Korea - Control of Corruption 2004
0.38
−0.17 from 2003
Korea's control of corruption was 0.38 in 2004, decreased +0.17 from 0.54 in 2003. This was the 60th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2004▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.41 | 1.5% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.41 | 2.0% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 2.35 | 3.0% |
| 4th | Singapore | 2.30 | 6.1% |
| 5th | Iceland | 2.17 | -2.7% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.13 | -0.7% |
| 7th | Austria | 2.03 | 3.2% |
| 8th | Australia | 2.01 | 5.8% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 1.99 | -1.4% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.98 | -1.0% |
| 11th | Norway | 1.91 | -4.9% |
| 12th | United Kingdom | 1.91 | -3.6% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.85 | 2.7% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.84 | -1.9% |
| 15th | Luxembourg | 1.82 | 10.9% |
| 16th | United States | 1.81 | 6.2% |
| 17th | Canada | 1.81 | -6.5% |
| 18th | Bahamas, The | 1.41 | 0.2% |
| 19th | Barbados | 1.41 | -5.9% |
| 20th | Macao SAR, China | 1.40 | 63.9% |
| 21st | Belgium | 1.36 | -1.1% |
| 22nd | Liechtenstein | 1.35 | 1.5% |
| 23rd | Spain | 1.34 | -0.9% |
| 24th | France | 1.31 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 1.31 | -2.0% |
| 26th | Chile | 1.31 | 11.9% |
| 27th | Ireland | 1.27 | -10.1% |
| 28th | Cayman Islands | 1.26 | -5.5% |
| 29th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.26 | -5.5% |
| 30th | Japan | 1.20 | 2.6% |
| 31st | Aruba | 1.17 | - |
| 32nd | Portugal | 1.13 | 0.6% |
| 33rd | Andorra | 1.12 | -16.0% |
| 34th | United Arab Emirates | 1.04 | 25.8% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.02 | 13.0% |
| 36th | Estonia | 0.98 | 6.5% |
| 37th | Israel | 0.91 | -15.9% |
| 38th | Uruguay | 0.89 | -18.8% |
| 39th | Bhutan | 0.89 | -17.8% |
| 40th | Botswana | 0.88 | -29.7% |
| 41st | Cyprus | 0.87 | -26.8% |
| 42nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.84 | -1.7% |
| 43rd | Malta | 0.83 | -9.5% |
| 44th | American Samoa | 0.79 | - |
| 45th | Tuvalu | 0.79 | - |
| 46th | Kuwait | 0.77 | 0.5% |
| 47th | Dominica | 0.76 | -11.1% |
| 48th | Grenada | 0.76 | -11.1% |
| 49th | Hungary | 0.67 | 4.6% |
| 50th | Oman | 0.66 | 17.2% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.65 | - |
| 52nd | Seychelles | 0.55 | -30.6% |
| 53rd | Kiribati | 0.51 | - |
| 54th | Qatar | 0.50 | -0.6% |
| 55th | Greece | 0.45 | 23.9% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 0.44 | 16.7% |
| 57th | South Africa | 0.40 | 44.4% |
| 58th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.39 | 33.8% |
| 59th | Czechia | 0.38 | -21.5% |
| 60th | Korea | 0.38 | -30.5% |
| 61st | Guam | 0.37 | - |
| 62nd | Lithuania | 0.37 | 4.7% |
| 63rd | Italy | 0.36 | -25.4% |
| 64th | Cabo Verde | 0.34 | -29.2% |
| 65th | Slovak Republic | 0.34 | 20.1% |
| 66th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.32 | - |
| 67th | Malaysia | 0.32 | 2.4% |
| 68th | Jordan | 0.29 | -12.9% |
| 69th | Fiji | 0.29 | 5.1% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 0.28 | -44.8% |
| 71st | St. Lucia | 0.28 | - |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.28 | - |
| 73rd | Suriname | 0.26 | -14.1% |
| 74th | Croatia | 0.24 | -7.4% |
| 75th | Cuba | 0.22 | -1.1% |
| 76th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.20 | - |
| 77th | Latvia | 0.15 | -36.9% |
| 78th | Mauritius | 0.15 | -20.8% |
| 79th | Namibia | 0.12 | -39.1% |
| 80th | Poland | 0.11 | -73.6% |
| 81st | Tonga | 0.09 | - |
| 82nd | Bulgaria | 0.07 | 178.1% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 0.07 | -45.1% |
| 84th | Senegal | 0.02 | 116.4% |
| 85th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.02 | -131.3% |
| 86th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.02 | 94.4% |
| 87th | Brazil | -0.03 | -130.2% |
| 88th | Solomon Islands | -0.07 | -130.7% |
| 89th | Belize | -0.10 | -0.7% |
| 90th | Lesotho | -0.11 | 37.2% |
| 91st | Vanuatu | -0.14 | -152.8% |
| 92nd | Colombia | -0.14 | 31.2% |
| 93rd | Eritrea | -0.15 | -205.4% |
| 94th | Burkina Faso | -0.15 | -38.6% |
| 95th | Sri Lanka | -0.17 | 38.5% |
| 96th | Türkiye | -0.19 | 8.2% |
| 97th | Samoa | -0.24 | -131.0% |
| 98th | Eswatini | -0.24 | -231.6% |
| 99th | Morocco | -0.24 | 23.8% |
| 100th | Thailand | -0.25 | -25.6% |
| 101st | Mongolia | -0.27 | -21.4% |
| 102nd | Ghana | -0.28 | 10.2% |
| 103rd | Maldives | -0.28 | -270.4% |
| 104th | Saudi Arabia | -0.30 | -77.6% |
| 105th | Panama | -0.30 | 24.0% |
| 106th | Kosovo | -0.31 | 39.5% |
| 107th | Romania | -0.32 | 21.5% |
| 108th | Madagascar | -0.32 | -55.3% |
| 109th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.32 | -15.1% |
