Control of Corruption - Ranking 2025
Year
In 2025, Denmark (2.56), Finland (2.31), and Norway (2.14) ranked highest in control of corruption among all countries. South Sudan ranked lowest at -1.98.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.56 | +7.9% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.31 | +4.2% |
| 3rd | Norway | 2.14 | +1.4% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 2.11 | +1.4% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 2.04 | +1.1% |
| 6th | Singapore | 2.03 | -0.5% |
| 7th | Sweden | 2.01 | -0.9% |
| 8th | Seychelles | 1.98 | +21.9% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 1.90 | +1.6% |
| 10th | Uruguay | 1.87 | +18.6% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.78 | +0.0% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 1.78 | -7.8% |
| 13th | Ireland | 1.72 | +9.3% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.64 | -2.0% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.63 | -2.2% |
| 16th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.61 | -0.8% |
| 17th | Estonia | 1.54 | -0.2% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | -10.7% |
| 19th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.52 | +18.6% |
| 20th | Iceland | 1.51 | -2.8% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.48 | +5.7% |
| 22nd | Bhutan | 1.47 | -3.7% |
| 23rd | Barbados | 1.42 | +5.9% |
| 24th | United Kingdom | 1.40 | -5.5% |
| 25th | Bahamas, The | 1.37 | +8.0% |
| 26th | Belgium | 1.37 | +2.2% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.31 | +4.7% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 1.31 | +4.7% |
| 29th | Guam | 1.31 | +4.7% |
| 30th | San Marino | 1.31 | +4.7% |
| 31st | France | 1.22 | +3.3% |
| 32nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.14 | +5.9% |
| 33rd | Cabo Verde | 1.08 | +10.1% |
| 34th | United States | 1.07 | -4.4% |
| 35th | Macao SAR, China | 0.98 | +15.5% |
| 36th | Greenland | 0.98 | -5.0% |
| 37th | American Samoa | 0.95 | -24.2% |
| 38th | Monaco | 0.95 | -24.2% |
| 39th | Chile | 0.93 | -3.8% |
| 40th | Austria | 0.93 | -18.1% |
| 41st | Korea | 0.93 | +3.7% |
| 42nd | Israel | 0.89 | +7.6% |
| 43rd | Czechia | 0.86 | +11.7% |
| 44th | Tuvalu | 0.84 | +30.1% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 0.84 | +7.4% |
| 46th | Latvia | 0.83 | +19.1% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.73 | -1.0% |
| 48th | Italy | 0.73 | +32.3% |
| 49th | Rwanda | 0.70 | +4.9% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.70 | -0.4% |
| 51st | Portugal | 0.69 | -0.8% |
| 52nd | Slovenia | 0.69 | -11.5% |
| 53rd | Botswana | 0.68 | -0.5% |
| 54th | Grenada | 0.67 | +20.6% |
| 55th | Samoa | 0.65 | -11.1% |
| 56th | Spain | 0.64 | +1.9% |
| 57th | Nauru | 0.63 | +7.5% |
| 58th | Palau | 0.63 | +7.5% |
| 59th | Saudi Arabia | 0.61 | +13.9% |
| 60th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.59 | -25.4% |
| 61st | Mauritius | 0.58 | +27.8% |
| 62nd | Georgia | 0.57 | -7.4% |
| 63rd | St. Lucia | 0.56 | +3.1% |
| 64th | Dominica | 0.55 | +1.6% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 0.52 | -20.6% |
| 66th | Poland | 0.49 | -13.6% |
| 67th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.49 | +34.9% |
| 68th | Cayman Islands | 0.46 | +5.5% |
| 69th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.45 | +9.5% |
| 70th | Marshall Islands | 0.41 | +0.1% |
| 71st | Kuwait | 0.39 | +86.6% |
| 72nd | Aruba | 0.38 | -46.6% |
| 73rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37 | +12.6% |
| 74th | Bahrain | 0.33 | +86.6% |
| 75th | Kiribati | 0.30 | -28.2% |
| 76th | Fiji | 0.29 | -42.2% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 0.29 | -2.3% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 0.27 | -8.7% |
| 79th | Cyprus | 0.23 | -30.8% |
| 80th | Armenia | 0.22 | +279.8% |
| 81st | China | 0.21 | +4,049.6% |
| 82nd | Croatia | 0.21 | +16.1% |
| 83rd | Romania | 0.20 | +393.9% |
| 84th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.18 | +814.7% |
| 85th | Vanuatu | 0.16 | +1,205.3% |
| 86th | Greece | 0.14 | +45.5% |
| 87th | Malta | 0.12 | +6.7% |
| 88th | Jordan | 0.08 | -7.8% |
| 89th | Benin | 0.07 | +237.2% |
| 90th | Senegal | 0.06 | +7.2% |
| 91st | Namibia | 0.04 | -61.8% |
| 92nd | Kosovo | 0.01 | +103.0% |
| 93rd | Oman | -0.03 | -115.9% |
| 94th | Jamaica | -0.06 | +47.1% |
| 95th | Moldova | -0.07 | +74.5% |
| 96th | Ghana | -0.07 | +26.7% |
| 97th | Cuba | -0.08 | -47.8% |
| 98th | Hungary | -0.09 | -18,409.2% |
| 99th | Timor-Leste | -0.09 | +59.3% |
| 100th | Burkina Faso | -0.10 | +42.8% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.11 | +19.3% |
| 102nd | Montenegro | -0.13 | -67.1% |
| 103rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.15 | +53.1% |
| 104th | Dominican Republic | -0.18 | +60.4% |
| 105th | Kazakhstan | -0.18 | +31.5% |
