Countries With the Lowest Control of Corruption
Every country with a figure for control of corruption, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are South Sudan (-2.06), Somalia, Fed. Rep. (-1.79) and Syrian Arab Republic (-1.7). The middle country of the 208 has -0.22.
What this measures
Control of Corruption (estimate), in index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5). Source: World Bank. For this measure, higher is better.
Measures how much people believe public power is used for private gain. It is based on perceptions: it does not count corrupt acts. And perceptions themselves shift with press freedom and with prosecutions.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2024–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Control of corruption | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | -2.06 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.79 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 3 | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.7 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 4 | Yemen, Rep. | -1.64 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 5 | Eritrea | -1.63 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 6 | Venezuela, RB | -1.59 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 7 | Sudan | -1.56 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 8 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | -1.56 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 9 | Haiti | -1.54 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 10 | Libya | -1.53 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 11 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | -1.52 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.47 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 13 | Burundi | -1.46 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 14 | Nicaragua | -1.43 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 15 | Congo, Rep. | -1.42 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 16 | Chad | -1.39 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | -1.35 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 18 | Central African Republic | -1.31 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 19 | Afghanistan | -1.31 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 20 | Lebanon | -1.3 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | -1.3 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 22 | Myanmar | -1.25 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | -1.25 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 24 | Honduras | -1.24 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 25 | Cambodia | -1.23 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 26 | Cameroon | -1.22 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 27 | Tajikistan | -1.22 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 28 | Iraq | -1.21 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 29 | Guinea | -1.17 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 30 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | -1.15 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 31 | Comoros | -1.14 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 32 | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.14 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 33 | Uganda | -1.12 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 34 | Nigeria | -1.11 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 35 | Bangladesh | -1.1 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 36 | Pakistan | -1.07 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 37 | Mozambique | -1.06 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 38 | Liberia | -1.05 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 39 | Paraguay | -1.02 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 40 | Madagascar | -1.01 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 41 | Bolivia | -0.998 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 42 | Mali | -0.981 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 43 | Lao PDR | -0.98 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 44 | Guatemala | -0.948 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 45 | Mexico | -0.941 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 46 | Gabon | -0.937 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 47 | Mauritania | -0.934 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 48 | Russian Federation | -0.891 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 49 | Djibouti | -0.891 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 50 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | -0.827 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 51 | Kenya | -0.802 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | -0.797 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 53 | Eswatini | -0.785 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 54 | Ecuador | -0.776 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | -0.775 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | -0.754 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 57 | Peru | -0.72 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | -0.702 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 59 | Ukraine | -0.672 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 60 | Togo | -0.663 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 61 | Malawi | -0.649 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 62 | Nepal | -0.633 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 63 | Angola | -0.623 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 64 | Niger | -0.617 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 65 | Algeria | -0.593 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 66 | Belarus | -0.578 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 67 | Philippines | -0.577 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 68 | El Salvador | -0.577 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 69 | West Bank and Gaza | -0.571 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 70 | Turkiye | -0.563 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 71 | Serbia | -0.561 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 72 | Panama | -0.554 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 73 | Indonesia | -0.545 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 74 | Thailand | -0.527 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 75 | Morocco | -0.519 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.513 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 77 | Mongolia | -0.486 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 78 | Zambia | -0.457 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 79 | Ethiopia | -0.438 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 80 | Albania | -0.421 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 81 | Brazil | -0.409 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 82 | Tonga | -0.399 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | -0.385 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 84 | Timor-Leste | -0.378 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 85 | Suriname | -0.377 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 86 | Guyana | -0.347 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.34 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 88 | Maldives | -0.336 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 89 | Gambia, The | -0.334 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 90 | North Macedonia | -0.329 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 91 | Argentina | -0.326 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 92 | Lesotho | -0.302 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 93 | India | -0.295 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 94 | Tanzania | -0.294 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 95 | Colombia | -0.294 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 96 | Moldova | -0.292 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | -0.285 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | -0.265 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 99 | Kosovo | -0.255 