Data for 2021

Control of Corruption, 2021

Name: Control of Corruption, 2021
Creator: World Bank Group
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Figures for 2021, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2021 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.29625; South Sudan is lowest, at -1.81798. The middle country reads -0.16083. Against 2020, 207 values changed (84 up, 123 down), 2 countries joined.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2021

HighestDenmark

2.29625

LowestSouth Sudan

-1.81798

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

209countries
2measures per country
2021the year it describes
203distinct values18 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, 2021, 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	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.29625	94.362
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.23058	93.037
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.12586	90.925
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.10795	90.563
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.09623	90.327
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.08283	90.057
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.07418	89.882
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.03407	89.073
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.96874	87.755
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.85781	85.517
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.82354	84.826
12	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.75571	83.458
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.67927	81.916
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.67497	81.829
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.63557	81.035
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.62348	80.791
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.62131	80.747
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.61864	80.693
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.56065	79.523
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.55188	79.346
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.45676	77.428
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.41256	76.536
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.37841	75.847
24	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.31786	74.626
25	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.23216	72.897
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.22744	72.802
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.19558	72.159
=28	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.18262	71.898
=28	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.18262	71.898
=28	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.18262	71.898
=28	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.18262	71.898
=28	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.18262	71.898
=28	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.18262	71.898
34	Chile`CHL`South America	1.14841	71.208
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.14571	71.153
36	United States`USA`Northern America	1.12642	70.764
37	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.09213	70.073
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.03535	68.927
39	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.02621	68.743
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.93146	66.832
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.92345	66.670
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.89037	66.003
43	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.87017	65.595
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.85150	65.219
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.83966	64.980
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.82579	64.700
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.82491	64.682
48	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.77089	63.593
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.76406	63.455
50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.74562	63.083
51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.74316	63.033
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.72412	62.649
53	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.71473	62.460
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.70178	62.199
55	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.69763	62.115
56	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.60565	60.260
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.59258	59.996
58	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.57498	59.641
59	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.55824	59.303
60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.55619	59.262
61	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.50223	58.173
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.49851	58.098
63	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.48644	57.855
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48397	57.805
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.46980	57.519
=66	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.45942	57.310
=66	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.45942	57.310
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.42051	56.525
69	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.40231	56.158
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.40196	56.151
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.37533	55.614
72	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36024	55.309
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.35915	55.287
74	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.34147	54.931
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.33320	54.764
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.32016	54.501
77	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.30431	54.181
78	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.30230	54.141
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.23116	52.705
80	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.20806	52.240
81	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.20126	52.102
82	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.18782	51.831
83	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.15121	51.093
84	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.14861	51.040
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.14796	51.027
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.09867	50.033
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.07531	49.562
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.05244	49.100
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.05196	49.091
90	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.03804	48.810
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.03743	48.798
92	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.02128	48.472
93	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.01955	48.437
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.01476	48.340
95	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-0.02019	47.635
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.03062	47.425
97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.06298	46.772
98	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	-0.06615	46.708
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.08289	46.371
100	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.08871	46.253
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.10250	45.975
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.14227	45.173
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.15573	44.901
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.15686	44.879
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.16083	44.799
106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.16883	44.637
107	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.17283	44.556
108	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	-0.18347	44.342
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.19795	44.050
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.20810	43.845
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.21963	43.612
112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.22038	43.597
113	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.22777	43.448
114	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.26997	42.597
115	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.27435	42.509
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.29795	42.033
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.30318	41.927
118	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.30919	41.806
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.31073	41.775
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.32023	41.583
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.32480	41.491
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.33396	41.306
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.33663	41.252
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.35741	40.833
125	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.38467	40.283
126	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.38751	40.226
127	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.39228	40.130
128	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.39850	40.004
129	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.40268	39.920
130	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.40384	39.897
131	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.41943	39.582
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.43366	39.295
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.43985	39.170
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.46692	38.624
135	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.47346	38.492
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.48823	38.194
137	Peru`PER`South America	-0.50965	37.762
138	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.52324	37.488
139	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.54555	37.038
140	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.55108	36.926
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.56124	36.722
142	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.56640	36.618
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.57450	36.454
144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.59186	36.104
145	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.60510	35.837
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.60844	35.769
147	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.62201	35.496
148	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.63100	35.314
149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.64985	34.934
150	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.65134	34.904
151	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.65233	34.884
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.65322	34.866
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.66316	34.666
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.66840	34.560
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.67021	34.524
156	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.69561	34.011
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.70878	33.746
158	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.78612	32.185
159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.78671	32.174
160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.78806	32.146
161	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.80858	31.732
162	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.81863	31.530
163	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.86961	30.501
164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.87010	30.491
165	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.87477	30.397
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.89662	29.956
167	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.90517	29.784
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.90691	29.749
169	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.90703	29.747
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.93471	29.188
171	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.94578	28.965
172	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.94794	28.921
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.95251	28.829
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.97043	28.468
175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.01201	27.629
176	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.07724	26.313
177	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.09013	26.053
178	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.09290	25.997
179	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.09295	25.996
180	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.11820	25.487
181	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.11916	25.467
182	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.12560	25.338
183	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.16058	24.632
184	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.19689	23.900
185	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.21194	23.596
186	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.21384	23.558
187	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.21634	23.507
188	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.21681	23.498
189	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.23481	23.135
190	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.25909	22.645
191	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.29757	21.869
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.31349	21.547
193	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.33897	21.034
194	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.36695	20.469
195	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.36967	20.414
196	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.37420	20.323
197	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.39176	19.969
198	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.40617	19.678
199	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.48168	18.155
200	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.49130	17.961
201	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.50264	17.732
202	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.51915	17.399
203	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.54975	16.782
204	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.58675	16.035
205	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.58985	15.973
206	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.60385	15.691
207	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.65011	14.757
208	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.79038	11.928
209	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.81798	11.371

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark2.29625
2Finland2.23058
3New Zealand2.12586
4Switzerland2.10795
5Sweden2.09623

Lowest

209South Sudan-1.81798
208Syria-1.79038
207North Korea-1.65011
206Somalia-1.60385
205Yemen-1.58985

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.16083. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestDenmark94.362
LowestSouth Sudan11.371
Middle country: 44.799

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
84 · 123rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bahrain-0.09819 → 0.20126+0.29945
Angola-0.93159 → -0.66840+0.26319
Israel0.69179 → 0.92345+0.23165
Puerto Rico0.28124 → 0.50223+0.22099
Uzbekistan-0.83577 → -0.64985+0.18592

Fell most

Myanmar-0.62374 → -0.93471−0.31097
Luxembourg2.26914 → 1.96874−0.30040
Aruba1.16453 → 0.87017−0.29437
Eswatini-0.33271 → -0.60844−0.27573
Liechtenstein2.01942 → 1.75571−0.26370

+ New Caledonia

+ French Polynesia

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

203 distinct values among 209
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 6 countries share 1.18262. 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 209 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2021). Control of Corruption, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2021

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