Puerto Rico (US) - Control of Corruption 2020
-0.02
+0.01 from 2019
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption was -0.02 in 2020, increased +0.01 from -0.02 in 2019. This was the 89th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.24 | 5.4% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.17 | 2.7% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 2.12 | -0.1% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 2.12 | -0.7% |
| 5th | Sweden | 2.09 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Norway | 2.07 | 1.6% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 2.05 | 5.2% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 2.02 | -2.4% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 2.00 | 7.1% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.96 | 2.0% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.83 | -2.1% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.67 | -0.2% |
| 13th | United Kingdom | 1.66 | -5.1% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.63 | -8.7% |
| 15th | Bhutan | 1.62 | 2.9% |
| 16th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.62 | -2.2% |
| 17th | Estonia | 1.58 | 3.6% |
| 18th | Canada | 1.57 | -9.5% |
| 19th | Ireland | 1.54 | 5.2% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.48 | -2.9% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.46 | 2.3% |
| 22nd | Belgium | 1.45 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Seychelles | 1.39 | 18.1% |
| 24th | Uruguay | 1.36 | 14.2% |
| 25th | Andorra | 1.27 | 7.6% |
| 26th | American Samoa | 1.27 | -28.9% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 1.27 | 7.6% |
| 28th | Guam | 1.27 | 7.6% |
| 29th | Monaco | 1.27 | -28.9% |
| 30th | San Marino | 1.27 | 7.6% |
| 31st | Brunei Darussalam | 1.25 | 62.5% |
| 32nd | Aruba | 1.20 | 2.1% |
| 33rd | Barbados | 1.19 | 3.0% |
| 34th | France | 1.12 | -10.1% |
| 35th | Bahamas, The | 1.11 | 0.4% |
| 36th | Chile | 1.11 | 13.0% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 1.08 | 1.0% |
| 38th | United States | 1.04 | -12.1% |
| 39th | Greenland | 1.01 | -9.2% |
| 40th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.87 | 23.1% |
| 41st | Cabo Verde | 0.85 | -0.6% |
| 42nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.80 | 4.9% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 0.78 | 16.8% |
| 44th | Slovenia | 0.78 | -12.5% |
| 45th | Macao SAR, China | 0.77 | 15.6% |
| 46th | Qatar | 0.75 | -7.6% |
| 47th | Portugal | 0.72 | -3.3% |
| 48th | Samoa | 0.71 | 9.9% |
| 49th | Spain | 0.71 | 6.8% |
| 50th | Korea | 0.70 | -0.9% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.69 | 44.3% |
| 52nd | Costa Rica | 0.66 | 5.5% |
| 53rd | Poland | 0.62 | 1.3% |
| 54th | Fiji | 0.61 | -10.9% |
| 55th | Botswana | 0.61 | -10.9% |
| 56th | Georgia | 0.60 | -16.1% |
| 57th | Nauru | 0.60 | 13.0% |
| 58th | Palau | 0.60 | 13.0% |
| 59th | Dominica | 0.56 | 6.7% |
| 60th | Czechia | 0.56 | 4.1% |
| 61st | St. Lucia | 0.54 | -3.1% |
| 62nd | Israel | 0.54 | -30.7% |
| 63rd | Rwanda | 0.53 | 1.2% |
| 64th | Italy | 0.51 | 117.8% |
| 65th | Tuvalu | 0.48 | 25.0% |
| 66th | Kiribati | 0.47 | 26.8% |
| 67th | Marshall Islands | 0.47 | 26.8% |
| 68th | Mauritius | 0.44 | 109.6% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 0.44 | 2.5% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 0.42 | 121.2% |
| 71st | Grenada | 0.36 | 5.8% |
| 72nd | Cyprus | 0.35 | -41.6% |
| 73rd | Malta | 0.34 | 63.1% |
| 74th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.34 | -1.6% |
| 75th | Namibia | 0.27 | -14.0% |
| 76th | Saudi Arabia | 0.24 | -2.1% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.24 | -0.2% |
| 78th | Malaysia | 0.23 | -1.9% |
| 79th | Oman | 0.20 | -51.7% |
| 80th | Croatia | 0.18 | 237.7% |
| 81st | São Tomé and Principe | 0.12 | -10.3% |
| 82nd | Hungary | 0.07 | 125.1% |
| 83rd | Solomon Islands | 0.07 | 234.9% |
| 84th | Jordan | 0.04 | -51.5% |
| 85th | Greece | 0.03 | 133.2% |
| 86th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.00 | -100.2% |
| 87th | Armenia | 0.00 | 98.5% |
| 88th | Senegal | -0.01 | -104.2% |
| 89th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.02 | 22.4% |
| 90th | Benin | -0.04 | 87.9% |
| 91st | Montenegro | -0.04 | -44.8% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | -0.05 | 59.7% |
| 93rd | South Africa | -0.06 | -90.1% |
| 94th | China | -0.07 | 77.3% |
| 95th | Kuwait | -0.09 | 42.8% |
| 96th | Bahrain | -0.09 | -144.3% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.10 | 58.4% |
| 98th | Tunisia | -0.12 | 17.4% |
| 99th | Burkina Faso | -0.12 | 44.3% |
| 100th | Ghana | -0.13 | -17.1% |
| 101st | Belarus | -0.13 | -2,045.8% |
| 102nd | Lesotho | -0.14 | -15.0% |
| 103rd | Cuba | -0.15 | -1,134.7% |
| 104th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.16 | 37.6% |
| 105th | Argentina | -0.16 | -52.7% |
| 106th | Vanuatu | -0.17 | 40.4% |
| 107th | Guyana | -0.17 | -21.4% |
| 108th | Belize | -0.19 | -1.0% |
