Control of Corruption - Ranking 2008
Year
In 2008, Denmark (2.38), Iceland (2.33), and Finland (2.32) ranked highest in control of corruption among all countries. Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranked lowest at -1.85.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.38 | -2.4% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 2.33 | +5.9% |
| 3rd | Finland | 2.32 | -2.9% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 2.30 | -0.9% |
| 5th | Singapore | 2.23 | +0.0% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.21 | -1.0% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 2.11 | -1.5% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 2.10 | -2.6% |
| 9th | Australia | 2.03 | +1.3% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.99 | -0.2% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.96 | -0.2% |
| 12th | Norway | 1.89 | -4.6% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.89 | -1.1% |
| 14th | Austria | 1.83 | -8.7% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.75 | +1.1% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.74 | -0.2% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.67 | -3.7% |
| 18th | United States | 1.44 | +4.4% |
| 19th | France | 1.40 | -4.2% |
| 20th | Belgium | 1.36 | +1.1% |
| 21st | Barbados | 1.36 | -3.1% |
| 22nd | Uruguay | 1.35 | +5.1% |
| 23rd | Bahamas, The | 1.33 | +0.2% |
| 24th | Japan | 1.32 | +7.6% |
| 25th | Chile | 1.32 | -2.0% |
| 26th | St. Lucia | 1.31 | +11.5% |
| 27th | Aruba | 1.28 | +1.2% |
| 28th | Andorra | 1.28 | +1.2% |
| 29th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.28 | +11.3% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 1.28 | +1.2% |
| 31st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.28 | +11.3% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 1.19 | +11.2% |
| 33rd | Spain | 1.18 | +9.2% |
| 34th | Liechtenstein | 1.18 | +8.3% |
| 35th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.13 | +14.0% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 1.07 | +6.5% |
| 37th | Portugal | 1.06 | +3.0% |
| 38th | Botswana | 1.02 | +2.9% |
| 39th | Malta | 0.99 | -2.8% |
| 40th | Estonia | 0.95 | -1.6% |
| 41st | Slovenia | 0.94 | -7.0% |
| 42nd | Qatar | 0.93 | +39.0% |
| 43rd | Bhutan | 0.91 | -1.8% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 0.90 | -2.0% |
| 45th | Israel | 0.88 | +4.9% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 0.80 | -36.8% |
| 47th | Guam | 0.80 | +1.6% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.80 | +1.6% |
| 49th | Dominica | 0.79 | +12.1% |
| 50th | Namibia | 0.64 | +105.7% |
| 51st | Seychelles | 0.56 | +67.4% |
| 52nd | Oman | 0.51 | +46.9% |
| 53rd | Costa Rica | 0.49 | +7.9% |
| 54th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.48 | +130.6% |
| 55th | Poland | 0.45 | +59.5% |
| 56th | Mauritius | 0.44 | +25.4% |
| 57th | Hungary | 0.43 | -27.1% |
| 58th | Macao SAR, China | 0.43 | -3.8% |
| 59th | Korea | 0.43 | -25.3% |
| 60th | Kuwait | 0.41 | +12.9% |
| 61st | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.41 | +0.5% |
| 62nd | Jordan | 0.38 | +32.3% |
| 63rd | Grenada | 0.38 | -15.0% |
| 64th | Vanuatu | 0.36 | +30.8% |
| 65th | Czechia | 0.34 | +7.0% |
| 66th | American Samoa | 0.32 | +3.1% |
| 67th | Slovak Republic | 0.31 | +5.2% |
| 68th | Cuba | 0.26 | -12.7% |
| 69th | Italy | 0.26 | -20.7% |
| 70th | Samoa | 0.26 | -14.2% |
| 71st | Latvia | 0.23 | -32.0% |
| 72nd | Bahrain | 0.18 | +3.6% |
| 73rd | South Africa | 0.15 | -22.2% |
| 74th | Greece | 0.13 | -51.6% |
| 75th | Türkiye | 0.12 | +2.5% |
| 76th | Lithuania | 0.11 | +9.1% |
| 77th | Rwanda | 0.11 | +1,439.3% |
| 78th | Fiji | 0.10 | -19.0% |
| 79th | Lesotho | 0.06 | +206.3% |
| 80th | Kiribati | 0.04 | -72.6% |
| 81st | Eswatini | 0.04 | +180.3% |
| 82nd | Brazil | 0.00 | +104.1% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | -0.01 | +91.3% |
| 84th | Suriname | -0.03 | -124.5% |
| 85th | Croatia | -0.05 | -185.5% |
| 86th | Ghana | -0.08 | -303.0% |
| 87th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.08 | -61.5% |
| 88th | Malaysia | -0.09 | -154.3% |
| 89th | Panama | -0.10 | +70.2% |
| 90th | Georgia | -0.10 | +20.8% |
| 91st | Tunisia | -0.17 | -51.3% |
| 92nd | Romania | -0.19 | +19.2% |
| 93rd | Peru | -0.21 | +24.1% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | -0.21 | +46.4% |
| 95th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.22 | +9.5% |
| 96th | Tuvalu | -0.22 | +9.5% |
| 97th | Sri Lanka | -0.22 | -49.6% |
| 98th | Montenegro | -0.24 | +37.2% |
| 99th | Colombia | -0.26 | +6.3% |
| 100th | Madagascar | -0.27 | -43.4% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.27 | -18.5% |
| 102nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.29 | -1.6% |
