Estonia - Control of Corruption 2019
1.53
+0.06 from 2018
Estonia's control of corruption was 1.53 in 2019, increased +0.06 from 1.47 in 2018. This was the 20th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | New Zealand | 2.13 | -0.2% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.12 | -1.6% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 2.12 | -0.7% |
| 4th | Finland | 2.11 | -2.7% |
| 5th | Sweden | 2.09 | -0.8% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 2.07 | 1.2% |
| 7th | Norway | 2.03 | -0.8% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 1.94 | -1.3% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.92 | -1.9% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.87 | -1.1% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.87 | -1.8% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.79 | 1.2% |
| 13th | American Samoa | 1.78 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Monaco | 1.78 | 0.0% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.75 | -3.2% |
| 16th | Canada | 1.73 | -3.4% |
| 17th | Iceland | 1.67 | -7.5% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.65 | 0.9% |
| 19th | Bhutan | 1.57 | -1.1% |
| 20th | Estonia | 1.53 | 3.9% |
| 21st | Austria | 1.52 | -3.0% |
| 22nd | Ireland | 1.46 | -5.0% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.45 | 1.3% |
| 24th | Japan | 1.43 | 3.1% |
| 25th | France | 1.25 | -2.6% |
| 26th | Uruguay | 1.20 | -1.0% |
| 27th | United States | 1.18 | -8.7% |
| 28th | Andorra | 1.18 | -0.2% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 1.18 | -0.2% |
| 30th | Guam | 1.18 | -0.2% |
| 31st | San Marino | 1.18 | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Seychelles | 1.18 | 36.7% |
| 33rd | Aruba | 1.17 | -2.7% |
| 34th | Barbados | 1.16 | -15.5% |
| 35th | Greenland | 1.11 | -2.8% |
| 36th | Bahamas, The | 1.10 | 0.6% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 1.07 | -4.0% |
| 38th | Chile | 0.98 | 2.2% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 0.89 | 6.3% |
| 40th | Cabo Verde | 0.85 | 12.7% |
| 41st | Qatar | 0.82 | 17.9% |
| 42nd | Israel | 0.77 | 2.7% |
| 43rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.77 | 1.0% |
| 44th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.76 | 2.3% |
| 45th | Portugal | 0.75 | -7.5% |
| 46th | Georgia | 0.72 | -1.1% |
| 47th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.71 | 5.7% |
| 48th | Korea | 0.70 | 23.1% |
| 49th | Fiji | 0.69 | -1.7% |
| 50th | Botswana | 0.69 | -4.7% |
| 51st | Spain | 0.67 | 8.7% |
| 52nd | Lithuania | 0.67 | 43.0% |
| 53rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.66 | -1.4% |
| 54th | Samoa | 0.65 | 0.2% |
| 55th | Costa Rica | 0.63 | 25.1% |
| 56th | Poland | 0.61 | -1.9% |
| 57th | Cyprus | 0.60 | -1.4% |
| 58th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.57 | -0.9% |
| 59th | St. Lucia | 0.56 | -0.5% |
| 60th | Czechia | 0.53 | 4.7% |
| 61st | Nauru | 0.53 | 3.8% |
| 62nd | Palau | 0.53 | 3.8% |
| 63rd | Dominica | 0.52 | -2.6% |
| 64th | Rwanda | 0.52 | -2.7% |
| 65th | Latvia | 0.48 | 61.6% |
| 66th | Cayman Islands | 0.43 | -6.2% |
| 67th | Oman | 0.42 | 95.8% |
| 68th | Tuvalu | 0.39 | 653.7% |
| 69th | Kiribati | 0.37 | 5.7% |
| 70th | Marshall Islands | 0.37 | 5.7% |
| 71st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.35 | -15.9% |
| 72nd | Grenada | 0.34 | -8.7% |
| 73rd | Namibia | 0.31 | 1.8% |
| 74th | Saudi Arabia | 0.25 | -25.3% |
