Moldova - Control of Corruption 2021
-0.47
+0.12 from 2020
Moldova's control of corruption was -0.47 in 2021, increased +0.12 from -0.59 in 2020. This was the 130th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.33 | 4.3% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.24 | 3.1% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 2.17 | 2.5% |
| 4th | Singapore | 2.14 | 1.0% |
| 5th | Norway | 2.11 | 2.1% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.10 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 2.00 | 0.2% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 1.96 | -4.2% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.84 | -9.0% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.78 | -2.3% |
| 11th | Iceland | 1.76 | 5.6% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.71 | 4.6% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.68 | 3.9% |
| 14th | Liechtenstein | 1.67 | -15.0% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.64 | -1.2% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.62 | 5.5% |
| 17th | Canada | 1.62 | 3.2% |
| 18th | Seychelles | 1.60 | 15.2% |
| 19th | Uruguay | 1.59 | 16.2% |
| 20th | Japan | 1.54 | 4.9% |
| 21st | Bhutan | 1.51 | -6.9% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.51 | -4.7% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.46 | 0.7% |
| 24th | France | 1.28 | 14.2% |
| 25th | Andorra | 1.28 | 1.1% |
| 26th | American Samoa | 1.28 | 1.1% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 1.28 | 1.1% |
| 28th | Guam | 1.28 | 1.1% |
| 29th | Monaco | 1.28 | 1.1% |
| 30th | San Marino | 1.28 | 1.1% |
| 31st | Austria | 1.24 | -15.9% |
| 32nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.22 | -2.5% |
| 33rd | Barbados | 1.21 | 1.6% |
| 34th | Bahamas, The | 1.15 | 4.2% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 1.15 | 6.2% |
| 36th | United States | 1.02 | -1.8% |
| 37th | Cabo Verde | 1.02 | 20.1% |
| 38th | Greenland | 1.00 | -0.8% |
| 39th | Chile | 0.96 | -13.5% |
| 40th | Israel | 0.83 | 54.6% |
| 41st | Lithuania | 0.82 | 5.9% |
| 42nd | Macao SAR, China | 0.82 | 6.0% |
| 43rd | Aruba | 0.80 | -33.2% |
| 44th | Qatar | 0.78 | 3.3% |
| 45th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.77 | -3.0% |
| 46th | Portugal | 0.74 | 2.9% |
| 47th | Korea | 0.73 | 5.0% |
| 48th | Latvia | 0.72 | 4.0% |
| 49th | Spain | 0.72 | 0.5% |
| 50th | Slovenia | 0.69 | -10.9% |
| 51st | Botswana | 0.67 | 8.9% |
| 52nd | Tuvalu | 0.66 | 36.6% |
| 53rd | Georgia | 0.66 | 9.9% |
| 54th | Czechia | 0.62 | 10.8% |
| 55th | Nauru | 0.60 | 1.0% |
| 56th | Palau | 0.60 | 1.0% |
| 57th | Samoa | 0.59 | -16.8% |
| 58th | Rwanda | 0.57 | 8.6% |
| 59th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.56 | -35.6% |
| 60th | St. Lucia | 0.56 | 3.2% |
| 61st | Dominica | 0.55 | -1.7% |
| 62nd | Poland | 0.55 | -11.7% |
| 63rd | Italy | 0.52 | 1.5% |
| 64th | Grenada | 0.49 | 38.2% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 0.47 | -28.9% |
| 66th | Cayman Islands | 0.47 | 6.8% |
| 67th | Fiji | 0.44 | -27.7% |
| 68th | Mauritius | 0.44 | 0.3% |
| 69th | Marshall Islands | 0.42 | -10.6% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.41 | 19.2% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 0.37 | 5.6% |
| 72nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.37 | 2,111.6% |
| 73rd | Malta | 0.29 | -14.5% |
| 74th | Saudi Arabia | 0.28 | 17.1% |
| 75th | Kiribati | 0.28 | -39.6% |
| 76th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.23 | 94.0% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.23 | -3.0% |
| 78th | Namibia | 0.22 | -18.0% |
| 79th | Slovak Republic | 0.21 | -49.2% |
| 80th | Greece | 0.18 | 472.8% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 0.15 | -36.0% |
| 82nd | Bahrain | 0.14 | 255.4% |
| 83rd | Oman | 0.06 | -69.4% |
| 84th | Armenia | 0.05 | 1,501.0% |
| 85th | Senegal | 0.04 | 680.0% |
| 86th | Croatia | 0.04 | -78.8% |
| 87th | China | 0.03 | 142.6% |
| 88th | Jordan | 0.03 | -31.9% |
| 89th | Hungary | 0.01 | -82.7% |
| 90th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.00 | -195.5% |
| 91st | Cuba | -0.03 | 78.5% |
| 92nd | South Africa | -0.03 | 42.5% |
| 93rd | Vanuatu | -0.04 | 76.6% |
| 94th | Montenegro | -0.04 | -0.8% |
| 95th | Jamaica | -0.05 | -15.8% |
| 96th | Kuwait | -0.06 | 38.4% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.06 | 37.7% |
| 98th | Timor-Leste | -0.07 | 78.8% |
| 99th | Burkina Faso | -0.08 | 32.5% |
| 100th | Ghana | -0.13 | -0.6% |
| 101st | Solomon Islands | -0.16 | -340.4% |
| 102nd | Benin | -0.17 | -326.5% |
| 103rd | Guyana | -0.19 | -8.2% |
| 104th | Bulgaria | -0.26 | 19.9% |
| 105th | Belarus | -0.26 | -92.6% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | -0.26 | 31.3% |
| 107th | Tunisia | -0.26 | -127.4% |
