Sri Lanka - Control of Corruption 2009
-0.40
−0.18 from 2008
Sri Lanka's control of corruption was -0.40 in 2009, decreased +0.18 from -0.22 in 2008. This was the 115th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.44 | 2.5% |
| 2nd | New Zealand | 2.38 | 3.6% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 2.24 | 1.4% |
| 4th | Finland | 2.24 | -3.5% |
| 5th | Singapore | 2.21 | -1.1% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 2.12 | 1.0% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 2.06 | -2.3% |
| 8th | Canada | 2.05 | 3.2% |
| 9th | Australia | 2.04 | 0.7% |
| 10th | Iceland | 2.03 | -12.7% |
| 11th | Norway | 1.98 | 4.9% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 1.96 | 0.3% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.88 | -0.5% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.75 | 0.8% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.75 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Austria | 1.69 | -7.4% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.68 | 42.8% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 1.62 | -2.7% |
| 19th | Qatar | 1.56 | 67.2% |
| 20th | Belgium | 1.45 | 6.6% |
| 21st | France | 1.43 | 2.5% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.38 | 1.3% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.37 | 3.4% |
| 24th | Bahamas, The | 1.36 | 2.3% |
| 25th | St. Lucia | 1.33 | 1.8% |
| 26th | Chile | 1.32 | 0.2% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.32 | 3.2% |
| 28th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.32 | 3.2% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 1.32 | 3.2% |
| 30th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.32 | 3.2% |
| 31st | United States | 1.29 | -10.5% |
| 32nd | Uruguay | 1.25 | -7.1% |
| 33rd | Greenland | 1.18 | - |
| 34th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.14 | 0.8% |
| 35th | Aruba | 1.11 | -13.1% |
| 36th | Cayman Islands | 1.11 | 39.1% |
| 37th | Portugal | 1.09 | 2.5% |
| 38th | Spain | 1.05 | -10.5% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 1.05 | 11.9% |
| 40th | Estonia | 1.00 | 5.1% |
| 41st | Brunei Darussalam | 0.98 | 103.9% |
| 42nd | Bhutan | 0.94 | 2.7% |
| 43rd | Botswana | 0.93 | -9.3% |
| 44th | United Arab Emirates | 0.91 | -15.4% |
| 45th | Cyprus | 0.91 | -24.1% |
| 46th | Cabo Verde | 0.89 | -0.8% |
| 47th | Guam | 0.83 | 4.4% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.83 | 4.4% |
| 49th | Dominica | 0.81 | 2.2% |
| 50th | Israel | 0.80 | -9.2% |
| 51st | Malta | 0.77 | -22.3% |
| 52nd | Costa Rica | 0.72 | 45.1% |
| 53rd | Seychelles | 0.58 | 2.3% |
| 54th | Korea | 0.50 | 17.4% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.48 | 18.5% |
| 56th | Mauritius | 0.47 | 5.8% |
| 57th | Poland | 0.44 | -3.9% |
| 58th | Grenada | 0.40 | 7.9% |
| 59th | Hungary | 0.40 | -8.9% |
| 60th | Czechia | 0.38 | 10.8% |
| 61st | American Samoa | 0.35 | 9.4% |
| 62nd | Vanuatu | 0.34 | -5.2% |
| 63rd | Oman | 0.33 | -35.4% |
| 64th | Kuwait | 0.30 | -26.2% |
| 65th | Cuba | 0.27 | 4.6% |
| 66th | Namibia | 0.27 | -57.9% |
| 67th | Slovak Republic | 0.27 | -14.9% |
| 68th | Lithuania | 0.23 | 101.4% |
| 69th | Latvia | 0.20 | -12.2% |
| 70th | Italy | 0.19 | -26.0% |
| 71st | Bahrain | 0.18 | -0.7% |
| 72nd | Lesotho | 0.17 | 177.7% |
