Japan - Control of Corruption 2015
1.53
−0.16 from 2014
Japan's control of corruption was 1.53 in 2015, decreased +0.16 from 1.69 in 2014. This was the 19th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | New Zealand | 2.23 | -0.7% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.22 | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Norway | 2.20 | -1.0% |
| 4th | Denmark | 2.19 | -2.9% |
| 5th | Sweden | 2.15 | 1.6% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 2.09 | -2.5% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 2.05 | -0.8% |
| 8th | Singapore | 2.05 | -0.8% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 2.01 | -3.2% |
| 10th | Iceland | 1.90 | 4.1% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.85 | 0.7% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.84 | -0.4% |
| 13th | Netherlands | 1.83 | -6.5% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 1.83 | 4.9% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.78 | -2.0% |
| 16th | Monaco | 1.73 | - |
| 17th | Ireland | 1.67 | -1.1% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.61 | -0.3% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.53 | -9.5% |
| 20th | Belgium | 1.47 | -2.5% |
| 21st | Austria | 1.47 | 0.4% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.45 | 27.8% |
| 23rd | United States | 1.36 | -1.0% |
| 24th | Uruguay | 1.30 | -6.3% |
| 25th | Estonia | 1.26 | -3.3% |
| 26th | Aruba | 1.25 | 23.1% |
| 27th | France | 1.25 | -3.1% |
| 28th | Chile | 1.18 | -17.9% |
| 29th | Greenland | 1.16 | -3.7% |
| 30th | Andorra | 1.15 | -5.6% |
| 31st | American Samoa | 1.15 | -5.6% |
| 32nd | Bermuda | 1.15 | -5.6% |
| 33rd | Guam | 1.15 | -5.6% |
| 34th | San Marino | 1.15 | - |
| 35th | Seychelles | 1.14 | 97.6% |
| 36th | Bahamas, The | 1.10 | -16.1% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 1.03 | -13.7% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 0.99 | -24.2% |
| 39th | Cayman Islands | 0.97 | -4.0% |
| 40th | Cyprus | 0.97 | -9.3% |
| 41st | Cabo Verde | 0.93 | -4.2% |
| 42nd | Israel | 0.91 | 5.4% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 0.89 | -1.9% |
| 44th | Malta | 0.86 | 2.1% |
| 45th | Qatar | 0.86 | -13.0% |
| 46th | Botswana | 0.78 | -3.9% |
| 47th | Slovenia | 0.74 | 2.2% |
| 48th | Georgia | 0.70 | -15.4% |
| 49th | Poland | 0.69 | 1.8% |
| 50th | Costa Rica | 0.69 | -5.3% |
| 51st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.68 | -16.7% |
| 52nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.66 | -5.0% |
| 53rd | Marshall Islands | 0.65 | 5,243.3% |
| 54th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.64 | 1.2% |
| 55th | Spain | 0.63 | -8.5% |
| 56th | St. Lucia | 0.62 | 26.4% |
| 57th | Dominica | 0.61 | -12.2% |
| 58th | Rwanda | 0.60 | -22.9% |
| 59th | Lithuania | 0.58 | 5.3% |
| 60th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.57 | -9.9% |
| 61st | Macao SAR, China | 0.57 | -32.5% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 0.54 | 72.5% |
| 63rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.54 | 1.7% |
| 64th | Nauru | 0.52 | 208.4% |
| 65th | Palau | 0.52 | 208.4% |
| 66th | Czechia | 0.47 | 8.9% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.45 | 816.8% |
