Data for 2004

Control of Corruption, 2004

Name: Control of Corruption, 2004
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Control of Corruption, 2004 covers 200 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 2.2863; Somalia is lowest, at -1.6469. The middle country reads -0.2381. Against 2003, 188 values changed (73 up, 115 down), 12 countries joined.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2004

HighestFinland

2.2863

LowestSomalia

-1.6469

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

200countries
2measures per country
2004the year it describes
196distinct values19 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Control of Corruption, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.2863	94.160
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.2294	93.013
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.2092	92.605
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.0269	88.927
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.0031	88.449
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.9525	87.427
7	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.9291	86.955
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.9071	86.511
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.8664	85.691
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.8591	85.543
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.8358	85.073
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.7943	84.237
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.7722	83.792
14	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.7236	82.810
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.7229	82.796
16	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.6756	81.843
17	United States`USA`Northern America	1.6159	80.639
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.4039	76.360
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.3011	74.287
20	Chile`CHL`South America	1.2655	73.571
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.2367	72.989
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.2306	72.866
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.1936	72.120
24	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.1634	71.511
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.1577	71.396
26	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.1562	71.365
27	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.1184	70.602
28	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.0805	69.838
=29	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.0427	69.075
=29	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.0427	69.075
31	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.9712	67.634
32	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.9670	67.548
33	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.9633	67.474
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.9295	66.792
35	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.9291	66.785
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.9139	66.478
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.8876	65.947
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.8780	65.753
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.8443	65.073
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.8196	64.576
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.7987	64.154
42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.7704	63.583
43	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.7546	63.264
44	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.7021	62.205
=45	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.6643	61.442
=45	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.6643	61.442
47	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.6189	60.527
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.6162	60.472
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.5860	59.863
=50	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.5606	59.351
=50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.5606	59.351
52	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.5507	59.152
53	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.5472	59.080
54	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.5210	58.553
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.4775	57.675
56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.4642	57.406
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.4588	57.297
58	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.4372	56.862
59	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.4007	56.125
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.3796	55.700
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.3785	55.677
62	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.3658	55.421
63	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.3237	54.572
64	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.2858	53.808
65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.2744	53.577
66	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.2638	53.364
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.2566	53.218
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.2440	52.964
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.2424	52.932
70	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.2226	52.532
71	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.2182	52.444
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.2150	52.379
=73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.2108	52.294
=73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.2108	52.294
75	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.2058	52.194
76	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.1793	51.659
77	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.1615	51.300
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.1525	51.118
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.1496	51.061
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.1368	50.802
81	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.1193	50.450
82	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.1036	50.133
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.0966	49.992
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0639	49.333
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.0266	48.579
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.0052	48.148
87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.0357	47.323
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.0532	46.970
89	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.0732	46.566
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.0887	46.253
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.0985	46.055
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.1078	45.869
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.1184	45.655
94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.1559	44.898
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.1585	44.846
96	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.1592	44.831
97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-0.1683	44.649
98	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.1961	44.087
99	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.2088	43.832
100	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.2127	43.752
101	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.2634	42.729
102	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.2665	42.668
103	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.2738	42.520
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.2908	42.176
105	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.2985	42.021
106	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.3074	41.842
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.3118	41.754
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.3144	41.701
109	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.3223	41.541
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.3257	41.472
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.3300	41.386
112	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.3314	41.358
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.3555	40.872
114	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.3857	40.262
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.3868	40.241
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.3898	40.180
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.3903	40.170
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.4008	39.957
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.4060	39.854
120	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.4063	39.847
121	Peru`PER`South America	-0.4099	39.775
122	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.4245	39.480
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.4345	39.278
124	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.4410	39.147
125	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.4599	38.767
126	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.4817	38.327
127	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.4838	38.283
128	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.4906	38.147
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.5094	37.768
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.5560	36.827
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.5741	36.461
132	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.5819	36.305
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.5857	36.228
134	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.5967	36.007
135	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.6044	35.851
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.6254	35.427
137	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.6335	35.263
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.6415	35.103
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.6446	35.039
140	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.6585	34.759
141	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.6609	34.711
142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.6923	34.077
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.7087	33.746
144	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.7216	33.488
145	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.7508	32.898
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.7544	32.825
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.7624	32.664
148	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.7748	32.413
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.7773	32.364
150	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.8056	31.793
151	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.8130	31.644
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.8323	31.254
153	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.8415	31.068
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.8765	30.363
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.8826	30.239
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.8835	30.222
157	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.8896	30.099
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.9005	29.879
159	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.9221	29.442
160	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.9253	29.379
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-0.9576	28.725
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.9639	28.599
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.9659	28.559
164	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.9917	28.039
165	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.0038	27.794
166	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.0057	27.756
167	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.0896	26.064
168	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-1.1022	25.810
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.1102	25.647
170	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-1.1110	25.632
171	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.1122	25.608
172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.1177	25.498
173	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.1373	25.101
174	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.1547	24.751
175	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.1598	24.647
176	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.1601	24.642
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.1607	24.630
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.1649	24.545
179	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.1684	24.475
180	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-1.1704	24.433
181	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.2260	23.313
182	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.2333	23.165
183	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.2370	23.090
184	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.2480	22.868
185	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.2592	22.644
186	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.2869	22.085
187	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.3081	21.656
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.3101	21.616
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.3152	21.512
190	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.3187	21.443
191	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.3774	20.258
192	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1.3809	20.188
193	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.3971	19.861
194	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.4045	19.712
195	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.4077	19.648
196	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.5075	17.634
197	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.5176	17.431
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.5307	17.166
199	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.5933	15.904
200	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.6469	14.822

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

1Finland2.2863
2Denmark2.2294
3New Zealand2.2092
4Sweden2.0269
5Singapore2.0031

Lowest

200Somalia-1.6469
199Myanmar-1.5933
198DR Congo-1.5307
197Bangladesh-1.5176
196Afghanistan-1.5075

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2381. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestFinland94.160
LowestSomalia14.822
Middle country: 43.240

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −0countries joined / left
188values changed, of 188 in both
73 · 115rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Georgia-0.9868 → -0.0357+0.9512
North Macedonia-0.8981 → -0.4838+0.4143
Palestine-0.3653 → 0.0266+0.3919
Rwanda-0.7174 → -0.3555+0.3619
Benin-0.8438 → -0.5094+0.3344

Fell most

Nepal-0.3415 → -0.9221−0.5806
Seychelles0.7249 → 0.2182−0.5067
Andorra1.3337 → 0.9291−0.4045
Madagascar0.0803 → -0.3118−0.3921
Laos-0.7529 → -1.1102−0.3573

+ Aruba

+ Anguilla

+ American Samoa

+ Micronesia

+ Guam

+ Kiribati

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Saint Lucia

+ Tonga

+ Tuvalu

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ United States Virgin Islands

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

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

How values are stored

196 distinct values among 200
Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 2 countries share 1.0427. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group (2004). Control of Corruption, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2004

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