| 103rd | Serbia | -0.30 | +11.5% |
| 104th | Belize | -0.30 | +6.7% |
| 105th | Djibouti | -0.30 | +44.1% |
| 106th | Burkina Faso | -0.31 | +6.2% |
| 107th | Mexico | -0.31 | +9.3% |
| 108th | Nauru | -0.33 | +7.9% |
| 109th | Palau | -0.33 | - |
| 110th | Jamaica | -0.34 | +0.5% |
| 111th | India | -0.34 | +14.7% |
| 112th | Solomon Islands | -0.35 | +5.5% |
| 113th | Eritrea | -0.36 | +13.0% |
| 114th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.36 | +3.6% |
| 115th | Zambia | -0.39 | +2.1% |
| 116th | El Salvador | -0.41 | +2.8% |
| 117th | Tanzania | -0.42 | -24.0% |
| 118th | Morocco | -0.43 | -12.1% |
| 119th | Argentina | -0.43 | -16.9% |
| 120th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.44 | -276.9% |
| 121st | Thailand | -0.44 | -10.1% |
| 122nd | Malawi | -0.45 | +13.6% |
| 123rd | Mozambique | -0.49 | +5.0% |
| 124th | Senegal | -0.50 | +2.7% |
| 125th | Benin | -0.51 | -9.3% |
| 126th | China | -0.53 | +12.2% |
| 127th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.53 | -31.4% |
| 128th | Mali | -0.54 | -26.1% |
| 129th | Guyana | -0.56 | +6.0% |
| 130th | Belarus | -0.56 | +2.6% |
| 131st | Albania | -0.61 | +14.4% |
| 132nd | Algeria | -0.63 | -6.9% |
| 133rd | Moldova | -0.63 | +4.0% |
| 134th | Indonesia | -0.64 | -1.4% |
| 135th | Kosovo | -0.65 | +11.8% |
| 136th | Timor-Leste | -0.65 | -0.2% |
| 137th | Ecuador | -0.65 | +12.2% |
| 138th | Mongolia | -0.66 | -8.3% |
| 139th | Guatemala | -0.67 | +13.3% |
| 140th | Tonga | -0.68 | +35.6% |
| 141st | Viet Nam | -0.71 | -12.9% |
| 142nd | Armenia | -0.71 | +4.5% |
| 143rd | Gambia, The | -0.71 | -0.3% |
| 144th | Niger | -0.73 | +4.0% |
| 145th | Dominican Republic | -0.75 | +3.0% |
| 146th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.76 | -35.8% |
| 147th | Marshall Islands | -0.76 | +7.0% |
| 148th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.77 | -3.8% |
| 149th | Nicaragua | -0.77 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Comoros | -0.77 | -11.7% |
| 151st | Philippines | -0.78 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Mauritania | -0.79 | -36.2% |
| 153rd | Liberia | -0.79 | -66.0% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.80 | -0.5% |
| 155th | Nepal | -0.82 | -3.3% |
| 156th | Maldives | -0.82 | +4.7% |
| 157th | Uganda | -0.84 | -1.7% |
| 158th | Lebanon | -0.86 | +8.6% |
| 159th | Ukraine | -0.86 | -5.2% |
| 160th | Pakistan | -0.90 | -9.8% |
| 161st | Nigeria | -0.90 | +15.6% |
| 162nd | Honduras | -0.92 | -15.7% |
| 163rd | Libya | -0.98 | +6.9% |
| 164th | Togo | -0.98 | +2.2% |
| 165th | Sierra Leone | -0.98 | -6.5% |
| 166th | Paraguay | -0.98 | +19.1% |
| 167th | Kazakhstan | -0.98 | +1.2% |
| 168th | Cameroon | -1.03 | -0.1% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | -1.05 | +1.5% |
| 170th | Uzbekistan | -1.06 | -2.8% |
| 171st | Kenya | -1.07 | -9.2% |
| 172nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.07 | -6.0% |
| 173rd | Burundi | -1.09 | +6.7% |
| 174th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.12 | -2.2% |
| 175th | Russian Federation | -1.13 | -10.6% |
| 176th | Central African Republic | -1.14 | +6.1% |
| 177th | Azerbaijan | -1.16 | -2.4% |
| 178th | Gabon | -1.17 | +0.1% |
| 179th | Papua New Guinea | -1.18 | -5.2% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.19 | -14.0% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | -1.19 | -2.8% |
| 182nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.20 | +1.1% |
| 183rd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.20 | +0.4% |
| 184th | Lao PDR | -1.21 | +5.9% |
| 185th | Guinea | -1.21 | +6.3% |
| 186th | Haiti | -1.22 | +5.8% |
| 187th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.23 | +7.3% |
| 188th | Cambodia | -1.24 | -7.8% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.26 | +8.7% |
| 190th | Angola | -1.31 | -0.1% |
| 191st | Zimbabwe | -1.35 | +4.0% |
| 192nd | Turkmenistan | -1.40 | +0.5% |
| 193rd | Sudan | -1.43 | -7.3% |
| 194th | Iraq | -1.46 | -0.1% |
| 195th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.52 | +1.7% |
| 196th | Chad | -1.53 | -10.5% |
| 197th | Myanmar | -1.62 | +0.6% |
| 198th | Afghanistan | -1.67 | -3.6% |
| 199th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.85 | -6.3% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest control of corruption in 2008?▾
Denmark has the highest control of corruption in 2008 at 2.38.
Which country has the lowest control of corruption in 2008?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the lowest control of corruption in 2008 at -1.85.
How many countries are ranked by control of corruption?▾
199 countries have control of corruption data for 2008.
What are the top 3 countries by control of corruption?▾
1. Denmark (2.38), 2. Iceland (2.33), 3. Finland (2.32).