| 108th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.30 | -87.3% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | -0.31 | 17.7% |
| 110th | Maldives | -0.31 | -10.3% |
| 111th | India | -0.32 | -8.0% |
| 112th | Malawi | -0.32 | 17.8% |
| 113th | Belize | -0.33 | -70.8% |
| 114th | Kosovo | -0.34 | 26.2% |
| 115th | Lesotho | -0.35 | -144.8% |
| 116th | Sri Lanka | -0.36 | -8.0% |
| 117th | Colombia | -0.37 | -44.9% |
| 118th | North Macedonia | -0.38 | 24.0% |
| 119th | Gambia, The | -0.38 | 10.3% |
| 120th | Tanzania | -0.39 | 2.7% |
| 121st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.40 | 28.4% |
| 122nd | Türkiye | -0.41 | -12.9% |
| 123rd | Suriname | -0.42 | 9.2% |
| 124th | Morocco | -0.42 | -2.2% |
| 125th | Argentina | -0.42 | -158.4% |
| 126th | Tonga | -0.43 | -24.8% |
| 127th | Indonesia | -0.45 | 1.1% |
| 128th | Sierra Leone | -0.46 | -15.0% |
| 129th | Serbia | -0.46 | -1.7% |
| 130th | Moldova | -0.47 | 20.0% |
| 131st | Thailand | -0.48 | 1.0% |
| 132nd | Brazil | -0.50 | -16.3% |
| 133rd | Philippines | -0.53 | -3.8% |
| 134th | Mongolia | -0.55 | -11.9% |
| 135th | El Salvador | -0.55 | 4.1% |
| 136th | Nepal | -0.56 | 7.0% |
| 137th | Albania | -0.58 | -0.6% |
| 138th | Niger | -0.58 | 12.4% |
| 139th | Dominican Republic | -0.59 | 21.4% |
| 140th | Panama | -0.59 | -1.3% |
| 141st | Ecuador | -0.59 | -18.0% |
| 142nd | Algeria | -0.64 | 4.6% |
| 143rd | Angola | -0.65 | 30.5% |
| 144th | Peru | -0.65 | -24.6% |
| 145th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.67 | -3.6% |
| 146th | Togo | -0.69 | 5.4% |
| 147th | Eswatini | -0.70 | -138.7% |
| 148th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.71 | 12.9% |
| 149th | Kenya | -0.73 | 16.1% |
| 150th | Zambia | -0.76 | -3.5% |
| 151st | West Bank and Gaza | -0.76 | -32.1% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.77 | -29.1% |
| 153rd | Ukraine | -0.79 | 5.5% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.81 | -6.9% |
| 155th | Pakistan | -0.81 | 5.5% |
| 156th | Uzbekistan | -0.83 | 22.7% |
| 157th | Mozambique | -0.83 | -5.7% |
| 158th | Mauritania | -0.84 | -3.3% |
| 159th | Azerbaijan | -0.85 | 21.4% |
| 160th | Gabon | -0.87 | 2.1% |
| 161st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.88 | -4.6% |
| 162nd | Mali | -0.89 | -10.8% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | -0.92 | 1.0% |
| 164th | Liberia | -0.94 | -3.7% |
| 165th | Madagascar | -0.95 | 5.7% |
| 166th | Bangladesh | -0.99 | 1.7% |
| 167th | Mexico | -1.02 | -10.7% |
| 168th | Guinea | -1.02 | -4.9% |
| 169th | Paraguay | -1.03 | -19.7% |
| 170th | Uganda | -1.03 | 3.5% |
| 171st | Myanmar | -1.05 | -54.2% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | -1.06 | 2.6% |
| 173rd | Honduras | -1.09 | -10.5% |
| 174th | Nigeria | -1.10 | 1.6% |
| 175th | Cameroon | -1.12 | 2.1% |
| 176th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.12 | -0.5% |
| 177th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.15 | -2.3% |
| 178th | Afghanistan | -1.15 | 22.8% |
| 179th | Guatemala | -1.19 | -5.2% |
| 180th | Cambodia | -1.20 | 5.8% |
| 181st | Central African Republic | -1.25 | 3.7% |
| 182nd | Lebanon | -1.25 | -5.9% |
| 183rd | Nicaragua | -1.26 | -6.3% |
| 184th | Eritrea | -1.26 | 6.2% |
| 185th | Iraq | -1.27 | 4.8% |
| 186th | Sudan | -1.28 | 10.1% |
| 187th | Zimbabwe | -1.28 | 2.4% |
| 188th | Comoros | -1.31 | -8.4% |
| 189th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.32 | 3.2% |
| 190th | Tajikistan | -1.35 | -0.7% |
| 191st | Congo, Republic of | -1.39 | 4.7% |
| 192nd | Turkmenistan | -1.44 | -0.4% |
| 193rd | Haiti | -1.44 | -7.1% |
| 194th | Chad | -1.50 | -5.0% |
| 195th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.57 | 1.5% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.58 | -0.1% |
| 197th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.59 | -3.1% |
| 198th | Burundi | -1.60 | -2.3% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.62 | 4.7% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.67 | 2.5% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.80 | -6.3% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.80 | -3.7% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.84 | 5.2% |
FAQ
What was Moldova's control of corruption in 2021?▾
Moldova's control of corruption in 2021 was -0.47. This ranked 130th globally.
How did Moldova's control of corruption change in 2021?▾
Moldova's control of corruption increased by 20.0% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2021?▾
Denmark had the highest control of corruption in 2021 at 2.33.
What is the control of corruption of Moldova in 2021?▾
The control of corruption of Moldova in 2021 was -0.47. This ranked 130th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Moldova's control of corruption?▾
Moldova's control of corruption went from -0.59 in 2020 to -0.47 in 2021, a 20.0% increase.
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