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | -0.253 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 101 | Viet Nam | -0.252 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 102 | Benin | -0.241 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 103 | Bulgaria | -0.24 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 104 | Cuba | -0.226 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 105 | Tunisia | -0.22 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 106 | French Polynesia | -0.209 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 107 | Ghana | -0.193 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 108 | South Africa | -0.192 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 109 | Belize | -0.16 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 110 | Vanuatu | -0.151 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | -0.14 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 112 | Jamaica | -0.0963 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 113 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | -0.0719 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | -0.0671 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 115 | Montenegro | -0.0594 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 116 | Romania | 0.026 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 117 | Hungary | 0.0394 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 118 | China | 0.0887 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 119 | Slovak Republic | 0.111 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 120 | Senegal | 0.113 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 121 | New Caledonia | 0.126 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 122 | Namibia | 0.127 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 123 | Armenia | 0.145 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 124 | Croatia | 0.149 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.184 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 126 | Kuwait | 0.218 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0.254 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 128 | Malta | 0.267 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 129 | Jordan | 0.272 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.284 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 131 | Greece | 0.3 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 132 | Mauritius | 0.34 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 133 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.348 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 134 | Kiribati | 0.375 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 135 | Georgia | 0.381 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 0.391 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 137 | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.398 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 138 | St. Lucia | 0.449 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 139 | Grenada | 0.479 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 140 | Malaysia | 0.498 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 141 | Naoero | 0.505 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 142 | Palau | 0.505 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 143 | Oman | 0.507 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 144 | Cyprus | 0.532 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 145 | Dominica | 0.533 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 146 | Italy | 0.553 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 147 | Fiji | 0.563 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 148 | Macao SAR, China | 0.573 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 149 | Tuvalu | 0.579 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 0.604 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 151 | Rwanda | 0.625 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 152 | Botswana | 0.631 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 153 | Slovenia | 0.674 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 154 | Costa Rica | 0.679 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 155 | Samoa | 0.688 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 156 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.705 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 157 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.708 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 158 | Spain | 0.715 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | 0.753 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 160 | Qatar | 0.755 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 161 | Poland | 0.794 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 162 | Portugal | 0.824 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 163 | Latvia | 0.825 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 164 | Korea, Rep. | 0.85 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 165 | Israel | 0.853 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 166 | Aruba | 0.869 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 167 | Czechia | 0.931 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 168 | Cabo Verde | 0.941 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 169 | Lithuania | 0.993 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 170 | United States | 1.09 | 2024 | North America |
| 171 | Chile | 1.11 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 1.17 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 173 | Andorra | 1.18 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 174 | American Samoa | 1.18 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 175 | Bermuda | 1.18 | 2024 | North America |
| 176 | Guam | 1.18 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 177 | San Marino | 1.18 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 178 | Taiwan | 1.18 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.19 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 180 | France | 1.22 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 181 | Barbados | 1.23 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 182 | Seychelles | 1.23 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 183 | Bahamas, The | 1.23 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 184 | Austria | 1.29 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 185 | Japan | 1.36 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 186 | Belgium | 1.47 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 187 | Bhutan | 1.47 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 188 | Greenland | 1.48 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 189 | United Kingdom | 1.51 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 190 | Uruguay | 1.53 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 191 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.57 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 192 | Ireland | 1.57 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 193 | Canada | 1.63 | 2024 | North America |
| 194 | Estonia | 1.67 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 195 | Liechtenstein | 1.76 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 196 | Germany | 1.77 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 197 | Monaco | 1.8 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 198 | Iceland | 1.83 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 199 | Australia | 1.85 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 200 | Netherlands | 1.91 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 201 | New Zealand | 1.93 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 202 | Norway | 1.96 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 203 | Sweden | 1.97 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 204 | Singapore | 1.97 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 205 | Switzerland | 2.01 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 206 | Luxembourg | 2.02 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 207 | Finland | 2.19 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 208 | Denmark | 2.29 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
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