Data for 2018

Control of Corruption, 2018

Name: Control of Corruption, 2018
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Control of Corruption, 2018 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Switzerland is highest, at 2.29499; South Sudan is lowest, at -1.82655. The middle country reads -0.16049. Against 2017, 207 values changed (110 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2018

HighestSwitzerland

2.29499

LowestSouth Sudan

-1.82655

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

207countries
2measures per country
2018the year it describes
201distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Control of Corruption, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.29499	94.336
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.21178	92.658
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.18539	92.125
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.16741	91.763
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.12699	90.947
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.12129	90.832
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.09533	90.309
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.08808	90.162
9	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	2.01668	88.722
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.93844	87.144
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.91857	86.743
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.88622	86.091
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.80997	84.552
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.80823	84.517
=15	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.79864	84.324
=15	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.79864	84.324
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.76959	83.738
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.71592	82.655
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.63748	81.073
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.55918	79.494
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.49917	78.283
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.45292	77.350
23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.44992	77.290
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.41365	76.558
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.39216	76.125
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.36986	75.675
27	United States`USA`Northern America	1.26302	73.520
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.21293	72.509
=29	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.17426	71.729
=29	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.17426	71.729
=29	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.17426	71.729
=29	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.17426	71.729
=29	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.17426	71.729
34	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.16180	71.478
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.13597	70.957
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.11163	70.466
37	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.10744	70.381
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.10232	70.278
39	Chile`CHL`South America	1.10198	70.271
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.09313	70.093
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.86739	65.539
42	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.85226	65.234
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.84425	65.073
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.82097	64.603
45	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.81724	64.528
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.80839	64.349
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.78353	63.848
48	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.77747	63.725
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.75471	63.266
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.75427	63.257
51	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.74854	63.142
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.74005	62.971
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.73903	62.950
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.66087	61.374
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.65058	61.166
56	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.62445	60.639
57	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.61907	60.530
58	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.60210	60.188
59	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.57144	59.569
60	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.54987	59.134
61	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.54433	59.023
62	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.54319	59.000
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.51083	58.347
64	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.49135	57.954
65	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.45696	57.260
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.45254	57.171
=67	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.45127	57.145
=67	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.45127	57.145
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.44781	57.076
70	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.43463	56.810
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42069	56.529
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.40878	56.288
73	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.35103	55.123
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.34035	54.908
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.29519	53.997
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.26209	53.329
77	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.25680	53.223
78	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.25650	53.217
79	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.24851	53.056
80	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.23910	52.866
81	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.23098	52.702
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.15139	51.096
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.14943	51.057
84	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.14292	50.926
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.07159	49.487
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.02494	48.546
87	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.01629	48.371
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.01429	48.331
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.00947	47.852
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.01195	47.802
91	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.02278	47.583
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.02445	47.549
93	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-0.03562	47.324
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.04084	47.219
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.07284	46.573
96	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.08139	46.401
97	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.08462	46.336
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.10699	45.884
99	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.12373	45.547
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.13882	45.243
101	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.14591	45.099
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.14768	45.064
103	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.15516	44.913
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.16049	44.805
105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.16412	44.732
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.16700	44.674
107	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.18072	44.397
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.18297	44.352
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.20512	43.905
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.21084	43.790
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.23493	43.304
112	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.27476	42.500
113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.27890	42.417
114	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.28017	42.391
115	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.28612	42.271
116	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.30570	41.876
117	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.30694	41.851
118	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.31771	41.634
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.34188	41.146
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.34217	41.141
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.34769	41.029
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.36394	40.702
123	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.37539	40.470
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.38507	40.275
125	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.38862	40.204
126	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.39430	40.089
127	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.42991	39.371
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.43052	39.358
129	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.45285	38.908
130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.45655	38.833
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.48295	38.301
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.48364	38.287
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.48991	38.160
134	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.50772	37.801
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.53552	37.240
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.54544	37.040
137	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.54821	36.984
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.57269	36.491
139	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.57905	36.362
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.58751	36.192
141	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.58907	36.160
142	Peru`PER`South America	-0.59409	36.059
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.61841	35.568
144	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.62580	35.419
145	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.63891	35.155
146	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.63996	35.134
147	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.73584	33.200
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.73759	33.164
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.75982	32.716
150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.76356	32.640
151	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.80437	31.817
152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.81684	31.566
153	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.82157	31.470
154	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.83187	31.263
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.83895	31.120
156	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.84871	30.923
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.87052	30.483
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.88775	30.135
159	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.89066	30.077
160	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.89365	30.016
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.89370	30.015
162	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.89539	29.981
163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.90966	29.693
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.92503	29.383
165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.93643	29.154
166	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.94214	29.038
167	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.96114	28.655
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.96459	28.585
169	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.96879	28.501
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.98121	28.250
171	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.99181	28.036
172	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.99267	28.019
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.02491	27.369
174	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-1.03279	27.210
175	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.04280	27.008
176	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.09391	25.977
177	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.11205	25.611
178	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.11562	25.539
179	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.12266	25.397
180	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.13752	25.097
181	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.18238	24.192
182	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.20487	23.739
183	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.21897	23.454
184	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.22117	23.410
185	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.22495	23.333
186	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.32409	21.334
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.34934	20.824
188	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.36745	20.459
189	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.42843	19.229
190	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.43314	19.134
191	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.43641	19.068
192	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.45241	18.745
193	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.45989	18.594
194	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.47744	18.240
195	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.47978	18.193
196	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.51628	17.457
197	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.52127	17.356
198	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.53002	17.180
199	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.53269	17.126
200	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.53456	17.088
201	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.58686	16.033
202	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.59134	15.943
203	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.59492	15.871
204	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.59681	15.833
205	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.75085	12.725
206	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.80759	11.581
207	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.82655	11.198

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Switzerland2.29499
2Luxembourg2.21178
3Finland2.18539
4Denmark2.16741
5Singapore2.12699

Lowest

207South Sudan-1.82655
206Somalia-1.80759
205Yemen-1.75085
204Venezuela-1.59681
203Guinea-Bissau-1.59492

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.16049. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestSwitzerland94.336
LowestSouth Sudan11.198
Middle country: 44.805

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
110 · 97rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Armenia-0.60431 → -0.16412+0.44019
Malaysia0.07077 → 0.49135+0.42058
Kazakhstan-0.76356 → -0.50772+0.25584
Angola-1.41985 → -1.18238+0.23747
Estonia1.26666 → 1.49917+0.23250

Fell most

Marshall Islands0.77485 → 0.35103−0.42382
Iran-0.70085 → -0.94214−0.24129
Lithuania0.66683 → 0.45254−0.21429
Eswatini-0.13300 → -0.30694−0.17395
North Korea-1.41932 → -1.58686−0.16754

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

201 distinct values among 207
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 5 countries share 1.17426. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2018). Control of Corruption, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2018

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