| 73rd | Jordan | 0.16 | -56.7% |
| 74th | Macao SAR, China | 0.16 | -62.8% |
| 75th | Samoa | 0.15 | -40.8% |
| 76th | South Africa | 0.13 | -18.5% |
| 77th | Rwanda | 0.11 | -0.3% |
| 78th | Türkiye | 0.09 | -24.0% |
| 79th | Greece | 0.06 | -50.3% |
| 80th | Belize | 0.04 | 113.6% |
| 81st | Ghana | -0.01 | 87.1% |
| 82nd | Eswatini | -0.01 | -130.7% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | -0.02 | -40.0% |
| 84th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.05 | 31.4% |
| 85th | Tunisia | -0.08 | 52.2% |
| 86th | Brazil | -0.08 | -2,426.9% |
| 87th | Croatia | -0.09 | -70.5% |
| 88th | Malaysia | -0.09 | -3.8% |
| 89th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.11 | 75.4% |
| 90th | Georgia | -0.12 | -19.6% |
| 91st | Kiribati | -0.14 | -428.0% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | -0.15 | 30.6% |
| 93rd | Fiji | -0.15 | -257.4% |
| 94th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.18 | 37.0% |
| 95th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.22 | -0.8% |
| 96th | Tuvalu | -0.22 | -0.8% |
| 97th | Montenegro | -0.22 | 8.4% |
| 98th | Bulgaria | -0.23 | 16.6% |
| 99th | El Salvador | -0.23 | 44.0% |
| 100th | Suriname | -0.26 | -854.6% |
| 101st | Solomon Islands | -0.28 | 20.5% |
| 102nd | Romania | -0.31 | -66.4% |
| 103rd | Serbia | -0.32 | -5.1% |
| 104th | Jamaica | -0.32 | 4.4% |
| 105th | Panama | -0.33 | -222.9% |
| 106th | Madagascar | -0.33 | -23.2% |
| 107th | Thailand | -0.33 | 24.6% |
| 108th | Peru | -0.33 | -60.7% |
| 109th | Colombia | -0.34 | -28.9% |
| 110th | Burkina Faso | -0.35 | -11.8% |
| 111th | Mexico | -0.37 | -18.1% |
| 112th | Djibouti | -0.37 | -21.3% |
| 113th | Morocco | -0.37 | 15.1% |
| 114th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.38 | -5.3% |
| 115th | Sri Lanka | -0.40 | -81.3% |
| 116th | Nauru | -0.40 | -21.8% |
| 117th | Palau | -0.40 | -21.8% |
| 118th | Malawi | -0.41 | 9.0% |
| 119th | Mozambique | -0.43 | 12.0% |
| 120th | Argentina | -0.45 | -2.4% |
| 121st | Tanzania | -0.45 | -7.6% |
| 122nd | India | -0.45 | -33.4% |
| 123rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.46 | 39.3% |
| 124th | Zambia | -0.47 | -20.5% |
| 125th | Eritrea | -0.47 | -32.2% |
| 126th | Senegal | -0.49 | 2.0% |
| 127th | China | -0.52 | 1.3% |
| 128th | Guatemala | -0.53 | 20.0% |
| 129th | Guyana | -0.54 | 3.1% |
| 130th | Viet Nam | -0.55 | 23.4% |
| 131st | Albania | -0.55 | 9.9% |
| 132nd | Gambia, The | -0.56 | 22.0% |
| 133rd | Belarus | -0.56 | -0.6% |
| 134th | Kosovo | -0.59 | 9.8% |
| 135th | Liberia | -0.61 | 23.2% |
| 136th | Mauritania | -0.61 | 22.5% |
| 137th | Niger | -0.61 | 16.3% |
| 138th | Algeria | -0.61 | 2.9% |
| 139th | Armenia | -0.62 | 12.8% |
| 140th | Benin | -0.63 | -22.0% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.63 | -19.5% |
| 142nd | Maldives | -0.67 | 18.5% |
| 143rd | Tonga | -0.68 | 0.4% |
| 144th | Mali | -0.68 | -26.7% |
| 145th | Marshall Islands | -0.69 | 9.8% |
| 146th | Moldova | -0.70 | -10.6% |
| 147th | Nepal | -0.70 | 13.9% |
| 148th | Nicaragua | -0.73 | 5.4% |
| 149th | Ecuador | -0.74 | -13.7% |
| 150th | Mongolia | -0.76 | -14.6% |
| 151st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.77 | -1.6% |
| 152nd | Philippines | -0.79 | -1.1% |
| 153rd | Paraguay | -0.79 | 19.5% |
