Data for 1996

Control of Corruption, 1996

Name: Control of Corruption, 1996
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Control of Corruption, 1996 covers 185 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.48023; DR Congo is lowest, at -1.83387. The middle country reads -0.21627.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 1996

HighestSweden

2.48023

LowestDR Congo

-1.83387

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

185countries
2measures per country
1996the year it describes
178distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Control of Corruption, 1996, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Control of Corruption, 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.48023	98.073
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.36549	95.758
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.35645	95.576
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.34128	95.270
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.25701	93.570
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.25262	93.481
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.23433	93.112
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.18042	92.025
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.14941	91.400
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.10748	90.554
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.04755	89.345
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.03934	89.179
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.95419	87.462
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.93043	86.982
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.88318	86.029
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.80683	84.489
17	United States`USA`Northern America	1.67719	81.874
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.66666	81.662
19	Chile`CHL`South America	1.58943	80.104
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.57961	79.906
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.54100	79.127
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.51615	78.626
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.50116	78.323
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.45898	77.472
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.40768	76.438
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.39298	76.141
=27	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.36397	75.556
=27	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.36397	75.556
=27	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.36397	75.556
=27	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.36397	75.556
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.36061	75.488
32	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.34439	75.161
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.20597	72.369
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.99077	68.028
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.98930	67.998
36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.96327	67.473
37	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.91815	66.563
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.91421	66.484
=39	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.89568	66.110
=39	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.89568	66.110
=39	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.89568	66.110
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.89340	66.064
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.86673	65.526
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.84843	65.157
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.84832	65.155
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.84619	65.112
47	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.80842	64.350
48	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.76619	63.498
49	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.76416	63.457
50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.74647	63.100
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.70993	62.363
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.69796	62.122
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.67417	61.642
54	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.63682	60.888
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.62578	60.666
56	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.54898	59.117
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.50138	58.156
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.49933	58.115
59	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.48679	57.862
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.45250	57.170
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.44838	57.087
=62	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.42739	56.664
=62	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.42739	56.664
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.41206	56.354
65	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.38406	55.790
66	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36546	55.415
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.34917	55.086
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.34377	54.977
69	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.25171	53.120
70	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.24050	52.894
71	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.21953	52.471
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.16679	51.407
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.16138	51.298
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.11705	50.404
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.11406	50.343
76	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.10788	50.219
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.09252	49.909
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.06606	49.375
79	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.05152	49.082
80	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.04478	48.946
81	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.02026	48.451
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.03539	47.329
=83	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.04090	47.218
=83	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-0.04090	47.218
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.04115	47.213
86	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.08669	46.294
87	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.10828	45.858
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.15222	44.972
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.16658	44.682
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.17051	44.603
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.18588	44.293
92	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.18810	44.248
93	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.21627	43.680
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.21978	43.609
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.22812	43.441
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.25718	42.855
97	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.25884	42.821
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.26565	42.684
99	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.27616	42.472
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-0.29366	42.119
101	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.29497	42.093
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.30094	41.972
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.32727	41.441
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.32778	41.431
105	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.33774	41.230
106	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.34653	41.053
107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.35777	40.826
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.36941	40.591
109	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.38270	40.323
110	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.39881	39.998
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.41421	39.687
112	Peru`PER`South America	-0.42566	39.457
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.43660	39.236
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.48788	38.201
115	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.51244	37.706
116	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.51895	37.575
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.52590	37.434
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.52897	37.373
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.53036	37.345
120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.55963	36.754
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.56358	36.674
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.56923	36.560
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.57468	36.451
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.57517	36.441
125	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.58349	36.273
126	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.59720	35.996
127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.62283	35.479
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.62968	35.341
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.63880	35.157
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.64660	35.000
131	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.66402	34.648
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.68283	34.269
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.69741	33.975
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.69777	33.968
135	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.72598	33.398
136	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-0.72787	33.360
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.73048	33.308
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.73418	33.233
139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.73422	33.232
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.74287	33.058
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.76936	32.524
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.77667	32.376
143	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.78191	32.270
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.78551	32.198
145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.80397	31.825
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.82351	31.431
147	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.83900	31.119
148	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.83934	31.112
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-0.86623	30.570
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.87469	30.399
151	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.88332	30.225
152	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.88766	30.137
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.90780	29.731
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.90930	29.701
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-0.92980	29.287
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-0.96466	28.584
157	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.97575	28.360
158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.98189	28.236
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.01287	27.612
160	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-1.01923	27.483
161	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-1.03146	27.236
162	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-1.03503	27.165
163	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.08963	26.063
164	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.10546	25.744
165	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.11495	25.552
166	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.15770	24.690
167	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.16320	24.579
168	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.19186	24.001
169	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.23489	23.133
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.23789	23.073
171	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.24423	22.945
172	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1.27137	22.397
173	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.29123	21.997
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.29752	21.870
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.31952	21.426
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.35827	20.644
177	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.41700	19.460
178	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.48239	18.141
179	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.49078	17.971
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.49770	17.832
181	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.50122	17.761
182	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.62029	15.359
183	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.62358	15.293
184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.71847	13.378
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.83387	11.051

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Sweden2.48023
2Finland2.36549
3Denmark2.35645
4New Zealand2.34128
5Luxembourg2.25701

Lowest

185DR Congo-1.83387
184Afghanistan-1.71847
183Iraq-1.62358
182Somalia-1.62029
181Georgia-1.50122

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.21627. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestSweden98.073
LowestDR Congo11.051
Middle country: 43.680

03Caveats

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178 distinct values among 185
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 1.36397. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group (1996). Control of Corruption, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/1996

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