Korea - Control of Corruption 2006
0.30
−0.29 from 2005
Korea's control of corruption was 0.30 in 2006, decreased +0.29 from 0.59 in 2005. This was the 65th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.46 | 7.9% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.45 | 6.0% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 2.32 | 6.0% |
| 4th | Sweden | 2.19 | 8.6% |
| 5th | Singapore | 2.17 | 0.9% |
| 6th | Iceland | 2.17 | -5.6% |
| 7th | Norway | 2.12 | 6.2% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 2.08 | 3.6% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 2.04 | 4.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.95 | 4.4% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.95 | 0.4% |
| 12th | Austria | 1.90 | -0.4% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 1.87 | 13.7% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.86 | 4.9% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.79 | -4.4% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 1.78 | -5.7% |
| 17th | Ireland | 1.70 | 7.4% |
| 18th | France | 1.46 | 7.2% |
| 19th | Chile | 1.41 | -0.3% |
| 20th | United States | 1.34 | -12.5% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 1.34 | 1.1% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.33 | -6.0% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.32 | 9.1% |
| 24th | Belgium | 1.30 | -5.5% |
| 25th | Aruba | 1.25 | -1.4% |
| 26th | Andorra | 1.25 | -1.4% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 1.25 | -1.4% |
| 28th | Cayman Islands | 1.25 | -1.4% |
| 29th | Liechtenstein | 1.25 | -1.4% |
| 30th | Spain | 1.18 | -11.3% |
| 31st | St. Lucia | 1.15 | -5.6% |
| 32nd | Uruguay | 1.13 | 4.5% |
| 33rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.12 | 50.8% |
| 34th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.12 | -5.2% |
| 35th | Cyprus | 1.09 | 20.7% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 1.03 | 13.8% |
| 37th | Estonia | 1.01 | 1.8% |
| 38th | Portugal | 1.01 | -5.0% |
| 39th | Malta | 1.00 | 22.8% |
| 40th | Israel | 1.00 | 21.5% |
| 41st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.96 | -11.6% |
| 42nd | Botswana | 0.94 | -19.3% |
| 43rd | Qatar | 0.92 | 30.9% |
| 44th | United Arab Emirates | 0.89 | -10.6% |
| 45th | Bhutan | 0.85 | -2.0% |
| 46th | Cabo Verde | 0.84 | 42.0% |
| 47th | Guam | 0.78 | -1.7% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.78 | -1.7% |
| 49th | Grenada | 0.71 | -4.7% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.69 | -7.2% |
| 51st | Hungary | 0.63 | 1.2% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.51 | -60.1% |
| 53rd | Italy | 0.48 | 18.3% |
| 54th | Kuwait | 0.43 | -14.7% |
| 55th | Costa Rica | 0.38 | 3.7% |
| 56th | South Africa | 0.38 | -21.8% |
| 57th | Slovak Republic | 0.38 | -16.9% |
| 58th | Greece | 0.36 | 1.7% |
| 59th | Latvia | 0.36 | -2.9% |
| 60th | Czechia | 0.35 | -27.0% |
| 61st | Oman | 0.35 | -10.8% |
| 62nd | Macao SAR, China | 0.35 | -32.1% |
| 63rd | Seychelles | 0.33 | -10.6% |
| 64th | Samoa | 0.30 | 39.1% |
| 65th | Korea | 0.30 | -49.3% |
| 66th | American Samoa | 0.30 | -62.0% |
| 67th | Jordan | 0.28 | -0.6% |
| 68th | Mauritius | 0.27 | 24.7% |
| 69th | Poland | 0.26 | 3.6% |
| 70th | Cuba | 0.25 | -6.0% |
| 71st | Malaysia | 0.21 | 25.4% |
| 72nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.20 | -15.7% |
| 73rd | Namibia | 0.20 | 31.1% |
| 74th | Vanuatu | 0.19 | -34.7% |
| 75th | Bahrain | 0.19 | -50.9% |
| 76th | Fiji | 0.18 | 182.0% |
| 77th | Lithuania | 0.16 | -50.0% |
| 78th | Kiribati | 0.09 | -64.3% |
| 79th | Georgia | 0.05 | 123.6% |
| 80th | Croatia | 0.04 | -67.8% |
| 81st | Türkiye | 0.03 | 175.6% |
| 82nd | Lesotho | 0.01 | -80.8% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | -0.01 | 83.9% |
| 84th | Ghana | -0.01 | 96.2% |
| 85th | Eswatini | -0.04 | 83.7% |
| 86th | Suriname | -0.10 | -147.9% |
| 87th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.10 | 13.8% |
| 88th | Tuvalu | -0.10 | 13.8% |
| 89th | Bulgaria | -0.11 | -689.9% |
| 90th | Brazil | -0.12 | 21.6% |
| 91st | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.13 | -736.9% |
| 92nd | Colombia | -0.18 | -20.5% |
| 93rd | Madagascar | -0.18 | -228.5% |
| 94th | Sri Lanka | -0.19 | 42.7% |
| 95th | Saudi Arabia | -0.20 | -88.7% |
| 96th | Solomon Islands | -0.20 | -331.0% |
| 97th | Rwanda | -0.21 | 67.3% |
| 98th | Romania | -0.21 | 19.7% |
| 99th | Peru | -0.22 | 39.7% |
| 100th | Tanzania | -0.23 | 62.4% |
| 101st | São Tomé and Principe | -0.27 | 49.3% |
| 102nd | India | -0.27 | 24.4% |
| 103rd | Serbia | -0.28 | 31.6% |
| 104th | Jamaica | -0.29 | 15.0% |
| 105th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.30 | -29.5% |
