Timor-Leste - Control of Corruption 2009
-0.80
−0.15 from 2008
Timor-Leste's control of corruption was -0.80 in 2009, decreased +0.15 from -0.65 in 2008. This was the 154th 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 Timor-Leste's control of corruption in 2009?▾
Timor-Leste's control of corruption in 2009 was -0.80. This ranked 154th globally.
How did Timor-Leste's control of corruption change in 2009?▾
Timor-Leste's control of corruption decreased by 23.6% 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 Timor-Leste in 2009?▾
The control of corruption of Timor-Leste in 2009 was -0.80. This ranked 154th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Timor-Leste's control of corruption?▾
Timor-Leste's control of corruption went from -0.65 in 2008 to -0.80 in 2009, a 23.6% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Timor-Leste matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2009. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.0%. View full analysis →
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