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Control of Corruption, 2008

Figures for 2008, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2008 covers 204 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.30263; Somalia is lowest, at -1.68835. The middle country reads -0.25097. Against 2007, 203 values changed (118 up, 85 down), 1 country joined.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2008

HighestDenmark

2.30263

LowestSomalia

-1.68835

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, 2008, 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 204 countries · select a heading to sort

Control of Corruption, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.3026394.4902
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.3014494.4661
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.2562393.5543
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.1765791.9474
5SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.1700391.8154
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.1596291.6055
7IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.1075490.5551
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.0733489.8651
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.0730289.8587
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.9874388.1321
11CanadaCANNorthern America1.9447487.2710
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.8571085.5032
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.8532385.4251
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.6895682.1237
15Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.6583981.4949
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.5733379.7791
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4679077.6524
18FranceFRAWestern Europe1.4520177.3320
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.4045676.3749
20ChileCHLSouth America1.3977476.2372
21BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.3346574.9646
=22AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3320174.9114
=22AnguillaAIACaribbean1.3320174.9114
=22ArubaABWCaribbean1.3320174.9114
=22BermudaBMUNorthern America1.3320174.9114

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.30263
  2. 2Finland2.30144
  3. 3New Zealand2.25623
  4. 4Switzerland2.17657
  5. 5Singapore2.17003

Lowest

  1. 204Somalia-1.68835
  2. 203Afghanistan-1.60902
  3. 202Zimbabwe-1.55662
  4. 201Iraq-1.54217
  5. 200Chad-1.54001

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.25097. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark94.4902

    LowestSomalia13.9861

    Middle country: 42.9801

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 203values changed, of 203 in both
  • 118 · 85rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Tonga-1.05217 → -0.63436+0.41780
  • Namibia0.30578 → 0.60347+0.29769
  • Belize-0.27744 → 0.01420+0.29165
  • Panama-0.48416 → -0.22043+0.26372
  • Mauritius0.35741 → 0.56278+0.20537

Fell most

+ Palau

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

  • 196 distinct values among 204

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 1.33201. 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 204 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 (2008). Control of Corruption, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2008

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07Questions

Control of Corruption, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest control of corruption in Control of Corruption, 2008?

Denmark, at 2.30263, of the 204 countries in the file.

What year does Control of Corruption, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Control of Corruption, 2008 cover?

204.

Where can I download Control of Corruption, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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