| 106th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.30 | 39.0% |
| 107th | Burkina Faso | -0.31 | -193.9% |
| 108th | Belize | -0.31 | -55.4% |
| 109th | Mexico | -0.33 | 5.5% |
| 110th | Argentina | -0.33 | 12.3% |
| 111th | El Salvador | -0.34 | 34.0% |
| 112th | Eritrea | -0.35 | -8.7% |
| 113th | Panama | -0.36 | 6.9% |
| 114th | Senegal | -0.37 | -954.7% |
| 115th | Montenegro | -0.38 | -8.3% |
| 116th | North Macedonia | -0.40 | 17.4% |
| 117th | Thailand | -0.41 | -100.3% |
| 118th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.43 | 41.9% |
| 119th | Morocco | -0.48 | -12.0% |
| 120th | Mali | -0.48 | 4.2% |
| 121st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.48 | -1.4% |
| 122nd | Kosovo | -0.51 | 2.4% |
| 123rd | China | -0.52 | 16.0% |
| 124th | Belarus | -0.53 | 26.7% |
| 125th | Malawi | -0.55 | 23.2% |
| 126th | Zambia | -0.55 | 6.9% |
| 127th | Algeria | -0.56 | -21.1% |
| 128th | Guyana | -0.58 | -4.4% |
| 129th | Benin | -0.59 | 32.6% |
| 130th | Mongolia | -0.59 | 2.8% |
| 131st | Timor-Leste | -0.60 | -5.1% |
| 132nd | Maldives | -0.60 | -40.5% |
| 133rd | Mozambique | -0.62 | -15.6% |
| 134th | Moldova | -0.64 | 4.4% |
| 135th | Marshall Islands | -0.65 | -104.6% |
| 136th | Djibouti | -0.67 | 6.3% |
| 137th | Armenia | -0.67 | 2.1% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | -0.67 | -9.2% |
| 139th | Nepal | -0.69 | 6.6% |
| 140th | Comoros | -0.70 | 21.1% |
| 141st | Dominican Republic | -0.72 | -1.8% |
| 142nd | Liberia | -0.72 | 39.8% |
| 143rd | Gambia, The | -0.73 | -5.1% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.74 | -36.7% |
| 145th | Mauritania | -0.75 | -39.4% |
| 146th | Viet Nam | -0.75 | -2.5% |
| 147th | Ukraine | -0.77 | -4.3% |
| 148th | Ecuador | -0.78 | -6.6% |
| 149th | Uganda | -0.79 | 5.5% |
| 150th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.79 | 11.9% |
| 151st | Albania | -0.79 | 2.8% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | -0.82 | 22.9% |
| 153rd | Honduras | -0.83 | -1.7% |
| 154th | Guatemala | -0.84 | -22.5% |
| 155th | Niger | -0.85 | -17.2% |
| 156th | Indonesia | -0.86 | 4.6% |
| 157th | Philippines | -0.89 | -34.2% |
| 158th | Kenya | -0.94 | 7.6% |
| 159th | Russian Federation | -0.94 | -11.1% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.95 | -11.4% |
| 161st | Kazakhstan | -1.00 | 2.0% |
| 162nd | Lebanon | -1.00 | -87.8% |
| 163rd | Uzbekistan | -1.02 | 17.3% |
| 164th | Sierra Leone | -1.03 | 5.5% |
| 165th | Tajikistan | -1.04 | 11.3% |
| 166th | Togo | -1.05 | -20.1% |
| 167th | Gabon | -1.08 | -64.1% |
| 168th | Libya | -1.09 | -12.4% |
| 169th | Cameroon | -1.09 | 9.0% |
| 170th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.10 | 6.8% |
| 171st | Azerbaijan | -1.10 | -4.1% |
| 172nd | Burundi | -1.10 | -15.1% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.11 | -4.6% |
| 174th | Guinea | -1.12 | -4.5% |
| 175th | Nigeria | -1.13 | 4.6% |
| 176th | Papua New Guinea | -1.14 | 1.0% |
| 177th | Paraguay | -1.16 | 14.3% |
| 178th | Sudan | -1.19 | 14.2% |
| 179th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.21 | 3.4% |
| 180th | Central African Republic | -1.22 | 6.4% |
| 181st | Angola | -1.24 | 6.2% |
| 182nd | Cambodia | -1.26 | -3.0% |
| 183rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.33 | -4.6% |
| 184th | Haiti | -1.33 | 4.7% |
| 185th | Lao PDR | -1.33 | -1.1% |
| 186th | Chad | -1.36 | 11.2% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.36 | 4.5% |
| 188th | Zimbabwe | -1.37 | -4.4% |
| 189th | Tonga | -1.38 | -1.8% |
| 190th | Turkmenistan | -1.40 | -3.8% |
| 191st | Bangladesh | -1.44 | -2.6% |
| 192nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.44 | -12.4% |
| 193rd | Afghanistan | -1.45 | 0.1% |
| 194th | Iraq | -1.45 | -5.3% |
| 195th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.54 | -6.7% |
| 196th | Myanmar | -1.66 | -7.7% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.72 | -2.5% |
FAQ
What was Korea's control of corruption in 2006?▾
Korea's control of corruption in 2006 was 0.30. This ranked 65th globally.
How did Korea's control of corruption change in 2006?▾
Korea's control of corruption decreased by 49.3% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2006?▾
Denmark had the highest control of corruption in 2006 at 2.46.
What is the control of corruption of Korea in 2006?▾
The control of corruption of Korea in 2006 was 0.30. This ranked 65th globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Korea's control of corruption?▾
Korea's control of corruption went from 0.59 in 2005 to 0.30 in 2006, a 49.3% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2006. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.0%. View full analysis →
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