Data for 2020

Control of Corruption, 2020

Name: Control of Corruption, 2020
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Figures for 2020, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2020 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.32632; South Sudan is lowest, at -1.80334. The middle country reads -0.11465. Against 2019, 207 values changed (126 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2020

HighestDenmark

2.32632

LowestSouth Sudan

-1.80334

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

207countries
2measures per country
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.32632	94.968
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.28831	94.201
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.26914	93.815
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.21727	92.768
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.15433	91.499
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.14347	91.280
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.12891	90.986
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.08592	90.119
9	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	2.01942	88.777
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.92779	86.929
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.85022	85.364
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.84146	85.188
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.72901	82.920
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.68851	82.103
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.64411	81.207
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.60791	80.477
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.57796	79.873
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.52557	78.816
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.51969	78.697
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.51469	78.596
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.43113	76.911
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.41428	76.571
23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.33975	75.067
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.28694	74.002
25	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.22259	72.704
26	Chile`CHL`South America	1.21737	72.599
27	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.21090	72.468
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.18091	71.863
=29	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.18071	71.859
=29	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.18071	71.859
=29	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.18071	71.859
=29	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.18071	71.859
=29	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.18071	71.859
=29	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.18071	71.859
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.17020	71.647
36	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.16453	71.533
37	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.14521	71.143
38	United States`USA`Northern America	1.12537	70.743
39	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.11157	70.465
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.06060	69.437
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.87676	65.728
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.87381	65.669
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.81561	64.495
44	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.81195	64.421
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.79334	64.046
46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.79097	63.998
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.78117	63.800
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.76218	63.417
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.75854	63.344
50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.75618	63.296
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.73369	62.842
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.71968	62.560
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.71572	62.480
54	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.70896	62.343
55	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.69179	61.997
56	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.60484	60.243
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.58614	59.866
58	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.57417	59.625
59	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.55632	59.264
60	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.53963	58.928
61	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.51186	58.368
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.49915	58.111
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.46244	57.371
=64	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.45755	57.272
=64	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.45755	57.272
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.42169	56.549
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.42046	56.524
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.41954	56.505
69	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.40494	56.211
70	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.40320	56.176
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.38233	55.755
72	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.38198	55.748
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.35543	55.212
74	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.34574	55.017
75	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.33703	54.841
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.32988	54.697
77	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.31569	54.411
78	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.28124	53.716
79	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.22716	52.625
80	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.22456	52.572
81	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.20675	52.213
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.14023	50.871
83	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.10146	50.089
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.09370	49.933
85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.08714	49.800
86	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.07452	49.546
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.07290	49.513
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.04288	48.908
89	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.02089	48.464
90	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.01542	47.732
91	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.01801	47.679
92	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-0.02150	47.609
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.02340	47.571
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.02490	47.540
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.02533	47.532
96	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.02733	47.491
97	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.03824	47.271
98	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	-0.06807	46.670
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.07513	46.527
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.07796	46.470
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.09754	46.075
102	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.09819	46.062
103	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.10285	45.968
104	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.11465	45.730
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.13115	45.397
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.13631	45.293
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.14334	45.151
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.15820	44.852
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.16584	44.697
110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.17792	44.454
111	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.19271	44.155
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.19791	44.050
113	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.23386	43.325
114	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.25651	42.868
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.25699	42.859
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.27443	42.507
117	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.27546	42.486
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.27706	42.454
119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.29525	42.087
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.30106	41.970
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.31337	41.722
122	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.32752	41.436
123	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.33271	41.331
124	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.33715	41.242
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.34914	41.000
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.36680	40.644
127	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.37078	40.563
128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.38468	40.283
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.42114	39.548
130	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.42513	39.467
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.44932	38.979
132	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.45911	38.782
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.48170	38.326
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.48292	38.301
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.48450	38.270
136	Peru`PER`South America	-0.49769	38.004
137	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.51066	37.742
138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.51743	37.605
139	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.51967	37.560
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.53571	37.237
141	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.53748	37.201
142	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.53969	37.156
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.54637	37.022
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.60729	35.793
145	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.61952	35.546
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.62374	35.461
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.62654	35.404
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.63235	35.287
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.64768	34.978
150	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.66251	34.679
151	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.69937	33.935
152	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.70587	33.804
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.73285	33.260
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.74258	33.064
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.77133	32.484
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.77606	32.388
157	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.78125	32.284
158	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.78216	32.265
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.78238	32.261
160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.79229	32.061
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.79835	31.939
162	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.80528	31.799
163	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.81171	31.669
164	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.81307	31.642
165	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.83577	31.184
166	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.83582	31.183
167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.85201	30.856
168	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.85686	30.759
169	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.86744	30.545
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.89734	29.942
171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.93159	29.251
172	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.93747	29.132
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.95034	28.873
174	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.02593	27.348
175	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.05066	26.849
176	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.06166	26.627
177	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.06643	26.531
178	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.07356	26.387
179	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.09108	26.034
180	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.09956	25.863
181	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.10346	25.784
182	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.11792	25.492
183	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.12322	25.386
184	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.15181	24.809
185	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.18476	24.144
186	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.23225	23.186
187	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.25075	22.813
188	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.29735	21.873
189	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.32168	21.382
190	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.35524	20.705
191	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.36037	20.602
192	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.36822	20.444
193	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.37016	20.404
194	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.37093	20.389
195	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.39530	19.897
196	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.41019	19.597
197	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.44481	18.899
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.45735	18.646
199	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.48209	18.147
200	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.51746	17.433
201	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.51963	17.389
202	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.55080	16.761
203	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.57306	16.312
204	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.58034	16.165
205	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.59796	15.809
206	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.68995	13.954
207	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.80334	11.667

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark2.32632
2Switzerland2.28831
3Luxembourg2.26914
4Finland2.21727
5New Zealand2.15433

Lowest

207South Sudan-1.80334
206Syria-1.68995
205Yemen-1.59796
204Venezuela-1.58034
203North Korea-1.57306

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.11465. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestDenmark94.968
LowestSouth Sudan11.667
Middle country: 45.730

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
126 · 81rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Papua New Guinea-0.98362 → -0.54637+0.43726
Maldives-0.51414 → -0.16584+0.34830
Malawi-0.80735 → -0.48170+0.32565
Uzbekistan-1.12226 → -0.83577+0.28649
Guinea-Bissau-1.52642 → -1.29735+0.22906

Fell most

American Samoa1.80393 → 1.18071−0.62322
Monaco1.80393 → 1.18071−0.62322
United States Virgin Islands0.55515 → -0.06807−0.62322
Anguilla1.17954 → 0.55632−0.62322
Micronesia0.78108 → 0.40494−0.37614

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. 6 countries share 1.18071. 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 207 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2020). Control of Corruption, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2020

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