Puerto Rico (US) - Control of Corruption 2017
0.10
+0.11 from 2016
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption was 0.10 in 2017, increased +0.11 from -0.01 in 2016. This was the 82nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | New Zealand | 2.20 | -1.8% |
| 2nd | Norway | 2.19 | 1.9% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 2.19 | -0.6% |
| 4th | Finland | 2.16 | -1.1% |
| 5th | Sweden | 2.10 | -0.3% |
| 6th | Singapore | 2.09 | 2.3% |
| 7th | Liechtenstein | 2.00 | 0.8% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 1.95 | 0.1% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.94 | -5.3% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.88 | -3.2% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | 1.81 | -2.0% |
| 12th | Germany | 1.80 | 0.9% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.79 | -5.7% |
| 14th | American Samoa | 1.76 | 52.0% |
| 15th | Monaco | 1.76 | 1.3% |
| 16th | Australia | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 17th | Netherlands | 1.75 | -6.1% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.57 | 3.6% |
| 19th | Ireland | 1.53 | -7.3% |
| 20th | Bhutan | 1.53 | 40.0% |
| 21st | Austria | 1.50 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.48 | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.40 | -8.3% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.38 | 13.4% |
| 25th | United States | 1.34 | 0.7% |
| 26th | Uruguay | 1.25 | 0.5% |
| 27th | Aruba | 1.24 | 0.6% |
| 28th | France | 1.22 | -7.8% |
| 29th | Estonia | 1.20 | -2.3% |
| 30th | Andorra | 1.17 | 1.1% |
| 31st | Bermuda | 1.17 | 1.1% |
| 32nd | Guam | 1.17 | 1.1% |
| 33rd | San Marino | 1.17 | 1.1% |
| 34th | Greenland | 1.15 | 1.5% |
| 35th | Bahamas, The | 1.13 | 6.4% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 1.10 | -3.2% |
| 37th | Chile | 1.00 | -2.1% |
| 38th | Seychelles | 0.85 | -22.9% |
| 39th | Portugal | 0.82 | -4.4% |
| 40th | Cabo Verde | 0.80 | -5.6% |
| 41st | Israel | 0.79 | -31.1% |
| 42nd | Slovenia | 0.78 | -1.0% |
| 43rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.77 | 8.9% |
| 44th | Marshall Islands | 0.77 | 8.9% |
| 45th | Georgia | 0.76 | 6.4% |
| 46th | Cyprus | 0.75 | -5.4% |
| 47th | Botswana | 0.71 | -17.8% |
| 48th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.71 | 4.7% |
| 49th | Malta | 0.70 | 2.9% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.70 | -19.1% |
| 51st | Poland | 0.70 | -8.0% |
| 52nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.68 | 27.2% |
| 53rd | Samoa | 0.66 | 119.4% |
| 54th | Fiji | 0.64 | 90.4% |
| 55th | Dominica | 0.63 | 1.7% |
| 56th | Rwanda | 0.61 | -2.1% |
| 57th | Macao SAR, China | 0.59 | -25.0% |
| 58th | St. Lucia | 0.58 | -8.9% |
| 59th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.58 | 0.4% |
| 60th | Czechia | 0.57 | 2.2% |
| 61st | Nauru | 0.56 | -3.5% |
| 62nd | Palau | 0.56 | -3.5% |
| 63rd | Lithuania | 0.52 | -23.3% |
| 64th | Spain | 0.51 | -10.4% |
| 65th | Latvia | 0.50 | 26.6% |
| 66th | Cayman Islands | 0.48 | -0.2% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.46 | 0.5% |
| 68th | Grenada | 0.46 | -18.0% |
| 69th | Korea | 0.45 | 6.0% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 0.43 | -36.3% |
| 71st | Kiribati | 0.41 | 42.7% |
| 72nd | Saudi Arabia | 0.33 | 67.1% |
| 73rd | Namibia | 0.26 | -6.8% |
| 74th | Cuba | 0.23 | 71.6% |
| 75th | Jordan | 0.23 | -9.4% |
| 76th | Oman | 0.21 | -29.7% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.20 | -69.3% |
| 78th | Italy | 0.18 | 114.9% |
| 79th | Mauritius | 0.16 | 46.6% |
| 80th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.15 | 282.0% |
| 81st | Slovak Republic | 0.10 | -35.9% |
| 82nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.10 | 1,120.6% |
| 83rd | Solomon Islands | 0.09 | 126.0% |
| 84th | Hungary | 0.09 | 25.6% |
| 85th | Tuvalu | 0.07 | 24.1% |
| 86th | Croatia | 0.06 | -61.7% |
| 87th | Vanuatu | 0.00 | 103.2% |
| 88th | Malaysia | -0.01 | -122.2% |
| 89th | Lesotho | -0.06 | -12.6% |
| 90th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.06 | 66.8% |
| 91st | Eswatini | -0.07 | 68.7% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | -0.08 | -3.5% |
| 93rd | Greece | -0.11 | 16.7% |
| 94th | Senegal | -0.11 | -370.9% |
| 95th | South Africa | -0.13 | -850.4% |
| 96th | Burkina Faso | -0.14 | 18.3% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.14 | 20.8% |
| 98th | Tunisia | -0.16 | 2.2% |
| 99th | Bahrain | -0.17 | -259.9% |
| 100th | Tonga | -0.18 | 60.5% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.20 | 24.7% |
| 102nd | Morocco | -0.20 | -4.5% |
| 103rd | Suriname | -0.21 | 38.8% |
| 104th | Türkiye | -0.21 | -4.8% |
| 105th | Jamaica | -0.22 | -7.4% |
| 106th | Belarus | -0.24 | -7.8% |
| 107th | Ghana | -0.25 | -44.4% |
| 108th | China | -0.29 | -8.8% |
| 109th | India | -0.29 | 13.5% |
