Korea - Control of Corruption 2022
0.75
+0.02 from 2021
Korea's control of corruption was 0.75 in 2022, increased +0.02 from 0.73 in 2021. This was the 46th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.40 | 3.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.25 | 0.4% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 2.16 | -0.3% |
| 4th | Singapore | 2.09 | -2.1% |
| 5th | Norway | 2.07 | -1.9% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.06 | -1.8% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 2.01 | 2.6% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.92 | -4.3% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.88 | 2.3% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.82 | 2.0% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.76 | 3.3% |
| 12th | Liechtenstein | 1.71 | 3.0% |
| 13th | Seychelles | 1.70 | 6.1% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.67 | 3.4% |
| 15th | Canada | 1.66 | 2.6% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 1.62 | -1.2% |
| 17th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.61 | -4.1% |
| 18th | Uruguay | 1.61 | 1.5% |
| 19th | Iceland | 1.57 | -10.9% |
| 20th | Estonia | 1.54 | 2.5% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.54 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Bhutan | 1.51 | 0.5% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.49 | 2.7% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.28 | 5.9% |
| 25th | Andorra | 1.27 | -0.7% |
| 26th | American Samoa | 1.27 | -0.7% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 1.27 | -0.7% |
| 28th | Guam | 1.27 | -0.7% |
| 29th | Monaco | 1.27 | -0.7% |
| 30th | San Marino | 1.27 | -0.7% |
| 31st | France | 1.26 | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Austria | 1.26 | 1.3% |
| 33rd | Bahamas, The | 1.26 | 9.0% |
| 34th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.18 | -3.4% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 1.16 | 0.5% |
| 36th | United States | 1.10 | 8.3% |
| 37th | Greenland | 1.03 | 2.7% |
| 38th | Chile | 0.97 | 1.2% |
| 39th | Cabo Verde | 0.96 | -5.6% |
| 40th | Macao SAR, China | 0.87 | 6.5% |
| 41st | Qatar | 0.80 | 3.1% |
| 42nd | Israel | 0.78 | -5.8% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 0.77 | 10.7% |
| 44th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.76 | -2.3% |
| 45th | Aruba | 0.76 | -5.6% |
| 46th | Korea | 0.75 | 2.1% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 0.75 | -9.4% |
| 48th | Portugal | 0.73 | -1.8% |
| 49th | Latvia | 0.69 | -3.7% |
| 50th | Spain | 0.69 | -4.2% |
| 51st | Czechia | 0.66 | 7.8% |
| 52nd | Botswana | 0.66 | -0.5% |
| 53rd | Tuvalu | 0.65 | -1.4% |
| 54th | Georgia | 0.62 | -6.2% |
| 55th | Nauru | 0.60 | -0.5% |
| 56th | Palau | 0.60 | -0.5% |
| 57th | St. Lucia | 0.58 | 3.9% |
| 58th | Rwanda | 0.56 | -2.0% |
| 59th | Samoa | 0.55 | -6.5% |
| 60th | Dominica | 0.54 | -1.4% |
| 61st | Italy | 0.53 | 2.1% |
| 62nd | Poland | 0.51 | -7.2% |
| 63rd | Grenada | 0.48 | -2.1% |
| 64th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.48 | -14.2% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 0.47 | -0.9% |
| 66th | Cayman Islands | 0.46 | -2.3% |
| 67th | Cyprus | 0.42 | 14.1% |
| 68th | Mauritius | 0.42 | -5.0% |
| 69th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.39 | -4.0% |
| 70th | Fiji | 0.39 | -12.3% |
| 71st | Marshall Islands | 0.39 | -7.6% |
| 72nd | Saudi Arabia | 0.36 | 26.3% |
| 73rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.31 | 34.0% |
| 74th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.31 | 31.3% |
| 75th | Malaysia | 0.25 | 70.2% |
| 76th | Malta | 0.24 | -18.5% |
| 77th | Kiribati | 0.24 | -16.2% |
| 78th | Namibia | 0.22 | -2.3% |
| 79th | Slovak Republic | 0.21 | 1.2% |
| 80th | Croatia | 0.15 | 293.8% |
| 81st | Bahrain | 0.14 | -3.4% |
| 82nd | Kuwait | 0.13 | 326.4% |
| 83rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.11 | -69.2% |
| 84th | Jordan | 0.07 | 174.8% |
| 85th | Oman | 0.05 | -15.4% |
| 86th | Greece | 0.04 | -79.5% |
| 87th | Armenia | 0.03 | -42.7% |
| 88th | Romania | 0.02 | 126.9% |
| 89th | China | 0.02 | -46.9% |
| 90th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.01 | -50.9% |
| 91st | Senegal | -0.01 | -131.1% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | -0.02 | 56.1% |
| 93rd | Vanuatu | -0.03 | 28.0% |
| 94th | Ghana | -0.06 | 49.7% |
| 95th | Cuba | -0.07 | -108.8% |
| 96th | Benin | -0.09 | 47.3% |
| 97th | Hungary | -0.10 | -963.8% |
| 98th | Burkina Faso | -0.11 | -35.3% |
| 99th | Montenegro | -0.12 | -169.3% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | -0.16 | 38.7% |
| 101st | Solomon Islands | -0.18 | -12.5% |
| 102nd | Kazakhstan | -0.19 | 28.6% |
| 103rd | Belize | -0.24 | 28.2% |
| 104th | Kosovo | -0.26 | 22.7% |
| 105th | Timor-Leste | -0.27 | -269.7% |
| 106th | Gambia, The | -0.28 | 27.7% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | -0.29 | 6.8% |
| 108th | Guyana | -0.30 | -57.8% |
