Bulgaria - Control of Corruption 1998
-0.18
+0.18 from 1997
Bulgaria's control of corruption was -0.18 in 1998. This was the 90th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.20 | -0.3% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.20 | -1.6% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 2.17 | -0.2% |
| 4th | Norway | 2.16 | 1.1% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 2.15 | 1.8% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 2.09 | 0.4% |
| 7th | Singapore | 2.06 | -2.4% |
| 8th | United Kingdom | 2.05 | 3.6% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 2.05 | 3.3% |
| 10th | Canada | 2.03 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Germany | 2.00 | 4.9% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.91 | 10.5% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 1.89 | -3.3% |
| 14th | Austria | 1.80 | 3.9% |
| 15th | Australia | 1.80 | -4.2% |
| 16th | United States | 1.55 | -1.4% |
| 17th | Ireland | 1.55 | -9.6% |
| 18th | Barbados | 1.54 | -0.1% |
| 19th | Spain | 1.36 | 20.1% |
| 20th | France | 1.35 | 8.3% |
| 21st | Andorra | 1.33 | 1.3% |
| 22nd | Bermuda | 1.33 | 1.3% |
| 23rd | Cayman Islands | 1.33 | 1.3% |
| 24th | Liechtenstein | 1.33 | 1.3% |
| 25th | Belgium | 1.31 | -3.4% |
| 26th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.30 | -9.8% |
| 27th | Chile | 1.30 | -10.8% |
| 28th | Bahamas, The | 1.30 | 12.0% |
| 29th | Portugal | 1.25 | -8.7% |
| 30th | Slovenia | 1.16 | 4.4% |
| 31st | Cabo Verde | 1.16 | 1.0% |
| 32nd | Israel | 1.15 | -15.2% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 1.08 | -4.4% |
| 34th | Japan | 1.07 | -10.6% |
| 35th | Cyprus | 1.06 | -20.2% |
| 36th | Bhutan | 0.88 | -6.3% |
| 37th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.88 | 1.5% |
| 38th | Dominica | 0.88 | 1.5% |
| 39th | Grenada | 0.88 | 1.5% |
| 40th | Botswana | 0.82 | 0.8% |
| 41st | Poland | 0.79 | 11.4% |
| 42nd | Costa Rica | 0.76 | 8.6% |
| 43rd | Greece | 0.76 | 123.1% |
| 44th | Namibia | 0.74 | -9.0% |
| 45th | Hungary | 0.73 | 9.9% |
| 46th | Oman | 0.72 | 74.8% |
| 47th | Fiji | 0.66 | 0.7% |
| 48th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.66 | -26.6% |
| 49th | Estonia | 0.66 | 45.9% |
| 50th | South Africa | 0.64 | -12.8% |
| 51st | Seychelles | 0.57 | 4.5% |
| 52nd | Kuwait | 0.56 | 17.5% |
| 53rd | Malta | 0.53 | 10.2% |
| 54th | Czechia | 0.52 | -23.5% |
| 55th | Eritrea | 0.52 | 2.2% |
| 56th | Montenegro | 0.50 | - |
| 57th | Italy | 0.49 | 20.4% |
| 58th | Qatar | 0.47 | 1,141.0% |
| 59th | Macao SAR, China | 0.43 | 2.4% |
| 60th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.43 | 2.4% |
| 61st | São Tomé and Principe | 0.40 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Malaysia | 0.36 | -5.2% |
| 63rd | Solomon Islands | 0.36 | 6.2% |
| 64th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.35 | -26.7% |
| 65th | Cuba | 0.34 | 19.2% |
| 66th | Lithuania | 0.30 | -28.4% |
| 67th | Korea | 0.30 | -22.2% |
| 68th | Suriname | 0.25 | 37.1% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 0.25 | -23.7% |
| 70th | Vanuatu | 0.24 | 10.4% |
| 71st | Mauritius | 0.22 | 539.3% |
| 72nd | Latvia | 0.14 | 170.8% |
| 73rd | Jamaica | 0.14 | -25.6% |
| 74th | Jordan | 0.11 | 418.5% |
| 75th | Mongolia | 0.11 | -1.2% |
| 76th | Morocco | 0.10 | 196.7% |
| 77th | Burkina Faso | 0.10 | -14.3% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 0.06 | -73.4% |
| 79th | Eswatini | 0.05 | 46.1% |
| 80th | Brazil | 0.04 | 323.2% |
| 81st | United Arab Emirates | 0.03 | 692.1% |
| 82nd | West Bank and Gaza | 0.03 | -38.6% |
| 83rd | Belize | -0.02 | 27.0% |
| 84th | Samoa | -0.02 | 27.0% |
| 85th | Sri Lanka | -0.08 | -47.4% |
| 86th | Lesotho | -0.11 | -227.9% |
| 87th | Senegal | -0.12 | 14.1% |
| 88th | Panama | -0.14 | 30.5% |
| 89th | Thailand | -0.14 | 61.0% |
| 90th | Bulgaria | -0.18 | 50.7% |
| 91st | Argentina | -0.20 | -100.8% |
| 92nd | India | -0.26 | 32.1% |
| 93rd | Malawi | -0.26 | 17.6% |
| 94th | Saudi Arabia | -0.26 | -61.4% |
| 95th | Maldives | -0.29 | 10.8% |
| 96th | Belarus | -0.32 | 17.1% |
| 97th | Ghana | -0.33 | 3.0% |
| 98th | Guyana | -0.35 | -150.6% |
| 99th | China | -0.35 | -30.5% |
| 100th | Türkiye | -0.35 | -139.1% |
| 101st | Gambia, The | -0.36 | 2.5% |
| 102nd | Philippines | -0.38 | -6.4% |