| 68th | Latvia | 0.43 | 5.9% |
| 69th | Fiji | 0.38 | -1.8% |
| 70th | Korea | 0.34 | -33.7% |
| 71st | Samoa | 0.30 | -16.8% |
| 72nd | Namibia | 0.27 | 3.3% |
| 73rd | Kiribati | 0.25 | -14.8% |
| 74th | Jordan | 0.24 | 80.9% |
| 75th | Oman | 0.24 | -22.5% |
| 76th | Mauritius | 0.22 | -29.6% |
| 77th | Croatia | 0.20 | -0.5% |
| 78th | Malaysia | 0.18 | -54.2% |
| 79th | Hungary | 0.12 | -24.2% |
| 80th | Slovak Republic | 0.11 | -9.9% |
| 81st | Bahrain | 0.11 | -60.8% |
| 82nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.05 | -89.7% |
| 83rd | Cuba | 0.04 | -38.8% |
| 84th | Senegal | 0.03 | -46.4% |
| 85th | Italy | 0.03 | 369.8% |
| 86th | Lesotho | 0.02 | -88.3% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 0.02 | -73.7% |
| 88th | Tuvalu | 0.01 | -77.2% |
| 89th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.07 | -614.6% |
| 90th | South Africa | -0.07 | 43.5% |
| 91st | Tunisia | -0.08 | -304.9% |
| 92nd | Greece | -0.12 | 12.5% |
| 93rd | Vanuatu | -0.12 | -125.5% |
| 94th | Montenegro | -0.12 | -63.5% |
| 95th | Türkiye | -0.16 | -20.3% |
| 96th | Romania | -0.17 | 23.8% |
| 97th | Belize | -0.21 | -31.2% |
| 98th | Ghana | -0.21 | -7.9% |
| 99th | Eswatini | -0.22 | 16.1% |
| 100th | Kuwait | -0.26 | -3.7% |
| 101st | North Macedonia | -0.27 | -712.2% |
| 102nd | Suriname | -0.27 | 39.7% |
| 103rd | Jamaica | -0.28 | 12.8% |
| 104th | Morocco | -0.29 | 6.1% |
| 105th | Burkina Faso | -0.30 | 35.9% |
| 106th | China | -0.30 | 11.2% |
| 107th | Belarus | -0.32 | -34.3% |
| 108th | Serbia | -0.32 | -28.8% |
| 109th | Solomon Islands | -0.35 | -29.8% |
| 110th | Bulgaria | -0.35 | -14.3% |
| 111th | Colombia | -0.35 | 11.3% |
| 112th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.37 | 21.4% |
| 113th | Zambia | -0.37 | -5.9% |
| 114th | Sri Lanka | -0.38 | -9.1% |
| 115th | India | -0.41 | 11.2% |
| 116th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.42 | -39.3% |
| 117th | Maldives | -0.42 | -33.9% |
| 118th | Panama | -0.43 | -17.6% |
| 119th | El Salvador | -0.45 | -19.4% |
| 120th | Brazil | -0.46 | -25.1% |
| 121st | Viet Nam | -0.46 | -4.4% |
| 122nd | Tonga | -0.46 | -68.5% |
| 123rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.46 | -10.3% |
| 124th | Philippines | -0.48 | -9.4% |
| 125th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.49 | -71.0% |
| 126th | Mongolia | -0.52 | -9.6% |
| 127th | Indonesia | -0.52 | 13.2% |
| 128th | Albania | -0.55 | 7.1% |
| 129th | Timor-Leste | -0.55 | -3.2% |
| 130th | Thailand | -0.56 | -15.6% |
| 131st | Kosovo | -0.56 | -15.2% |
| 132nd | Benin | -0.56 | 15.8% |
| 133rd | Argentina | -0.58 | -5.7% |
| 134th | Honduras | -0.59 | 25.1% |
| 135th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.60 | -4.4% |
| 136th | Nepal | -0.60 | -2.5% |
| 137th | Peru | -0.60 | -0.7% |
| 138th | Armenia | -0.61 | -7.8% |
| 139th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.63 | -1.4% |
| 140th | Algeria | -0.64 | -4.3% |
| 141st | Guyana | -0.66 | 11.3% |
| 142nd | Liberia | -0.67 | 14.4% |
| 143rd | Ecuador | -0.67 | 9.3% |
| 144th | Niger | -0.67 | 3.0% |
| 145th | Djibouti | -0.70 | -16.9% |
| 146th | Mali | -0.70 | 6.2% |
| 147th | Tanzania | -0.71 | 6.8% |
