Data for 2025

Control of Corruption, 2025

Name: Control of Corruption, 2025
Creator: World Bank Group
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Figures for 2025, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2025 covers 211 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.25937; South Sudan is lowest, at -2.09597. The middle country reads -0.19727. Against 2024, 211 values changed (114 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2025

HighestDenmark

2.25937

LowestSouth Sudan

-2.09597

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

211countries
2measures per country
2025the year it describes
205distinct values17 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.25937	93.618
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.13787	91.167
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.98342	88.051
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.97252	87.831
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.95514	87.481
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.93031	86.980
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.92548	86.883
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.88650	86.096
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.87445	85.853
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.83815	85.121
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.82360	84.828
12	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.75452	83.434
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.67606	81.851
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.63691	81.062
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.63636	81.050
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.59490	80.214
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.55623	79.434
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.53065	78.918
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.50974	78.496
20	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.47999	77.896
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.47343	77.764
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.45451	77.382
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.36399	75.556
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.30164	74.299
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.24182	73.092
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.22759	72.805
27	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.22578	72.768
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.18263	71.898
=29	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.17983	71.842
=29	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.17983	71.842
=29	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.17983	71.842
=29	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.17983	71.842
=29	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.17983	71.842
=29	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.17983	71.842
=29	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.17983	71.842
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.15226	71.286
37	Chile`CHL`South America	1.09929	70.217
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.04428	69.107
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.01954	68.608
40	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.99292	68.071
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.95715	67.350
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.92386	66.678
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.90688	66.336
44	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.88091	65.812
45	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.86898	65.571
46	United States`USA`Northern America	0.86521	65.495
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.84844	65.157
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.80557	64.292
49	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.78171	63.811
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.77249	63.625
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.76994	63.573
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.72268	62.620
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.69391	62.040
54	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.67085	61.575
55	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.65818	61.319
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.65253	61.205
57	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.63619	60.876
58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.62691	60.688
59	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.60446	60.236
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.58977	59.939
61	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.58795	59.903
62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.58386	59.820
63	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.58309	59.804
64	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.57380	59.617
65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.56405	59.420
66	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.54228	58.981
67	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53594	58.853
68	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.53517	58.838
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.53467	58.828
70	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51345	58.400
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.50437	58.216
72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.50299	58.189
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.48605	57.847
74	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.45670	57.255
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.39250	55.960
76	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.35483	55.200
77	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.31805	54.458
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.30326	54.160
79	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.29676	54.029
80	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.28311	53.753
81	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.28130	53.717
82	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.25048	53.095
83	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.17729	51.619
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15011	51.071
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.14792	51.026
86	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.14489	50.965
87	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.13740	50.814
88	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.12839	50.632
89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.12809	50.626
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.11247	50.311
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.07549	49.565
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.07095	49.474
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.05613	49.175
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.00940	48.232
95	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.00214	48.086
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.00258	47.991
97	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	-0.06895	46.652
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.08985	46.230
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.10632	45.898
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.11143	45.795
101	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.13344	45.351
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.14011	45.216
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.14183	45.182
104	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.15503	44.916
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.18155	44.380
106	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	-0.19727	44.063
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.20388	43.930
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.21128	43.781
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.22483	43.508
110	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.25395	42.920
111	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.26013	42.795
112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.26210	42.756
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.27376	42.520
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.27414	42.513
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.27917	42.411
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.28311	42.332
117	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.28856	42.222
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.29780	42.036
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.30111	41.969
120	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.30854	41.819
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.33385	41.308
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.33394	41.307
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.33858	41.213
124	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.37439	40.491
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.37715	40.435
126	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.38105	40.356
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.38188	40.339
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.38606	40.255
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.39086	40.158
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.41712	39.629
131	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.44877	38.990
132	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.45166	38.932
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.45543	38.856
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.48042	38.352
135	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.49538	38.050
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.50279	37.901
137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.51075	37.740
138	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.51390	37.676
139	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.52808	37.390
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.53087	37.334
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.54740	37.001
142	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.55746	36.798
143	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.57228	36.499
144	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.57353	36.474
145	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.58391	36.264
146	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.60195	35.900
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.66185	34.692
148	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.68214	34.283
149	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.69094	34.105
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.69337	34.056
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.70077	33.907
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.70515	33.819
153	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.72779	33.362
154	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.73636	33.189
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.73706	33.175
156	Peru`PER`South America	-0.75531	32.807
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.77300	32.450
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.77569	32.396
159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.77807	32.348
160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.77872	32.335
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.78398	32.229
162	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.79983	31.909
163	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.85513	30.793
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.87820	30.328
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.92370	29.410
166	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.93116	29.260
167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.93929	29.096
168	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.94245	29.032
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.94536	28.973
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.96433	28.591
171	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.98302	28.214
172	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.98364	28.201
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.99224	28.028
174	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1.00708	27.728
175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-1.03798	27.105
176	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.06516	26.557
177	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.06793	26.501
178	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.06857	26.488
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-1.09530	25.949
180	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.10468	25.759
181	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-1.10508	25.752
182	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.14153	25.016
183	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.18563	24.127
184	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.20445	23.747
185	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.22455	23.342
186	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.24683	22.892
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.25183	22.791
188	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.25387	22.750
189	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.26350	22.556
190	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.29211	21.979
191	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.30524	21.714
192	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.30580	21.703
193	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.30622	21.694
194	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.32491	21.317
195	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.34171	20.978
196	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.38000	20.206
197	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.39985	19.806
198	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.42370	19.324
199	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.48079	18.173
200	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.49038	17.979
201	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.53046	17.171
202	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.53904	16.998
203	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.54046	16.969
204	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.54558	16.866
205	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.55255	16.725
206	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.57134	16.346
207	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.60976	15.571
208	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.61792	15.407
209	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.67914	14.172
210	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.69186	13.915
211	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-2.09597	5.764

02In 2025

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark2.25937
2Finland2.13787
3Switzerland1.98342
4Singapore1.97252
5Sweden1.95514

Lowest

211South Sudan-2.09597
210Somalia-1.69186
209Yemen-1.67914
208Syria-1.61792
207Eritrea-1.60976

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.19727. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)
HighestDenmark93.618
LowestSouth Sudan5.764
Middle country: 44.063

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
211values changed, of 211 in both
114 · 97rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda0.29034 → 0.58795+0.29761
Dominican Republic-0.26282 → 0.00940+0.27222
Comoros-1.14142 → -0.87820+0.26323
Vietnam-0.26273 → -0.10632+0.15641
Puerto Rico0.39674 → 0.54228+0.14554

Fell most

Monaco1.80392 → 1.17983−0.62410
Georgia0.40490 → -0.14011−0.54501
Cuba-0.22737 → -0.72779−0.50042
United States1.07936 → 0.86521−0.21415
Gambia-0.30072 → -0.51075−0.21003

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

205 distinct values among 211
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 7 countries share 1.17983. 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 (2025). Control of Corruption, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2025

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