Data for 2019

Control of Corruption, 2019

Name: Control of Corruption, 2019
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Figures for 2019, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2019 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Switzerland is highest, at 2.3022; South Sudan is lowest, at -1.8825. The middle country reads -0.1190. Against 2018, 207 values changed (137 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2019

HighestSwitzerland

2.3022

LowestSouth Sudan

-1.8825

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

207countries
2measures per country
2019the year it describes
200distinct 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, 2019, 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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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.3022	94.481
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.2602	93.634
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.1867	92.151
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.1656	91.726
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.1528	91.468
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.1342	91.092
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.1195	90.796
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.0631	89.659
9	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	2.0189	88.767
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.9415	87.206
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.8793	85.951
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.8247	84.850
=13	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.8039	84.431
=13	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.8039	84.431
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.7964	84.279
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.7871	84.092
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.7738	83.823
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.7394	83.129
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.6108	80.535
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.5267	78.839
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.5262	78.829
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.4943	78.185
23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.4626	77.546
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.4344	76.977
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.3900	76.080
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.3647	75.571
27	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.2106	72.463
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.1806	71.856
=29	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.1795	71.836
=29	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.1795	71.836
=29	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.1795	71.836
=29	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.1795	71.836
=29	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.1795	71.836
34	United States`USA`Northern America	1.1736	71.716
35	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.1640	71.523
36	Chile`CHL`South America	1.1580	71.401
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.1519	71.279
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.1463	71.164
39	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.1108	70.450
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.0865	69.958
41	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.0729	69.684
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.8820	65.833
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.8767	65.728
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.8517	65.222
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.8451	65.089
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.8270	64.724
47	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.8202	64.587
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.8024	64.227
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.7996	64.172
50	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.7811	63.798
51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.7618	63.409
52	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.7587	63.346
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.7249	62.666
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.7242	62.651
55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.7001	62.164
56	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.6821	61.802
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.6807	61.774
58	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.6227	60.603
59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.6152	60.452
60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.6150	60.448
61	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.6043	60.233
62	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.5737	59.615
63	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.5552	59.241
64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.4991	58.111
65	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.4779	57.683
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.4601	57.323
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.4597	57.316
=68	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.4564	57.249
=68	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.4564	57.249
70	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.4505	57.129
71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.4148	56.409
72	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.3944	55.999
73	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.3820	55.747
=74	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.3546	55.196
=74	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.3546	55.196
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.3294	54.687
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.3254	54.607
78	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.3094	54.284
79	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.2909	53.910
80	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.2808	53.707
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.2486	53.058
82	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.2241	52.563
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.2066	52.210
84	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.1627	51.325
85	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.1581	51.231
86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.0963	49.984
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0865	49.787
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.0523	49.098
89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.0256	48.559
90	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.0155	48.356
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.0149	48.343
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.0010	48.023
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.0048	47.947
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.0532	46.970
95	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.0554	46.925
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.0614	46.805
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.0637	46.757
98	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.0652	46.728
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.0754	46.521
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.0825	46.379
101	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.0893	46.241
102	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.1049	45.927
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.1187	45.649
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.1190	45.643
105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.1379	45.261
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.1436	45.146
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.1647	44.720
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.1818	44.376
109	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.1848	44.314
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.1969	44.070
111	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.1990	44.029
112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.2142	43.722
113	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.2210	43.585
114	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.2317	43.368
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.2389	43.224
116	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.2722	42.552
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.2801	42.393
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.2985	42.021
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.3033	41.924
120	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.3200	41.588
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.3281	41.425
122	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.3471	41.041
123	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.3615	40.750
124	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.3661	40.658
125	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.3724	40.530
126	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.3883	40.209
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.4224	39.522
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.4310	39.350
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.4327	39.314
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.4356	39.257
131	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.4619	38.724
132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.4638	38.688
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.4713	38.536
134	Peru`PER`South America	-0.4900	38.159
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.5001	37.956
136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.5141	37.672
137	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.5204	37.546
138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.5262	37.428
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.5285	37.382
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.5424	37.103
141	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.5440	37.070
142	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.6121	35.695
143	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.6143	35.651
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.6285	35.365
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.6409	35.115
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.6489	34.954
147	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.6610	34.710
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.7332	33.253
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.7349	33.218
150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.7615	32.682
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.7642	32.628
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.7665	32.581
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.7756	32.397
154	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.7769	32.371
155	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.7875	32.157
156	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.8023	31.860
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.8025	31.855
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.8074	31.757
159	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.8224	31.454
160	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.8577	30.742
161	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.8773	30.347
162	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.8924	30.041
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.8967	29.956
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.9260	29.364
165	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.9278	29.328
166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.9321	29.241
167	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.9721	28.434
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.9776	28.324
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.9809	28.256
170	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.9836	28.201
171	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.9852	28.171
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.9917	28.039
173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.0041	27.789
174	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.0043	27.785
175	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.0580	26.702
176	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.0981	25.892
177	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.1070	25.714
178	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-1.1167	25.517
179	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.1223	25.405
180	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.1431	24.984
181	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.1468	24.911
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.1994	23.848
183	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.2032	23.772
184	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.2294	23.243
185	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.2688	22.449
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.2810	22.203
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.2962	21.896
188	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.3392	21.028
189	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.3730	20.348
190	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.4231	19.337
191	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.4456	18.882
192	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.4607	18.578
193	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.4737	18.317
194	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.4778	18.233
195	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.4929	17.928
196	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.4958	17.869
197	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.4992	17.801
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.5199	17.383
199	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.5264	17.253
200	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.5495	16.787
201	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.5579	16.618
202	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.5769	16.233
203	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.5969	15.831
204	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.6361	15.040
205	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.6582	14.594
206	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.7395	12.955
207	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.8825	10.069

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1Switzerland2.3022
2Luxembourg2.2602
3Finland2.1867
4Denmark2.1656
5New Zealand2.1528

Lowest

207South Sudan-1.8825
206Yemen-1.7395
205Syria-1.6582
204Somalia-1.6361
203Venezuela-1.5969

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1190. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestSwitzerland94.481
LowestSouth Sudan10.069
Middle country: 45.643

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
137 · 70rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tuvalu-0.0356 → 0.3944+0.4300
Maldives-0.8877 → -0.5141+0.3736
Fiji0.3403 → 0.6821+0.3418
Lithuania0.4525 → 0.7587+0.3061
Kazakhstan-0.5077 → -0.2142+0.2935

Fell most

Tonga-0.0814 → -0.4327−0.3513
Malta0.7400 → 0.4148−0.3253
Comoros-1.0249 → -1.2688−0.2439
Egypt-0.4829 → -0.6610−0.1780
Cuba-0.0119 → -0.1436−0.1316

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

200 distinct values among 207
Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 5 countries share 1.1795. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2019). Control of Corruption, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2019

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