| 75th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.24 | 1.3% |
| 76th | Italy | 0.23 | 8.5% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 0.23 | -22.3% |
| 78th | Mauritius | 0.21 | 12.9% |
| 79th | Malta | 0.21 | -61.6% |
| 80th | Slovak Republic | 0.19 | -18.5% |
| 81st | São Tomé and Principe | 0.13 | -12.7% |
| 82nd | Jordan | 0.08 | -35.2% |
| 83rd | Croatia | 0.05 | 12.1% |
| 84th | Hungary | 0.03 | -44.6% |
| 85th | Cuba | 0.01 | -88.9% |
| 86th | Greece | 0.01 | 124.4% |
| 87th | Belarus | 0.01 | 104.4% |
| 88th | Senegal | 0.00 | 92.5% |
| 89th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.02 | -1,907.2% |
| 90th | Montenegro | -0.03 | -104.7% |
| 91st | South Africa | -0.03 | 77.1% |
| 92nd | Bahrain | -0.04 | 78.4% |
| 93rd | Solomon Islands | -0.05 | -45.0% |
| 94th | Argentina | -0.11 | -7.9% |
| 95th | Ghana | -0.11 | 21.5% |
| 96th | Jamaica | -0.11 | 50.7% |
| 97th | Lesotho | -0.12 | 10.6% |
| 98th | Tunisia | -0.14 | -22.0% |
| 99th | Guyana | -0.14 | 42.9% |
| 100th | Kuwait | -0.16 | 49.6% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.18 | 3.7% |
| 102nd | Belize | -0.19 | -12.7% |
| 103rd | Burkina Faso | -0.22 | -66.8% |
| 104th | Maldives | -0.22 | 73.1% |
| 105th | Armenia | -0.23 | 44.5% |
| 106th | Romania | -0.24 | -4.4% |
| 107th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.26 | 32.4% |
| 108th | Colombia | -0.28 | 16.7% |
| 109th | Vanuatu | -0.28 | -54.1% |
| 110th | Kazakhstan | -0.29 | 41.9% |
| 111th | India | -0.30 | -31.7% |
| 112th | Sri Lanka | -0.30 | 13.8% |
| 113th | China | -0.31 | -9.0% |
| 114th | Eswatini | -0.33 | -40.3% |
| 115th | Türkiye | -0.33 | 7.2% |
| 116th | Benin | -0.33 | 15.9% |
| 117th | Tonga | -0.33 | -363.4% |
| 118th | Morocco | -0.33 | -15.3% |
| 119th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.35 | -56.7% |
| 120th | Timor-Leste | -0.40 | 20.8% |
| 121st | Gambia, The | -0.41 | 18.9% |
| 122nd | Brazil | -0.41 | 15.2% |
| 123rd | Suriname | -0.42 | -74.7% |
| 124th | Tanzania | -0.42 | 11.6% |
| 125th | Serbia | -0.45 | -13.5% |
| 126th | Mongolia | -0.46 | -1.5% |
| 127th | North Macedonia | -0.46 | -16.4% |
| 128th | Sierra Leone | -0.47 | 8.0% |
| 129th | Thailand | -0.47 | -3.0% |
| 130th | Indonesia | -0.47 | -58.0% |
| 131st | Ecuador | -0.51 | 19.1% |
| 132nd | Peru | -0.51 | 14.8% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | -0.54 | 8.3% |
| 134th | Kosovo | -0.54 | -2.5% |
| 135th | Viet Nam | -0.55 | -6.7% |
| 136th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.56 | -7.1% |
| 137th | Albania | -0.56 | -3.3% |
| 138th | Niger | -0.57 | 4.2% |
| 139th | Philippines | -0.61 | -5.2% |
| 140th | Panama | -0.64 | -5.5% |
| 141st | Myanmar | -0.64 | -5.3% |
| 142nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.65 | -6.8% |
| 143rd | Moldova | -0.65 | 14.1% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.66 | -27.3% |
| 145th | Algeria | -0.66 | 0.4% |
| 146th | Zambia | -0.67 | 1.0% |
| 147th | Nepal | -0.69 | -0.3% |
| 148th | Mali | -0.70 | 1.0% |
| 149th | Togo | -0.75 | 0.4% |
| 150th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.78 | -13.5% |
| 151st | Malawi | -0.78 | -2.3% |
| 152nd | Ukraine | -0.80 | 13.1% |
| 153rd | Kenya | -0.81 | 6.6% |
| 154th | Russian Federation | -0.82 | 5.4% |
| 155th | Dominican Republic | -0.84 | -1.0% |
| 156th | Azerbaijan | -0.85 | 0.4% |
| 157th | Mauritania | -0.87 | -6.6% |
| 158th | Mozambique | -0.87 | -7.8% |
| 159th | Honduras | -0.88 | -33.3% |