| 154th | Timor-Leste | -0.80 | -23.6% |
| 155th | Dominican Republic | -0.81 | -7.2% |
| 156th | Comoros | -0.81 | -5.2% |
| 157th | Lebanon | -0.87 | -1.6% |
| 158th | Indonesia | -0.89 | -39.2% |
| 159th | Honduras | -0.91 | 0.8% |
| 160th | Uganda | -0.91 | -8.3% |
| 161st | Kazakhstan | -0.93 | 5.0% |
| 162nd | Sierra Leone | -0.94 | 3.7% |
| 163rd | Central African Republic | -0.99 | 13.1% |
| 164th | Cameroon | -1.02 | 1.3% |
| 165th | Togo | -1.03 | -5.8% |
| 166th | Nigeria | -1.04 | -15.6% |
| 167th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.05 | 1.9% |
| 168th | Kenya | -1.07 | -0.2% |
| 169th | Ukraine | -1.07 | -24.3% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | -1.08 | -2.7% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.08 | -34.8% |
| 172nd | Pakistan | -1.08 | -19.6% |
| 173rd | Gabon | -1.08 | 7.6% |
| 174th | Haiti | -1.10 | 9.9% |
| 175th | Guinea | -1.10 | 9.5% |
| 176th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.12 | 0.1% |
| 177th | Burundi | -1.13 | -4.1% |
| 178th | Russian Federation | -1.14 | -1.4% |
| 179th | Sudan | -1.15 | 19.4% |
| 180th | Cambodia | -1.18 | 4.9% |
| 181st | Azerbaijan | -1.19 | -3.2% |
| 182nd | Libya | -1.21 | -24.1% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.21 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.22 | -1.4% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.22 | -1.8% |
| 186th | Tajikistan | -1.22 | -2.9% |
| 187th | Papua New Guinea | -1.24 | -5.6% |
| 188th | Lao PDR | -1.25 | -3.5% |
| 189th | Uzbekistan | -1.28 | -20.1% |
| 190th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.29 | 15.1% |
| 191st | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.31 | -6.5% |
| 192nd | Iraq | -1.33 | 9.2% |
| 193rd | Zimbabwe | -1.36 | -0.7% |
| 194th | Angola | -1.40 | -6.8% |
| 195th | Chad | -1.41 | 8.0% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.41 | -12.0% |
| 197th | Turkmenistan | -1.43 | -2.4% |
| 198th | Afghanistan | -1.55 | 7.2% |
| 199th | Myanmar | -1.66 | -2.7% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.70 | 8.0% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's control of corruption in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's control of corruption in 2009 was -0.40. This ranked 115th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's control of corruption change in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's control of corruption decreased by 81.3% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2009?▾
Denmark had the highest control of corruption in 2009 at 2.44.
What is the control of corruption of Sri Lanka in 2009?▾
The control of corruption of Sri Lanka in 2009 was -0.40. This ranked 115th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Sri Lanka's control of corruption?▾
Sri Lanka's control of corruption went from -0.22 in 2008 to -0.40 in 2009, a 81.3% decrease.
Related
2008
2010
All years
Full ranking 2009
Political Stability
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Quality
Rule of Law
Voice and Accountability
Peak: 1996
Lowest: 2017
Control of Corruption 1990s
Control of Corruption 2000s
Control of Corruption 2010s
Control of Corruption 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Bolivia, Plurinational State of
vs Eswatini
vs Djibouti
vs Philippines
Global Ranking