| 110th | Timor-Leste | -0.34 | -34.2% |
| 111th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.36 | -15.5% |
| 112th | Mauritania | -0.37 | -391.1% |
| 113th | Mexico | -0.39 | -61.2% |
| 114th | Jamaica | -0.39 | 9.6% |
| 115th | Guyana | -0.40 | -11.9% |
| 116th | Rwanda | -0.41 | 29.9% |
| 117th | Argentina | -0.41 | 13.7% |
| 118th | Djibouti | -0.43 | 33.8% |
| 119th | Peru | -0.43 | -177.7% |
| 120th | Nicaragua | -0.45 | 17.6% |
| 121st | India | -0.45 | 1.7% |
| 122nd | Georgia | -0.46 | 29.4% |
| 123rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.46 | -323.4% |
| 124th | Montenegro | -0.47 | -13.5% |
| 125th | El Salvador | -0.48 | -15.3% |
| 126th | Serbia | -0.49 | 0.2% |
| 127th | Gambia, The | -0.52 | -195.9% |
| 128th | North Macedonia | -0.55 | 14.9% |
| 129th | Benin | -0.56 | 2.5% |
| 130th | China | -0.57 | -43.0% |
| 131st | Tanzania | -0.57 | 23.0% |
| 132nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.58 | -9.9% |
| 133rd | Dominican Republic | -0.59 | 18.7% |
| 134th | Lebanon | -0.59 | 3.2% |
| 135th | Zambia | -0.60 | 5.8% |
| 136th | Mozambique | -0.61 | 4.5% |
| 137th | Guatemala | -0.62 | 15.9% |
| 138th | Mali | -0.68 | 9.0% |
| 139th | Algeria | -0.70 | 2.2% |
| 140th | Armenia | -0.70 | -8.4% |
| 141st | Philippines | -0.71 | -11.4% |
| 142nd | Albania | -0.72 | 15.2% |
| 143rd | Ecuador | -0.73 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Viet Nam | -0.76 | -54.1% |
| 145th | Belarus | -0.76 | -41.3% |
| 146th | Malawi | -0.80 | -5.6% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.81 | 5.2% |
| 148th | Uganda | -0.81 | 14.4% |
| 149th | Russian Federation | -0.83 | -5.4% |
| 150th | Gabon | -0.83 | -49.3% |
| 151st | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.83 | -3.4% |
| 152nd | Comoros | -0.86 | -24.6% |
| 153rd | Sierra Leone | -0.88 | 1.3% |
| 154th | Niger | -0.89 | 3.2% |
| 155th | Guinea | -0.89 | 0.1% |
| 156th | Kenya | -0.90 | 6.9% |
| 157th | Libya | -0.92 | -3.3% |
| 158th | Togo | -0.94 | -4.6% |
| 159th | Honduras | -0.95 | 2.9% |
| 160th | Nepal | -0.95 | -61.9% |
| 161st | Indonesia | -0.98 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Burundi | -0.98 | -11.9% |
| 163rd | Ukraine | -0.98 | -1.3% |
| 164th | Papua New Guinea | -1.00 | -22.4% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | -1.04 | 4.9% |
| 166th | Moldova | -1.04 | -17.6% |
| 167th | Cambodia | -1.06 | -6.9% |
| 168th | Uzbekistan | -1.07 | -16.8% |
| 169th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.09 | -8.7% |
| 170th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.10 | -6.3% |
| 171st | Kazakhstan | -1.11 | -7.7% |
| 172nd | Cameroon | -1.13 | -14.7% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | -1.15 | -32.5% |
| 174th | Pakistan | -1.18 | -46.5% |
| 175th | Azerbaijan | -1.18 | -12.9% |
| 176th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.24 | -22.4% |
| 177th | Sudan | -1.25 | -6.6% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | -1.25 | -5.4% |
| 179th | Turkmenistan | -1.27 | -25.2% |
| 180th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.27 | -13.1% |
| 181st | Tajikistan | -1.32 | -14.9% |
| 182nd | Liberia | -1.33 | -15.4% |
| 183rd | Afghanistan | -1.35 | -0.5% |
| 184th | Angola | -1.38 | -3.2% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.38 | -8.2% |
| 186th | Nigeria | -1.38 | 2.4% |
| 187th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.39 | 3.2% |
| 188th | Paraguay | -1.43 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.44 | 5.4% |
| 190th | Chad | -1.45 | 1.1% |
| 191st | Haiti | -1.46 | 7.9% |
| 192nd | Central African Republic | -1.48 | -44.7% |
| 193rd | Iraq | -1.49 | -23.2% |
| 194th | Bangladesh | -1.60 | -3.6% |
| 195th | Myanmar | -1.65 | -12.0% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.80 | -23.0% |
FAQ
What was Korea's control of corruption in 2004?▾
Korea's control of corruption in 2004 was 0.38. This ranked 60th globally.
How did Korea's control of corruption change in 2004?▾
Korea's control of corruption decreased by 30.5% in 2004 compared to 2003.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2004?▾
Finland had the highest control of corruption in 2004 at 2.41.
What is the control of corruption of Korea in 2004?▾
The control of corruption of Korea in 2004 was 0.38. This ranked 60th globally.
How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Korea's control of corruption?▾
Korea's control of corruption went from 0.54 in 2003 to 0.38 in 2004, a 30.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2004. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.2%. View full analysis →
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