| 109th | Colombia | -0.25 | 11.0% |
| 110th | Maldives | -0.29 | -27.5% |
| 111th | Eswatini | -0.29 | 10.2% |
| 112th | India | -0.29 | 3.0% |
| 113th | Bulgaria | -0.32 | -77.9% |
| 114th | Sri Lanka | -0.33 | -8.7% |
| 115th | Timor-Leste | -0.34 | 15.3% |
| 116th | Tonga | -0.34 | -4.2% |
| 117th | Türkiye | -0.36 | -11.0% |
| 118th | Viet Nam | -0.37 | 31.4% |
| 119th | Kazakhstan | -0.38 | -32.2% |
| 120th | Malawi | -0.39 | 50.0% |
| 121st | Sierra Leone | -0.40 | 15.9% |
| 122nd | Tanzania | -0.41 | 3.5% |
| 123rd | Morocco | -0.41 | -22.8% |
| 124th | Gambia, The | -0.42 | -4.3% |
| 125th | Brazil | -0.43 | -5.2% |
| 126th | Serbia | -0.45 | -0.3% |
| 127th | Indonesia | -0.45 | 3.9% |
| 128th | Suriname | -0.46 | -9.7% |
| 129th | Kosovo | -0.46 | 14.5% |
| 130th | Thailand | -0.48 | -2.5% |
| 131st | North Macedonia | -0.49 | -8.2% |
| 132nd | Mongolia | -0.49 | -8.6% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | -0.50 | 1.0% |
| 134th | Philippines | -0.51 | 15.8% |
| 135th | Peru | -0.52 | -3.0% |
| 136th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.55 | 2.1% |
| 137th | Albania | -0.57 | -1.6% |
| 138th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.58 | -62.9% |
| 139th | El Salvador | -0.58 | -7.4% |
| 140th | Panama | -0.58 | 9.3% |
| 141st | Moldova | -0.59 | 9.8% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.60 | 40.5% |
| 143rd | Nepal | -0.60 | 13.4% |
| 144th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.64 | 0.6% |
| 145th | Niger | -0.66 | -16.7% |
| 146th | Algeria | -0.67 | -1.6% |
| 147th | Myanmar | -0.68 | -5.4% |
| 148th | Togo | -0.73 | 2.1% |
| 149th | Zambia | -0.73 | -8.9% |
| 150th | Dominican Republic | -0.75 | 10.5% |
| 151st | Djibouti | -0.75 | 14.5% |
| 152nd | Mozambique | -0.79 | 9.7% |
| 153rd | Mali | -0.80 | -13.7% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.81 | -23.7% |
| 155th | Mauritania | -0.82 | 5.9% |
| 156th | Ukraine | -0.83 | -4.0% |
| 157th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.84 | -8.1% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -0.86 | 2.6% |
| 159th | Paraguay | -0.86 | 4.0% |
| 160th | Kenya | -0.88 | -8.6% |
| 161st | Gabon | -0.89 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Liberia | -0.90 | 1.5% |
| 163rd | Mexico | -0.92 | -0.5% |
| 164th | Russian Federation | -0.93 | -13.2% |
| 165th | Angola | -0.94 | 11.3% |
| 166th | Guinea | -0.97 | -6.4% |
| 167th | Honduras | -0.99 | -12.8% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | -1.00 | 1.3% |
| 169th | Madagascar | -1.01 | 4.0% |
| 170th | Uganda | -1.07 | 9.2% |
| 171st | Uzbekistan | -1.07 | -2.5% |
| 172nd | Azerbaijan | -1.08 | -26.9% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | -1.08 | -0.6% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.11 | -3.7% |
| 175th | Nigeria | -1.12 | -0.5% |
| 176th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.12 | -17.1% |
| 177th | Guatemala | -1.13 | -23.9% |
| 178th | Cameroon | -1.14 | 6.4% |
| 179th | Lebanon | -1.18 | -0.9% |
| 180th | Nicaragua | -1.18 | -14.4% |
| 181st | Comoros | -1.21 | -14.2% |
| 182nd | Cambodia | -1.27 | 3.9% |
| 183rd | Central African Republic | -1.30 | -4.9% |
| 184th | Zimbabwe | -1.31 | -1.4% |
| 185th | Iraq | -1.33 | 4.0% |
| 186th | Eritrea | -1.34 | 4.8% |
| 187th | Tajikistan | -1.35 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Haiti | -1.35 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.36 | 9.0% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.42 | -1.1% |
| 191st | Chad | -1.43 | -0.5% |
| 192nd | Turkmenistan | -1.43 | -2.9% |
| 193rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.46 | -1.7% |
| 194th | Afghanistan | -1.49 | -5.2% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.54 | 1.6% |
| 196th | Burundi | -1.56 | -4.4% |
| 197th | Libya | -1.58 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.59 | -2.4% |
| 199th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.69 | 2.0% |
| 200th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.70 | -5.8% |
| 201st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.71 | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.74 | -1.6% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.94 | -7.6% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption in 2020?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption in 2020 was -0.02. This ranked 89th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption change in 2020?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption increased by 22.4% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2020?▾
Denmark had the highest control of corruption in 2020 at 2.24.
What is the control of corruption of Puerto Rico (US) in 2020?▾
The control of corruption of Puerto Rico (US) in 2020 was -0.02. This ranked 89th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s control of corruption went from -0.02 in 2019 to -0.02 in 2020, a 22.4% increase.
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