| 109th | Tunisia | -0.30 | -14.3% |
| 110th | India | -0.32 | -1.6% |
| 111th | North Macedonia | -0.32 | 13.7% |
| 112th | South Africa | -0.33 | -866.1% |
| 113th | Maldives | -0.33 | -5.7% |
| 114th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.34 | 14.3% |
| 115th | Moldova | -0.34 | 27.1% |
| 116th | Tanzania | -0.35 | 10.1% |
| 117th | Colombia | -0.36 | 1.1% |
| 118th | Lesotho | -0.37 | -6.8% |
| 119th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.38 | -26.6% |
| 120th | Sri Lanka | -0.38 | -7.4% |
| 121st | Morocco | -0.39 | 7.5% |
| 122nd | Suriname | -0.40 | 3.3% |
| 123rd | Albania | -0.41 | 29.3% |
| 124th | Tonga | -0.42 | 2.0% |
| 125th | Indonesia | -0.44 | 3.2% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | -0.44 | 25.5% |
| 127th | Argentina | -0.45 | -5.8% |
| 128th | Thailand | -0.45 | 5.5% |
| 129th | Serbia | -0.46 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Türkiye | -0.47 | -14.7% |
| 131st | Zambia | -0.50 | 33.4% |
| 132nd | Nepal | -0.53 | 4.3% |
| 133rd | Philippines | -0.54 | -2.1% |
| 134th | Sierra Leone | -0.56 | -22.9% |
| 135th | Mongolia | -0.56 | -1.4% |
| 136th | Brazil | -0.57 | -13.4% |
| 137th | Belarus | -0.58 | -124.2% |
| 138th | Niger | -0.58 | -0.7% |
| 139th | Malawi | -0.61 | -88.8% |
| 140th | Angola | -0.61 | 5.7% |
| 141st | Ecuador | -0.63 | -6.0% |
| 142nd | Ukraine | -0.63 | 19.5% |
| 143rd | Panama | -0.63 | -7.3% |
| 144th | Togo | -0.64 | 7.7% |
| 145th | Algeria | -0.64 | -0.3% |
| 146th | El Salvador | -0.64 | -16.0% |
| 147th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.68 | 3.8% |
| 148th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.68 | -2.7% |
| 149th | Papua New Guinea | -0.70 | 9.6% |
| 150th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.70 | 7.7% |
| 151st | Eswatini | -0.73 | -4.1% |
| 152nd | Uzbekistan | -0.76 | 8.7% |
| 153rd | Kenya | -0.76 | -3.4% |
| 154th | Mauritania | -0.79 | 6.1% |
| 155th | Djibouti | -0.79 | 1.5% |
| 156th | Pakistan | -0.80 | 0.8% |
| 157th | Peru | -0.81 | -23.6% |
| 158th | Mozambique | -0.84 | -0.4% |
| 159th | Mali | -0.84 | 4.8% |
| 160th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.89 | -0.7% |
| 161st | Liberia | -0.93 | 1.3% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | -0.97 | 8.5% |
| 163rd | Madagascar | -0.97 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Guinea | -0.97 | 4.8% |
| 165th | Russian Federation | -0.98 | -6.4% |
| 166th | Honduras | -1.00 | 8.2% |
| 167th | Mexico | -1.01 | 0.8% |
| 168th | Azerbaijan | -1.04 | -22.8% |
| 169th | Gabon | -1.04 | -20.2% |
| 170th | Uganda | -1.06 | -3.2% |
| 171st | Bangladesh | -1.08 | -9.0% |
| 172nd | Paraguay | -1.09 | -6.2% |
| 173rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.13 | -0.9% |
| 174th | Lebanon | -1.13 | 9.7% |
| 175th | Nigeria | -1.13 | -2.6% |
| 176th | Cameroon | -1.13 | -1.2% |
| 177th | Myanmar | -1.15 | -9.9% |
| 178th | Afghanistan | -1.18 | -2.7% |
| 179th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.19 | 10.2% |
| 180th | Guatemala | -1.21 | -1.5% |
| 181st | Iraq | -1.21 | 4.4% |
| 182nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.23 | -6.9% |
| 183rd | Cambodia | -1.24 | -3.6% |
| 184th | Comoros | -1.24 | 5.0% |
| 185th | Central African Republic | -1.25 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Zimbabwe | -1.26 | 1.3% |
| 187th | Eritrea | -1.28 | -2.0% |
| 188th | Nicaragua | -1.29 | -2.6% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | -1.36 | 2.3% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.41 | -10.8% |
| 191st | Tajikistan | -1.43 | -5.9% |
| 192nd | Turkmenistan | -1.44 | 0.2% |
| 193rd | Haiti | -1.46 | -1.2% |
| 194th | Chad | -1.49 | 0.5% |
| 195th | Burundi | -1.52 | 5.1% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.53 | 3.7% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.54 | 1.6% |
| 198th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.60 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.61 | 1.0% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.68 | -0.7% |
| 201st | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.78 | 1.3% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.79 | 0.2% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.86 | -1.0% |
FAQ
What was Korea's control of corruption in 2022?▾
Korea's control of corruption in 2022 was 0.75. This ranked 46th globally.
How did Korea's control of corruption change in 2022?▾
Korea's control of corruption increased by 2.1% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2022?▾
Denmark had the highest control of corruption in 2022 at 2.40.
What is the control of corruption of Korea in 2022?▾
The control of corruption of Korea in 2022 was 0.75. This ranked 46th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Korea's control of corruption?▾
Korea's control of corruption went from 0.73 in 2021 to 0.75 in 2022, a 2.1% increase.
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