| 110th | Indonesia | -0.31 | 34.1% |
| 111th | Belize | -0.31 | -32.9% |
| 112th | Argentina | -0.31 | -3.3% |
| 113th | North Macedonia | -0.33 | -10.3% |
| 114th | Kuwait | -0.36 | -20.7% |
| 115th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.39 | -29.6% |
| 116th | Colombia | -0.43 | -11.8% |
| 117th | Serbia | -0.44 | -13.7% |
| 118th | Thailand | -0.45 | 1.2% |
| 119th | Mongolia | -0.48 | 6.7% |
| 120th | Albania | -0.48 | -1.9% |
| 121st | Tanzania | -0.49 | 8.4% |
| 122nd | Sri Lanka | -0.49 | -45.7% |
| 123rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.50 | 16.1% |
| 124th | Philippines | -0.51 | 2.3% |
| 125th | Kosovo | -0.53 | -20.2% |
| 126th | Guyana | -0.53 | -52.6% |
| 127th | El Salvador | -0.53 | 3.9% |
| 128th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.55 | 0.9% |
| 129th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.55 | -13.9% |
| 130th | Brazil | -0.56 | -25.5% |
| 131st | Peru | -0.56 | -30.7% |
| 132nd | Timor-Leste | -0.57 | -5.2% |
| 133rd | Zambia | -0.57 | -32.8% |
| 134th | Benin | -0.58 | -9.0% |
| 135th | Sierra Leone | -0.59 | 29.8% |
| 136th | Myanmar | -0.59 | 8.0% |
| 137th | Algeria | -0.60 | 11.1% |
| 138th | Panama | -0.61 | -6.9% |
| 139th | Ecuador | -0.63 | 8.0% |
| 140th | Viet Nam | -0.63 | -28.3% |
| 141st | Armenia | -0.64 | 3.5% |
| 142nd | Gambia, The | -0.66 | 22.7% |
| 143rd | Mali | -0.67 | 1.8% |
| 144th | Djibouti | -0.67 | 2.7% |
| 145th | Liberia | -0.69 | 7.6% |
| 146th | Malawi | -0.69 | 12.4% |
| 147th | Niger | -0.69 | -3.2% |
| 148th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.70 | 9.5% |
| 149th | Comoros | -0.71 | -0.5% |
| 150th | Togo | -0.74 | -3.8% |
| 151st | Honduras | -0.74 | -8.7% |
| 152nd | Maldives | -0.74 | -26.1% |
| 153rd | Paraguay | -0.75 | 1.6% |
| 154th | Mauritania | -0.77 | -1.4% |
| 155th | Nepal | -0.78 | 6.2% |
| 156th | Guatemala | -0.79 | 0.5% |
| 157th | Dominican Republic | -0.79 | 2.8% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -0.80 | 10.9% |
| 159th | Ukraine | -0.83 | 4.1% |
| 160th | Moldova | -0.83 | 15.7% |
| 161st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.84 | -13.4% |
| 162nd | Kazakhstan | -0.84 | -0.9% |
| 163rd | Gabon | -0.84 | -11.0% |
| 164th | Mozambique | -0.86 | 5.0% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | -0.86 | 3.3% |
| 166th | Nicaragua | -0.90 | 0.2% |
| 167th | Azerbaijan | -0.91 | -6.3% |
| 168th | Papua New Guinea | -0.91 | 3.2% |
| 169th | Russian Federation | -0.91 | -9.1% |
| 170th | Mexico | -0.95 | -12.0% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | -0.97 | 2.1% |
| 172nd | Kenya | -0.97 | -6.6% |
| 173rd | Lebanon | -1.03 | -3.8% |
| 174th | Guinea | -1.04 | -9.6% |
| 175th | Uganda | -1.07 | 1.6% |
| 176th | Madagascar | -1.07 | -14.9% |
| 177th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.08 | 2.5% |
| 178th | Nigeria | -1.10 | -5.2% |
| 179th | Uzbekistan | -1.19 | 1.1% |
| 180th | Central African Republic | -1.20 | 8.2% |
| 181st | Cameroon | -1.23 | -3.9% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | -1.23 | 8.4% |
| 183rd | Haiti | -1.26 | 7.1% |
| 184th | Zimbabwe | -1.30 | -0.7% |
| 185th | Cambodia | -1.32 | -1.1% |
| 186th | Burundi | -1.32 | -3.1% |
| 187th | Tajikistan | -1.35 | -15.8% |
| 188th | Congo, Republic of | -1.37 | -11.4% |
| 189th | Turkmenistan | -1.37 | 1.9% |
| 190th | Iraq | -1.43 | 2.1% |
| 191st | Angola | -1.45 | 2.6% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.45 | -5.7% |
| 193rd | Chad | -1.46 | 3.7% |
| 194th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.50 | -2.7% |
| 195th | Afghanistan | -1.53 | 0.7% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.56 | 1.3% |
| 197th | Sudan | -1.56 | 0.1% |
| 198th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.58 | 0.6% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.60 | -0.6% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.62 | 4.7% |
| 201st | Equatorial Guinea | -1.65 | -2.7% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.74 | -3.0% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.75 | 0.6% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption in 2017?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption in 2017 was 0.10. This ranked 82nd globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption change in 2017?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption increased by 1,120.6% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2017?▾
New Zealand had the highest control of corruption in 2017 at 2.20.
What is the control of corruption of Puerto Rico (US) in 2017?▾
The control of corruption of Puerto Rico (US) in 2017 was 0.10. This ranked 82nd globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption went from -0.01 in 2016 to 0.10 in 2017, a 1,120.6% increase.
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