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Control of Corruption, 2000

Figures for 2000, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2000 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.3820; Afghanistan is lowest, at -1.6376. The middle country reads -0.2330. Against 1998, 186 values changed (45 up, 141 down), 1 country joined.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2000

HighestSweden

2.3820

LowestAfghanistan

-1.6376

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Control of Corruption, 2000, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort

Control of Corruption, 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.382096.0907
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.350695.4574
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.313394.7051
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.280794.0478
5IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.198192.3815
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.172591.8659
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.071989.8368
8CanadaCANNorthern America2.064989.6956
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.059789.5899
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.031189.0124
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.007688.5400
12LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.962987.6380
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.897186.3102
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.726982.8778
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.689882.1278
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.565179.6126
17ChileCHLSouth America1.537079.0456
18SpainESPSouthern Europe1.484477.9853
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.451777.3263
20BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.448077.2512
=21AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.346275.1981
=21BermudaBMUNorthern America1.346275.1981
=21Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.346275.1981
=21LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.346275.1981
25BahamasBHSCaribbean1.333174.9326

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden2.3820
  2. 2Finland2.3506
  3. 3Denmark2.3133
  4. 4New Zealand2.2807
  5. 5Iceland2.1981

Lowest

  1. 187Afghanistan-1.6376
  2. 186Iraq-1.6293
  3. 185Somalia-1.6184
  4. 184DR Congo-1.6061
  5. 183Georgia-1.5821

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2330. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)

    HighestSweden96.0907

    LowestAfghanistan15.0088

    Middle country: 43.3424

031998 → 2000

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 186values changed, of 186 in both
  • 45 · 141rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kosovo

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • 180 distinct values among 187

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 1.3462. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2000). Control of Corruption, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2000

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07Questions

Control of Corruption, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest control of corruption in Control of Corruption, 2000?

Sweden, at 2.3820, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Control of Corruption, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Control of Corruption, 2000 cover?

187.

Where can I download Control of Corruption, 2000?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Control of Corruption, 2000 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Control of Corruption, 2025.

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