| 103rd | Mexico | -0.39 | 23.9% |
| 104th | Mozambique | -0.39 | 7.9% |
| 105th | Moldova | -0.40 | 8.6% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.40 | -48.6% |
| 107th | Tunisia | -0.43 | 18.8% |
| 108th | Peru | -0.43 | -8.6% |
| 109th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.44 | 46.4% |
| 110th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.46 | 4.2% |
| 111th | Lebanon | -0.47 | 28.0% |
| 112th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.48 | -1.2% |
| 113th | Viet Nam | -0.49 | -0.3% |
| 114th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.50 | -90.8% |
| 115th | Zimbabwe | -0.50 | -81.0% |
| 116th | Mauritania | -0.52 | 7.2% |
| 117th | Colombia | -0.52 | -2.2% |
| 118th | Madagascar | -0.56 | -51.1% |
| 119th | Croatia | -0.59 | -1.3% |
| 120th | Nepal | -0.60 | 6.8% |
| 121st | North Macedonia | -0.64 | -3.7% |
| 122nd | Benin | -0.65 | -18.5% |
| 123rd | Romania | -0.65 | -45.7% |
| 124th | Burundi | -0.68 | -0.2% |
| 125th | Djibouti | -0.68 | 5.2% |
| 126th | Lao PDR | -0.69 | 4.6% |
| 127th | Papua New Guinea | -0.70 | -61.2% |
| 128th | Sierra Leone | -0.72 | 4.2% |
| 129th | Rwanda | -0.73 | 2.1% |
| 130th | Dominican Republic | -0.76 | -78.7% |
| 131st | Bangladesh | -0.77 | 20.3% |
| 132nd | Ecuador | -0.79 | -15.6% |
| 133rd | Tanzania | -0.80 | -14.4% |
| 134th | Togo | -0.83 | 1.3% |
| 135th | Zambia | -0.85 | -1.5% |
| 136th | Guatemala | -0.87 | -1.1% |
| 137th | El Salvador | -0.89 | -2.9% |
| 138th | Mali | -0.90 | -14.9% |
| 139th | Libya | -0.91 | -4.1% |
| 140th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.91 | -3.8% |
| 141st | Algeria | -0.92 | -61.7% |
| 142nd | Armenia | -0.94 | -97.9% |
| 143rd | Russian Federation | -0.95 | 9.4% |
| 144th | Nicaragua | -0.96 | -69.9% |
| 145th | Comoros | -0.97 | 2.8% |
| 146th | Georgia | -0.98 | 35.7% |
| 147th | Cambodia | -0.99 | 3.1% |
| 148th | Uganda | -0.99 | -36.8% |
| 149th | Albania | -0.99 | -11.0% |
| 150th | Gabon | -1.00 | 9.7% |
| 151st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.00 | -34.2% |
| 152nd | Honduras | -1.02 | 5.9% |
| 153rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.06 | -6.5% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | -1.07 | -4.6% |
| 155th | Niger | -1.07 | -24.0% |
| 156th | Guinea | -1.08 | -14.4% |
| 157th | Kazakhstan | -1.08 | 4.8% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -1.08 | 11.4% |
| 159th | Sudan | -1.12 | 9.7% |
| 160th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.12 | 6.1% |
| 161st | Central African Republic | -1.12 | 1.6% |
| 162nd | Uzbekistan | -1.13 | -0.5% |
| 163rd | Indonesia | -1.16 | -34.3% |
| 164th | Nigeria | -1.16 | 2.4% |
| 165th | Kenya | -1.17 | -0.6% |
| 166th | Haiti | -1.17 | 0.6% |
| 167th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.17 | 8.2% |
| 168th | Afghanistan | -1.18 | 9.0% |
| 169th | Angola | -1.18 | -1.1% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.19 | 6.0% |
| 171st | Serbia | -1.20 | -4.9% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.20 | -39.3% |
| 173rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.25 | 2.8% |
| 174th | Tajikistan | -1.25 | 1.6% |
| 175th | Ukraine | -1.26 | -13.3% |
| 176th | Azerbaijan | -1.29 | 10.8% |
| 177th | Cameroon | -1.31 | 1.6% |
| 178th | Paraguay | -1.33 | -13.8% |
| 179th | Myanmar | -1.33 | 11.1% |
| 180th | Chad | -1.34 | 3.2% |
| 181st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.42 | 14.0% |
| 182nd | Iraq | -1.42 | 11.2% |
| 183rd | Liberia | -1.54 | -2.4% |
FAQ
What was Bulgaria's control of corruption in 1998?▾
Bulgaria's control of corruption in 1998 was -0.18. This ranked 90th globally.
How did Bulgaria's control of corruption change in 1998?▾
Bulgaria's control of corruption increased by 50.7% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 1998?▾
Finland had the highest control of corruption in 1998 at 2.20.
What is the control of corruption of Bulgaria in 1998?▾
The control of corruption of Bulgaria in 1998 was -0.18. This ranked 90th globally.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Bulgaria matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1998. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.3%. View full analysis →
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