Data for 2022

Control of Corruption, 2022

Name: Control of Corruption, 2022
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2022, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2022 covers 211 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.30241; South Sudan is lowest, at -1.85732. The middle country reads -0.17618. Against 2021, 209 values changed (73 up, 136 down), 2 countries joined.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2022

HighestDenmark

2.30241

LowestSouth Sudan

-1.85732

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

211countries
2measures per country
2022the year it describes
204distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.30241	94.486
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.19376	92.294
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.09590	90.320
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.08288	90.058
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.03560	89.104
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.03557	89.103
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.03287	89.049
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.97075	87.796
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.92473	86.867
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.82075	84.770
11	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.75229	83.389
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.73031	82.946
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.65591	81.445
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.65281	81.382
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.64758	81.277
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.63656	81.055
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.61232	80.566
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.60916	80.502
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.58603	80.035
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.52795	78.864
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.44264	77.143
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.38391	75.958
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.37669	75.813
24	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.35232	75.321
25	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.23067	72.867
26	United States`USA`Northern America	1.20174	72.284
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.19261	72.099
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.19225	72.092
=29	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.17456	71.735
=29	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.17456	71.735
=29	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.17456	71.735
=29	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.17456	71.735
=29	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.17456	71.735
=29	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.17456	71.735
=29	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.17456	71.735
36	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.16987	71.641
37	Chile`CHL`South America	1.14683	71.176
38	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.08976	70.025
39	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.02153	68.649
40	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.02093	68.636
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.88514	65.897
42	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.86675	65.526
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.86285	65.448
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.85015	65.191
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.83393	64.864
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.82254	64.634
47	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.81919	64.567
48	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.81586	64.500
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.79577	64.095
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.79228	64.024
51	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.76550	63.484
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.76333	63.440
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.72488	62.665
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.67747	61.708
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.65160	61.186
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.64891	61.132
57	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.60223	60.191
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.58882	59.920
59	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.57157	59.572
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.57118	59.564
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.56767	59.493
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.52730	58.679
63	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.47345	57.593
64	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.46639	57.451
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.45600	57.241
=66	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.45156	57.151
=66	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.45156	57.151
68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.39940	56.099
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.39596	56.030
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.37887	55.685
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.37407	55.588
72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.37070	55.520
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.33609	54.822
74	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33313	54.763
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.32256	54.549
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.31495	54.396
77	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.30134	54.121
78	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.29893	54.072
79	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.29214	53.936
80	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.24234	52.931
81	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.24056	52.895
82	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.13583	50.783
83	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.12114	50.486
84	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.11791	50.421
85	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.11142	50.290
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.10976	50.257
87	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.07365	49.528
88	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.07208	49.497
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.05780	49.209
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.05354	49.123
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.03904	48.830
92	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.01725	48.391
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.01667	48.379
94	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.01440	48.333
95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.01479	47.744
96	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-0.02570	47.524
97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.04616	47.112
98	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	-0.07422	46.546
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.08214	46.386
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.09401	46.146
101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.10577	45.909
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.13171	45.386
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.13316	45.357
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.14936	45.030
105	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.15424	44.932
106	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.17618	44.489
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.19112	44.187
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.19757	44.057
109	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	-0.22326	43.539
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.22469	43.510
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.22760	43.452
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.22846	43.434
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.24822	43.036
114	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.25821	42.834
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.26243	42.749
116	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.29640	42.064
117	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.29716	42.049
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.30424	41.906
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.30796	41.831
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.32669	41.453
121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.33603	41.264
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.33927	41.199
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.35384	40.905
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.36588	40.662
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.36867	40.606
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.37502	40.478
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.40577	39.858
128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.40693	39.834
129	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.41778	39.615
130	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.42266	39.517
131	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.42392	39.492
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.42491	39.472
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.43642	39.239
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.44396	39.087
135	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.45657	38.833
136	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.47864	38.388
137	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.48117	38.337
138	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.48845	38.190
139	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.49210	38.116
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.50551	37.846
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.54859	36.977
142	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.56348	36.676
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.56792	36.587
144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.57259	36.493
145	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.57872	36.369
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.58691	36.204
147	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.61057	35.727
148	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.62513	35.433
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.63077	35.319
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.63634	35.207
151	Peru`PER`South America	-0.64290	35.074
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.65091	34.913
153	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.65493	34.832
154	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.66173	34.695
155	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.66208	34.688
156	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.68100	34.306
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.68276	34.270
158	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.68894	34.146
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.69154	34.093
160	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.75062	32.901
161	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.77962	32.317
162	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.78123	32.284
163	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.83839	31.131
164	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.84327	31.033
165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.85172	30.862
166	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.87851	30.322
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.88715	30.147
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.90849	29.717
169	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.95414	28.796
170	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.95477	28.784
171	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.98112	28.252
172	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.98259	28.222
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.99584	27.955
174	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.99595	27.953
175	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.99870	27.897
176	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.00083	27.854
177	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.03016	27.263
178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.04714	26.920
179	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.11061	25.640
180	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.11520	25.547
181	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.13030	25.243
182	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.13188	25.211
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.13330	25.182
184	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.15936	24.657
185	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.16689	24.505
186	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.17292	24.383
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.19430	23.952
188	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.20582	23.719
189	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.21684	23.497
190	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.21918	23.450
191	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.21976	23.438
192	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.24306	22.968
193	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.31575	21.502
194	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.32558	21.304
195	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.33725	21.068
196	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.36083	20.593
197	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.36424	20.524
198	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.37175	20.372
199	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.45016	18.791
200	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.46748	18.441
201	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.49642	17.858
202	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.50616	17.661
203	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.50996	17.585
204	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.52120	17.358
205	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.53703	17.038
206	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.60083	15.752
207	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.60633	15.641
208	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.65183	14.723
209	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.66512	14.455
210	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.79365	11.862
211	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.85732	10.578

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark2.30241
2Finland2.19376
3Switzerland2.09590
4New Zealand2.08288
5Singapore2.03560

Lowest

211South Sudan-1.85732
210Syria-1.79365
209Yemen-1.66512
208North Korea-1.65183
207Venezuela-1.60633

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.17618. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestDenmark94.486
LowestSouth Sudan10.578
Middle country: 44.489

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
209values changed, of 209 in both
73 · 136rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Anguilla0.55824 → 1.17456+0.61632
Zambia-0.69561 → -0.42491+0.27070
Kuwait-0.06298 → 0.07208+0.13506
Moldova-0.55108 → -0.42266+0.12842
Dominican Republic-0.54555 → -0.42392+0.12164

Fell most

Malawi-0.43366 → -0.66173−0.22807
South Africa0.07531 → -0.14936−0.22466
Iceland1.85781 → 1.64758−0.21023
Belarus-0.20810 → -0.41778−0.20968
Myanmar-0.93471 → -1.13330−0.19859

+ Cook Islands

+ 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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

204 distinct values among 211
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 7 countries share 1.17456. 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 211 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2022). Control of Corruption, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2022

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