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Control of Corruption, 2009

Figures for 2009, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2009 covers 206 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.31055; Somalia is lowest, at -1.58874. The middle country reads -0.24309. Against 2008, 204 values changed (83 up, 121 down), 2 countries joined.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2009

HighestDenmark

2.31055

LowestSomalia

-1.58874

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, 2009, 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 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Control of Corruption, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.3105594.6500
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.2793494.0204
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.1780691.9774
4IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.1466791.3443
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.1445291.3009
6SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.1430291.2706
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.0522889.4404
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.0501689.3976
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.0402889.1983
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.9724687.8303
11CanadaCANNorthern America1.9695487.7713
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.9008086.3847
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.8062084.4764
14LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.7612483.5695
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.6841782.0149
16Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.6396981.1177
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.5614779.5400
18BahamasBHSCaribbean1.4823977.9448
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4411777.1133
20FranceFRAWestern Europe1.4361877.0126
21ChileCHLSouth America1.4232476.7515
22QatarQATWestern Asia1.3694675.6667
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.3675475.6281
=24AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3319874.9107
=24AnguillaAIACaribbean1.3319874.9107

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.31055
  2. 2New Zealand2.27934
  3. 3Finland2.17806
  4. 4Iceland2.14667
  5. 5Sweden2.14452

Lowest

  1. 206Somalia-1.58874
  2. 205Zimbabwe-1.56136
  3. 204Afghanistan-1.55952
  4. 203Myanmar-1.55053
  5. 202Turkmenistan-1.49779

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.24309. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark94.6500

    LowestSomalia15.9955

    Middle country: 43.1392

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 204values changed, of 204 in both
  • 83 · 121rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Greenland+ Niue

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

  • 199 distinct values among 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 3 countries share 1.33198. 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 206 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 (2009). Control of Corruption, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2009

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07Questions

Control of Corruption, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest control of corruption in Control of Corruption, 2009?

Denmark, at 2.31055, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Control of Corruption, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Control of Corruption, 2009 cover?

206.

Where can I download Control of Corruption, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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