São Tomé and Principe - Control of Corruption 2003
-0.11
−0.35 from 2002
São Tomé and Principe's control of corruption was -0.11 in 2003, decreased +0.35 from 0.24 in 2002. This was the 84th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.37 | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.36 | 2.1% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 2.28 | 1.0% |
| 4th | Iceland | 2.23 | 1.5% |
| 5th | Singapore | 2.17 | -4.1% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.15 | -2.4% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 2.01 | -2.3% |
| 8th | Norway | 2.01 | -4.9% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 2.00 | -3.5% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.98 | -1.0% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.96 | 2.5% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.93 | -2.6% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.90 | 7.6% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.88 | -0.7% |
| 15th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.80 | 8.0% |
| 16th | United States | 1.70 | -9.0% |
| 17th | Luxembourg | 1.64 | -18.3% |
| 18th | Barbados | 1.50 | 0.8% |
| 19th | Ireland | 1.41 | 3.3% |
| 20th | Bahamas, The | 1.41 | -0.5% |
| 21st | Belgium | 1.38 | -5.7% |
| 22nd | Spain | 1.35 | 2.4% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 1.33 | 1.7% |
| 24th | Bermuda | 1.33 | 1.7% |
| 25th | Cayman Islands | 1.33 | 1.7% |
| 26th | Liechtenstein | 1.33 | 1.7% |
| 27th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.33 | 1.7% |
| 28th | France | 1.31 | 9.6% |
| 29th | Botswana | 1.24 | 99.3% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 1.19 | 5.9% |
| 31st | Japan | 1.17 | 24.9% |
| 32nd | Chile | 1.17 | -21.1% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.12 | -8.1% |
| 34th | Uruguay | 1.10 | 16.5% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 1.09 | 141.6% |
| 36th | Israel | 1.08 | -9.4% |
| 37th | Estonia | 0.92 | 24.8% |
| 38th | Malta | 0.92 | 18.6% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 0.90 | 16.1% |
| 40th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.85 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Dominica | 0.85 | 0.5% |
| 42nd | Grenada | 0.85 | 0.5% |
| 43rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.85 | 1,305.4% |
| 44th | United Arab Emirates | 0.83 | -25.7% |
| 45th | Seychelles | 0.79 | 13.9% |
| 46th | Kuwait | 0.77 | -22.0% |
| 47th | Hungary | 0.64 | 10.7% |
| 48th | Oman | 0.56 | -37.9% |
| 49th | Korea | 0.54 | 11.4% |
| 50th | Costa Rica | 0.52 | 16.2% |
| 51st | Qatar | 0.51 | -23.0% |
| 52nd | Czechia | 0.49 | 36.8% |
| 53rd | Italy | 0.48 | -7.4% |
| 54th | Cabo Verde | 0.48 | -3.4% |
| 55th | Poland | 0.40 | 5.3% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 0.37 | -52.7% |
| 57th | Greece | 0.36 | -9.9% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 0.35 | 69.0% |
| 59th | Jordan | 0.33 | 634.6% |
| 60th | Malaysia | 0.32 | 28.0% |
| 61st | Suriname | 0.31 | 17.0% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.29 | 1.1% |
| 63rd | Slovak Republic | 0.28 | 654.3% |
| 64th | Fiji | 0.28 | -54.8% |
| 65th | South Africa | 0.28 | -17.2% |
| 66th | Vanuatu | 0.26 | 14.3% |
| 67th | Croatia | 0.26 | 14.9% |
| 68th | Latvia | 0.24 | 2,139.7% |
| 69th | Cuba | 0.22 | -45.2% |
| 70th | Solomon Islands | 0.21 | 17.5% |
| 71st | Mauritius | 0.19 | -41.3% |
| 72nd | Namibia | 0.19 | 66.0% |
| 73rd | Tunisia | 0.12 | -56.5% |
| 74th | Brazil | 0.09 | 10.1% |
| 75th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.06 | 93.6% |
| 76th | Eritrea | -0.05 | -138.7% |
| 77th | Eswatini | -0.07 | -21.6% |
| 78th | Mauritania | -0.07 | 10.5% |
| 79th | Maldives | -0.08 | 10.3% |
| 80th | Bulgaria | -0.09 | 49.2% |
| 81st | Belize | -0.10 | -45.7% |
| 82nd | Samoa | -0.10 | -45.7% |
| 83rd | Burkina Faso | -0.11 | -189.4% |
| 84th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.11 | -146.1% |
| 85th | Senegal | -0.14 | -157.0% |
| 86th | Peru | -0.15 | 49.5% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | -0.17 | -192.0% |
| 88th | Lesotho | -0.17 | 2.3% |
| 89th | Gambia, The | -0.18 | 24.3% |
| 90th | Thailand | -0.20 | 42.2% |
| 91st | Colombia | -0.20 | 22.7% |
| 92nd | Madagascar | -0.21 | -17,135.9% |
| 93rd | Türkiye | -0.21 | 63.3% |
| 94th | Mongolia | -0.22 | -957.2% |
| 95th | Mexico | -0.24 | 3.6% |
| 96th | Timor-Leste | -0.25 | -12.4% |
| 97th | Sri Lanka | -0.27 | -25.6% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.28 | 27.2% |
