Data for 2005

Control of Corruption, 2005

Name: Control of Corruption, 2005
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Control of Corruption, 2005 covers 202 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 2.31771; Somalia is lowest, at -1.66042. The middle country reads -0.27908. Against 2004, 200 values changed (102 up, 98 down), 2 countries joined.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2005

HighestFinland

2.31771

LowestSomalia

-1.66042

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

202countries
2measures per country
2005the year it describes
192distinct values18 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.31771	94.794
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.29216	94.279
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.25336	93.496
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.20082	92.437
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.03406	89.073
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.01885	88.766
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.00257	88.437
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.98433	88.070
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.98182	88.019
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.95189	87.415
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.93130	87.000
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.91825	86.737
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.90265	86.422
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.77905	83.929
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.72165	82.771
16	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.69992	82.333
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.64508	81.227
18	Chile`CHL`South America	1.50300	78.361
19	United States`USA`Northern America	1.48890	78.076
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.47200	77.735
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.42652	76.818
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.34911	75.256
=23	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.32805	74.832
=23	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.32805	74.832
=23	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.32805	74.832
=23	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.32805	74.832
=23	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.32805	74.832
=23	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.32805	74.832
=23	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.32805	74.832
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.32146	74.699
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.25717	73.402
32	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.19968	72.242
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.19532	72.154
34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.12708	70.778
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.04285	69.079
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.01529	68.523
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.99421	68.097
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.97277	67.665
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.96810	67.571
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.95545	67.315
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.93450	66.893
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.92954	66.793
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.92644	66.730
=44	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.85976	65.385
=44	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.85976	65.385
=44	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.85976	65.385
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.84634	65.115
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.80673	64.316
49	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.75351	63.242
=50	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.69830	62.128
=50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.69830	62.128
52	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.68208	61.801
53	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.66016	61.359
54	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.61472	60.442
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.61356	60.419
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.58176	59.778
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.57144	59.569
58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.54634	59.063
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.54580	59.052
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.52003	58.532
61	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45515	57.224
62	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.45418	57.204
63	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.40287	56.169
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.39516	56.014
65	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.39147	55.939
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.38404	55.789
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.36289	55.363
68	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.32460	54.590
69	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.32242	54.546
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.31143	54.325
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.28388	53.769
72	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.27064	53.502
73	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.25987	53.285
74	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.24425	52.969
75	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.20536	52.185
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.17659	51.605
77	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.17585	51.590
78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.14759	51.020
79	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.14757	51.019
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.11114	50.284
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.06027	49.258
82	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02959	48.640
83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.02814	48.610
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.01800	48.406
85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.04454	47.144
=86	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	-0.04575	47.120
=86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-0.04575	47.120
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.06270	46.778
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.06512	46.729
90	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.09963	46.033
91	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.11877	45.647
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.14470	45.124
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.14475	45.123
94	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.16836	44.646
95	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-0.19368	44.136
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.23994	43.203
97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.24148	43.172
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.25089	42.982
99	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.25652	42.868
100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.26729	42.651
101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.27111	42.574
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.28706	42.252
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.29068	42.179
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.29946	42.002
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.30097	41.972
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.31526	41.683
107	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.31672	41.654
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.34887	41.005
109	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.35540	40.874
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.35543	40.873
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.36619	40.656
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.38962	40.183
113	Peru`PER`South America	-0.39981	39.978
114	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.40572	39.859
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.40946	39.783
116	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.41072	39.758
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.41139	39.744
118	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.41445	39.683
119	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.41539	39.664
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.42699	39.430
121	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.43600	39.248
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.45161	38.933
123	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.48214	38.317
124	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.49270	38.104
125	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.50878	37.780
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.51842	37.585
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.52089	37.535
128	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.58157	36.312
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.59135	36.114
130	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.62139	35.508
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.62317	35.472
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.62381	35.459
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.63518	35.230
134	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.64137	35.105
135	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.65518	34.827
136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.65701	34.790
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.65815	34.767
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.66994	34.529
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.67593	34.408
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.67973	34.331
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.68526	34.220
142	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.70643	33.793
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.74127	33.090
144	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.76066	32.699
145	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.76950	32.521
146	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.77479	32.414
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.78074	32.294
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.79088	32.089
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.82516	31.398
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.82744	31.352
151	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.83784	31.142
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.83843	31.130
153	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.85330	30.830
154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.87014	30.491
155	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.88091	30.273
156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.88624	30.166
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.88706	30.149
158	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.90743	29.738
159	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.92158	29.453
160	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.92579	29.368
161	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.93600	29.162
162	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.94791	28.922
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.95668	28.745
164	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-1.02819	27.302
165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-1.03754	27.114
166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.05681	26.725
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.07450	26.368
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.07456	26.367
169	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.08147	26.228
170	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.08462	26.164
171	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.10571	25.739
172	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-1.14054	25.036
173	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.14732	24.899
174	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.15296	24.786
175	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.16611	24.520
176	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-1.18926	24.054
177	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.19157	24.007
178	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.19782	23.881
179	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.23227	23.186
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.24665	22.896
181	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.25516	22.724
182	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1.26459	22.534
183	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.26927	22.440
184	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.26968	22.431
185	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.27978	22.227
186	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.29493	21.922
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.29549	21.911
188	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-1.32184	21.379
189	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.33427	21.128
190	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.36910	20.426
191	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.41426	19.515
192	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.42419	19.315
193	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.44555	18.884
194	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.46277	18.536
195	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.48623	18.063
196	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.50385	17.708
197	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.50506	17.683
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.53160	17.148
199	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.55812	16.613
200	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.57162	16.341
201	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.59347	15.900
202	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.66042	14.549

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1Finland2.31771
2Iceland2.29216
3Denmark2.25336
4New Zealand2.20082
5Sweden2.03406

Lowest

202Somalia-1.66042
201Myanmar-1.59347
200Afghanistan-1.57162
199Haiti-1.55812
198DR Congo-1.53160

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.27908. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestFinland94.794
LowestSomalia14.549
Middle country: 42.413

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
102 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia0.21077 → 1.12708+0.91632
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.15246 → 1.04285+0.89039
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.21077 → 0.96810+0.75733
Anguilla0.70209 → 1.32805+0.62596
Guam0.32368 → 0.85976+0.53609

Fell most

Tonga0.09663 → -1.32184−1.41846
Macau1.15619 → 0.39147−0.76472
Tuvalu0.66425 → -0.04575−0.71000
Kosovo0.10364 → -0.24148−0.34512
Micronesia0.28584 → -0.04575−0.33158

+ Cook Islands

+ Marshall 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

192 distinct values among 202
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 7 countries share 1.32805. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 202 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2005). Control of Corruption, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2005

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