| 160th | Pakistan | -0.88 | -9.7% |
| 161st | Djibouti | -0.88 | -18.5% |
| 162nd | Gabon | -0.89 | -3.2% |
| 163rd | Paraguay | -0.89 | -2.6% |
| 164th | Guinea | -0.91 | 13.7% |
| 165th | Guatemala | -0.92 | -11.4% |
| 166th | Mexico | -0.92 | 3.3% |
| 167th | Liberia | -0.92 | -5.3% |
| 168th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.96 | 0.0% |
| 169th | Papua New Guinea | -1.00 | -15.5% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | -1.02 | -9.8% |
| 171st | Nicaragua | -1.03 | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Uzbekistan | -1.05 | 3.3% |
| 173rd | Madagascar | -1.05 | -3.1% |
| 174th | Angola | -1.05 | 12.1% |
| 175th | Comoros | -1.06 | -24.2% |
| 176th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.07 | -8.8% |
| 177th | Lao PDR | -1.08 | -8.0% |
| 178th | Nigeria | -1.11 | -2.7% |
| 179th | Lebanon | -1.17 | -3.2% |
| 180th | Uganda | -1.17 | -11.7% |
| 181st | Cameroon | -1.22 | -4.7% |
| 182nd | Central African Republic | -1.23 | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Zimbabwe | -1.29 | -3.5% |
| 184th | Cambodia | -1.32 | 2.5% |
| 185th | Tajikistan | -1.35 | 5.8% |
| 186th | Haiti | -1.35 | -4.8% |
| 187th | Iraq | -1.39 | 4.7% |
| 188th | Turkmenistan | -1.39 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Sudan | -1.40 | 3.6% |
| 190th | Eritrea | -1.41 | -6.4% |
| 191st | Chad | -1.42 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.42 | 5.6% |
| 193rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.44 | -4.2% |
| 194th | Burundi | -1.50 | -1.3% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.50 | 3.9% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.56 | -2.5% |
| 197th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.56 | -1.3% |
| 198th | Libya | -1.57 | -2.9% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.61 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.71 | -3.6% |
| 201st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.71 | -3.3% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.72 | 3.4% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.80 | -3.3% |
FAQ
What was Estonia's control of corruption in 2019?▾
Estonia's control of corruption in 2019 was 1.53. This ranked 20th globally.
How did Estonia's control of corruption change in 2019?▾
Estonia's control of corruption increased by 3.9% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2019?▾
New Zealand had the highest control of corruption in 2019 at 2.13.
What is the control of corruption of Estonia in 2019?▾
The control of corruption of Estonia in 2019 was 1.53. This ranked 20th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Estonia's control of corruption?▾
Estonia's control of corruption went from 1.47 in 2018 to 1.53 in 2019, a 3.9% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Estonia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2019. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.3%. View full analysis →
Related
2018
2020
All years
Full ranking 2019
Political Stability
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Quality
Rule of Law
Voice and Accountability
Peak: 2020
Lowest: 1996
Control of Corruption 1990s
Control of Corruption 2000s
Control of Corruption 2010s
Control of Corruption 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Brunei Darussalam
vs Japan
vs Lithuania
vs Czechia
European Union Control of Corruption
NATO Control of Corruption
OECD Control of Corruption
Global Ranking