| 148th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.72 | -14.2% |
| 149th | Gabon | -0.72 | -6.7% |
| 150th | Togo | -0.75 | 16.1% |
| 151st | Comoros | -0.77 | -31.2% |
| 152nd | Mozambique | -0.78 | -16.4% |
| 153rd | Guatemala | -0.78 | -3.3% |
| 154th | Malawi | -0.79 | -4.3% |
| 155th | Gambia, The | -0.81 | -17.2% |
| 156th | Sierra Leone | -0.82 | 13.5% |
| 157th | Pakistan | -0.83 | 0.6% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | -0.84 | 5.4% |
| 159th | Myanmar | -0.85 | 3.4% |
| 160th | Kazakhstan | -0.87 | -5.6% |
| 161st | Dominican Republic | -0.87 | -3.8% |
| 162nd | Madagascar | -0.88 | -4.4% |
| 163rd | Mexico | -0.89 | -5.5% |
| 164th | Lebanon | -0.90 | 13.5% |
| 165th | Nicaragua | -0.91 | -2.2% |
| 166th | Mauritania | -0.94 | -0.7% |
| 167th | Lao PDR | -0.94 | -10.6% |
| 168th | Moldova | -0.95 | -10.9% |
| 169th | Azerbaijan | -0.95 | 6.9% |
| 170th | Papua New Guinea | -0.95 | -4.7% |
| 171st | Russian Federation | -0.97 | -6.0% |
| 172nd | Guinea | -1.01 | 5.0% |
| 173rd | Paraguay | -1.02 | -0.8% |
| 174th | Kenya | -1.03 | -9.8% |
| 175th | Ukraine | -1.04 | -1.5% |
| 176th | Uganda | -1.08 | 1.5% |
| 177th | Nigeria | -1.10 | 14.6% |
| 178th | Cameroon | -1.10 | 7.0% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | -1.15 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Cambodia | -1.15 | -0.6% |
| 181st | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.18 | -4.4% |
| 182nd | Turkmenistan | -1.23 | -4.1% |
| 183rd | Haiti | -1.26 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | -1.27 | -5.9% |
| 185th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.27 | 2.4% |
| 186th | Uzbekistan | -1.29 | -7.6% |
| 187th | Burundi | -1.29 | -1.5% |
| 188th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.31 | 0.8% |
| 189th | Central African Republic | -1.33 | -13.8% |
| 190th | Zimbabwe | -1.34 | 4.8% |
| 191st | Eritrea | -1.34 | -51.3% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.35 | 0.7% |
| 193rd | Chad | -1.38 | -3.9% |
| 194th | Angola | -1.43 | 2.1% |
| 195th | Iraq | -1.43 | -5.1% |
| 196th | Sudan | -1.50 | -2.6% |
| 197th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.51 | 3.7% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.51 | 3.0% |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.57 | -0.5% |
| 200th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.57 | -2.1% |
| 201st | Libya | -1.58 | -3.8% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.64 | 1.3% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.72 | -7.2% |
FAQ
What was Japan's control of corruption in 2015?▾
Japan's control of corruption in 2015 was 1.53. This ranked 19th globally.
How did Japan's control of corruption change in 2015?▾
Japan's control of corruption decreased by 9.5% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2015?▾
New Zealand had the highest control of corruption in 2015 at 2.23.
What is the control of corruption of Japan in 2015?▾
The control of corruption of Japan in 2015 was 1.53. This ranked 19th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Japan's control of corruption?▾
Japan's control of corruption went from 1.69 in 2014 to 1.53 in 2015, a 9.5% decrease.
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