| 106th | Gambia, The | -0.19 | +31.2% |
| 107th | Albania | -0.24 | +28.0% |
| 108th | North Macedonia | -0.25 | +29.7% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | -0.25 | +40.6% |
| 110th | Solomon Islands | -0.26 | -94.2% |
| 111th | Tanzania | -0.28 | +13.0% |
| 112th | Belize | -0.28 | -24.2% |
| 113th | Angola | -0.29 | +52.9% |
| 114th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.37 | -1,881.9% |
| 115th | Colombia | -0.38 | -22.6% |
| 116th | Tonga | -0.38 | -23.1% |
| 117th | India | -0.38 | -4.5% |
| 118th | Zambia | -0.38 | +19.9% |
| 119th | Suriname | -0.39 | +4.3% |
| 120th | Nepal | -0.40 | +20.4% |
| 121st | Sri Lanka | -0.44 | -13.8% |
| 122nd | Serbia | -0.45 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | South Africa | -0.46 | -61.2% |
| 124th | Indonesia | -0.46 | +4.9% |
| 125th | Tunisia | -0.47 | -36.7% |
| 126th | Maldives | -0.47 | -17.9% |
| 127th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.48 | -27.1% |
| 128th | Thailand | -0.48 | +2.6% |
| 129th | Guyana | -0.48 | -24.6% |
| 130th | Malawi | -0.48 | +19.7% |
| 131st | Philippines | -0.50 | +6.5% |
| 132nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.51 | +22.7% |
| 133rd | Togo | -0.55 | +11.8% |
| 134th | Niger | -0.56 | +1.1% |
| 135th | Mongolia | -0.57 | -15.2% |
| 136th | Morocco | -0.57 | -6.3% |
| 137th | Algeria | -0.57 | +2.9% |
| 138th | Ukraine | -0.58 | +15.9% |
| 139th | Uzbekistan | -0.59 | +27.5% |
| 140th | Türkiye | -0.60 | -18.8% |
| 141st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.61 | -4.6% |
| 142nd | Brazil | -0.61 | -21.7% |
| 143rd | Argentina | -0.62 | -70.9% |
| 144th | El Salvador | -0.62 | -10.3% |
| 145th | Panama | -0.62 | +0.6% |
| 146th | Sierra Leone | -0.64 | -11.4% |
| 147th | Lesotho | -0.70 | -37.0% |
| 148th | Kenya | -0.71 | +7.3% |
| 149th | Ecuador | -0.74 | -14.0% |
| 150th | Djibouti | -0.74 | +5.4% |
| 151st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.74 | +0.9% |
| 152nd | Mauritania | -0.78 | +4.8% |
| 153rd | Mozambique | -0.82 | +1.5% |
| 154th | Liberia | -0.90 | -1.3% |
| 155th | Lao PDR | -0.90 | +7.4% |
| 156th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.91 | -8.7% |
| 157th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.92 | -36.4% |
| 158th | Peru | -0.93 | -28.4% |
| 159th | Madagascar | -0.94 | +6.1% |
| 160th | Guinea | -0.94 | -4.9% |
| 161st | Pakistan | -0.94 | +5.5% |
| 162nd | Afghanistan | -0.95 | +18.2% |
| 163rd | Mali | -0.96 | -11.7% |
| 164th | Uganda | -0.97 | +7.2% |
| 165th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.98 | +16.6% |
| 166th | Belarus | -1.04 | -56.7% |
| 167th | Nigeria | -1.05 | -0.6% |
| 168th | Eswatini | -1.06 | -43.8% |
| 169th | Mexico | -1.10 | -7.5% |
| 170th | Cameroon | -1.11 | +4.9% |
| 171st | Gabon | -1.11 | -8.8% |
| 172nd | Comoros | -1.12 | -13.4% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | -1.15 | -2.8% |
| 174th | Russian Federation | -1.20 | -8.4% |
| 175th | Iraq | -1.20 | +9.0% |
| 176th | Honduras | -1.21 | -8.7% |
| 177th | Paraguay | -1.21 | -14.4% |
| 178th | Lebanon | -1.22 | +0.9% |
| 179th | Cambodia | -1.24 | +4.9% |
| 180th | Zimbabwe | -1.24 | +1.9% |
| 181st | Azerbaijan | -1.26 | -5.7% |
| 182nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.27 | -2.8% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.29 | +4.4% |
| 184th | Central African Republic | -1.31 | +0.2% |
| 185th | Guatemala | -1.31 | -16.8% |
| 186th | Eritrea | -1.38 | +6.2% |
| 187th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.39 | -13.7% |
| 188th | Tajikistan | -1.43 | -4.0% |
| 189th | Turkmenistan | -1.45 | -1.9% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.47 | +0.7% |
| 191st | Sudan | -1.48 | +1.5% |
| 192nd | Libya | -1.50 | +1.9% |
| 193rd | Haiti | -1.53 | -6.0% |
| 194th | Chad | -1.54 | -3.8% |
| 195th | Nicaragua | -1.56 | -12.1% |
| 196th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.57 | +1.1% |
| 197th | Burundi | -1.58 | -1.3% |
| 198th | Myanmar | -1.59 | -31.0% |
| 199th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.60 | -2.1% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.62 | +1.7% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.80 | -3.6% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.80 | -3.1% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.98 | -0.7% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest control of corruption in 2025?▾
Denmark has the highest control of corruption in 2025 at 2.56.
Which country has the lowest control of corruption in 2025?▾
South Sudan has the lowest control of corruption in 2025 at -1.98.
How many countries are ranked by control of corruption?▾
203 countries have control of corruption data for 2025.
What are the top 3 countries by control of corruption?▾
1. Denmark (2.56), 2. Finland (2.31), 3. Norway (2.14).