0.25	Western Africa
=95	Vietnam	−0.25	South-Eastern Asia
97	Dominican Republic	−0.27	Caribbean
=98	Colombia	−0.29	South America
=98	Côte d'Ivoire	−0.29	Western Africa
=98	Moldova	−0.29	Eastern Europe
=98	Tanzania	−0.29	Eastern Africa
=102	India	−0.30	Southern Asia
=102	Lesotho	−0.30	Southern Africa
=104	Argentina	−0.33	South America
=104	Gambia	−0.33	Western Africa
=104	North Macedonia	−0.33	Southern Europe
=107	Maldives	−0.34	Southern Asia
=107	Trinidad and Tobago	−0.34	Caribbean
109	Guyana	−0.35	South America
=110	Sri Lanka	−0.38	Southern Asia
=110	Suriname	−0.38	South America
=110	Timor-Leste	−0.38	South-Eastern Asia
113	Tonga	−0.40	Polynesia
114	Brazil	−0.41	South America
115	Albania	−0.42	Southern Europe
116	Ethiopia	−0.44	Eastern Africa
117	Zambia	−0.46	Eastern Africa
118	Mongolia	−0.49	Eastern Asia
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.51	Southern Europe
120	Morocco	−0.52	Northern Africa
121	Thailand	−0.53	South-Eastern Asia
122	Indonesia	−0.54	South-Eastern Asia
123	Panama	−0.55	Central America
=124	Serbia	−0.56	Southern Europe
=124	Turkey	−0.56	Western Asia
=126	Belarus	−0.58	Eastern Europe
=126	El Salvador	−0.58	Central America
=126	Philippines	−0.58	South-Eastern Asia
129	Algeria	−0.59	Northern Africa
=130	Angola	−0.62	Middle Africa
=130	Niger	−0.62	Western Africa
132	Nepal	−0.63	Southern Asia
133	Malawi	−0.65	Eastern Africa
134	Togo	−0.66	Western Africa
135	Ukraine	−0.67	Eastern Europe
136	Sierra Leone	−0.70	Western Africa
137	Peru	−0.72	South America
138	Uzbekistan	−0.75	Central Asia
=139	Azerbaijan	−0.78	Western Asia
=139	Ecuador	−0.78	South America
141	Eswatini	−0.79	Southern Africa
=142	Kenya	−0.80	Eastern Africa
=142	Papua New Guinea	−0.80	Melanesia
144	Egypt	−0.83	Northern Africa
=145	Djibouti	−0.89	Eastern Africa
=145	Russia	−0.89	Eastern Europe
147	Mauritania	−0.93	Western Africa
=148	Gabon	−0.94	Middle Africa
=148	Mexico	−0.94	Central America
150	Guatemala	−0.95	Central America
=151	Laos	−0.98	South-Eastern Asia
=151	Mali	−0.98	Western Africa
153	Bolivia	−1.00	South America
154	Madagascar	−1.01	Eastern Africa
155	Paraguay	−1.02	South America
156	Liberia	−1.05	Western Africa
157	Mozambique	−1.06	Eastern Africa
158	Pakistan	−1.07	Southern Asia
159	Bangladesh	−1.10	Southern Asia
160	Nigeria	−1.11	Western Africa
161	Uganda	−1.12	Eastern Africa
=162	Comoros	−1.14	Eastern Africa
=162	Kyrgyzstan	−1.14	Central Asia
164	Iran	−1.15	Southern Asia
165	Guinea	−1.17	Western Africa
166	Iraq	−1.21	Western Asia
=167	Cameroon	−1.22	Middle Africa
=167	Tajikistan	−1.22	Central Asia
169	Cambodia	−1.23	South-Eastern Asia
170	Honduras	−1.24	Central America
=171	Myanmar	−1.25	South-Eastern Asia
=171	Zimbabwe	−1.25	Eastern Africa
=173	Lebanon	−1.30	Western Asia
=173	Turkmenistan	−1.30	Central Asia
=175	Afghanistan	−1.31	Southern Asia
=175	Central African Republic	−1.31	Middle Africa
177	Guinea-Bissau	−1.35	Western Africa
178	Chad	−1.39	Middle Africa
179	Congo	−1.42	Middle Africa
180	Nicaragua	−1.43	Central America
181	Burundi	−1.46	Eastern Africa
182	Equatorial Guinea	−1.47	Middle Africa
183	DR Congo	−1.52	Middle Africa
184	Libya	−1.53	Northern Africa
185	Haiti	−1.54	Caribbean
=186	North Korea	−1.56	Eastern Asia
=186	Sudan	−1.56	Northern Africa
188	Venezuela	−1.59	South America
189	Eritrea	−1.63	Eastern Africa
190	Yemen	−1.64	Western Asia
191	Syria	−1.70	Western Asia
192	Somalia	−1.79	Eastern Africa
193	South Sudan	−2.06	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	+1.57	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	+0.40	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	+0.13	Territory of France
US Virgin Islands	−0.07	Territory of United States of America
French Polynesia	−0.21	Territory of France
Palestine	−0.57	Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the best control of corruption?

Denmark has the best control of corruption: an estimate of +2.29 (2024). Next come Finland (an estimate of +2.19) and Luxembourg (an estimate of +2.02).

Which country has the worst control of corruption?

The South Sudan, with an estimate of −2.06 (2024).

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, 2024. 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.