| 99th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.31 | -42.7% |
| 100th | Ghana | -0.31 | 9.1% |
| 101st | Morocco | -0.32 | -33.3% |
| 102nd | Guyana | -0.36 | -36.7% |
| 103rd | West Bank and Gaza | -0.38 | -14.8% |
| 104th | China | -0.40 | 29.2% |
| 105th | Panama | -0.40 | -18.0% |
| 106th | Romania | -0.41 | 6.8% |
| 107th | Montenegro | -0.41 | -162.9% |
| 108th | El Salvador | -0.42 | 48.7% |
| 109th | Jamaica | -0.44 | 14.9% |
| 110th | India | -0.46 | 17.8% |
| 111th | Argentina | -0.48 | -15.1% |
| 112th | Viet Nam | -0.49 | 12.5% |
| 113th | Serbia | -0.49 | 44.8% |
| 114th | Kosovo | -0.50 | -239.9% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.53 | -20.6% |
| 116th | Belarus | -0.54 | 18.3% |
| 117th | Nicaragua | -0.54 | -13.1% |
| 118th | Gabon | -0.55 | -6.4% |
| 119th | Benin | -0.58 | 27.4% |
| 120th | Rwanda | -0.59 | 17.8% |
| 121st | Nepal | -0.59 | -27.0% |
| 122nd | Lebanon | -0.61 | -47.5% |
| 123rd | Philippines | -0.64 | -18.0% |
| 124th | Zambia | -0.64 | 15.4% |
| 125th | Mozambique | -0.64 | -28.7% |
| 126th | Djibouti | -0.65 | -3.2% |
| 127th | Armenia | -0.65 | 16.6% |
| 128th | Georgia | -0.65 | 48.5% |
| 129th | North Macedonia | -0.65 | 21.2% |
| 130th | Comoros | -0.69 | -2.8% |
| 131st | Algeria | -0.72 | 23.0% |
| 132nd | Ecuador | -0.73 | 16.1% |
| 133rd | Dominican Republic | -0.73 | -54.1% |
| 134th | Tanzania | -0.73 | 12.7% |
| 135th | Guatemala | -0.74 | -11.7% |
| 136th | Mali | -0.74 | -2.8% |
| 137th | Malawi | -0.76 | 25.7% |
| 138th | Russian Federation | -0.78 | 18.0% |
| 139th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.80 | -100.6% |
| 140th | Pakistan | -0.80 | 15.9% |
| 141st | Papua New Guinea | -0.81 | 14.2% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.85 | 9.3% |
| 143rd | Albania | -0.85 | -1.0% |
| 144th | Lao PDR | -0.87 | -28.6% |
| 145th | Burundi | -0.87 | -15.0% |
| 146th | Moldova | -0.88 | 9.8% |
| 147th | Libya | -0.89 | 6.1% |
| 148th | Guinea | -0.89 | -15.9% |
| 149th | Sierra Leone | -0.89 | -13.1% |
| 150th | Togo | -0.90 | -19.0% |
| 151st | Uzbekistan | -0.91 | 5.2% |
| 152nd | Niger | -0.92 | 10.2% |
| 153rd | Uganda | -0.95 | 7.5% |
| 154th | Kenya | -0.96 | 3.9% |
| 155th | Ukraine | -0.97 | 11.4% |
| 156th | Honduras | -0.97 | 4.4% |
| 157th | Indonesia | -0.98 | 13.8% |
| 158th | Cameroon | -0.98 | 18.8% |
| 159th | Cambodia | -0.99 | 0.1% |
| 160th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.00 | -3.3% |
| 161st | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.01 | -26.5% |
| 162nd | Turkmenistan | -1.02 | 3.7% |
| 163rd | Central African Republic | -1.02 | -4.2% |
| 164th | Kazakhstan | -1.03 | 7.8% |
| 165th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.03 | 3.0% |
| 166th | Azerbaijan | -1.05 | 12.5% |
| 167th | Congo, Republic of | -1.09 | -8.0% |
| 168th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.13 | -8.0% |
| 169th | Tajikistan | -1.15 | 2.3% |
| 170th | Liberia | -1.15 | -11.4% |
| 171st | Sudan | -1.17 | -13.0% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | -1.19 | -2.8% |
| 173rd | Iraq | -1.21 | 13.2% |
| 174th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.28 | -4.3% |
| 175th | Angola | -1.34 | -15.6% |
| 176th | Afghanistan | -1.34 | -7.4% |
| 177th | Nigeria | -1.42 | 5.6% |
| 178th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.43 | -39.4% |
| 179th | Paraguay | -1.44 | -5.3% |
| 180th | Chad | -1.47 | -15.3% |
| 181st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.47 | -41.9% |
| 182nd | Myanmar | -1.47 | -13.0% |
| 183rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.53 | -5.3% |
| 184th | Bangladesh | -1.54 | -6.4% |
| 185th | Haiti | -1.58 | -5.2% |
FAQ
What was São Tomé and Principe's control of corruption in 2003?▾
São Tomé and Principe's control of corruption in 2003 was -0.11. This ranked 84th globally.
How did São Tomé and Principe's control of corruption change in 2003?▾
São Tomé and Principe's control of corruption decreased by 146.1% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2003?▾
Finland had the highest control of corruption in 2003 at 2.37.
What is the control of corruption of São Tomé and Principe in 2003?▾
The control of corruption of São Tomé and Principe in 2003 was -0.11. This ranked 84th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for São Tomé and Principe's control of corruption?▾
São Tomé and Principe's control of corruption went from 0.24 in 2002 to -0.11 in 2003, a 146.1% decrease.
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