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Saudi Arabia - Control of Corruption 2017

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Control of Corruption · World Bank WGI

0.33 +0.13 from 2016 Global rank: 72nd

Saudi Arabia's control of corruption was 0.33 in 2017, increased +0.13 from 0.20 in 2016. This was the 72nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Control of Corruption by Country - 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 Saudi Arabia's control of corruption in 2017?▾

Saudi Arabia's control of corruption in 2017 was 0.33. This ranked 72nd globally.

How did Saudi Arabia's control of corruption change in 2017?▾

Saudi Arabia's control of corruption increased by 67.1% 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 Saudi Arabia in 2017?▾

The control of corruption of Saudi Arabia in 2017 was 0.33. This ranked 72nd globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Saudi Arabia's control of corruption?▾

Saudi Arabia's control of corruption went from 0.20 in 2016 to 0.33 in 2017, a 67.1% increase.

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