United Arab Emirates - Control of Corruption 2023
United Arab Emirates's control of corruption was 1.07 in 2023, decreased +0.08 from 1.16 in 2022. This was the 36th highest globally.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.38 | -1.1% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.22 | -1.1% |
| 3rd | Norway | 2.11 | 2.2% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 2.08 | -3.7% |
| 5th | Singapore | 2.04 | -2.6% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.03 | -1.6% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 2.02 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.93 | 2.3% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 1.87 | -2.6% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.78 | 1.0% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.71 | -0.3% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.67 | 0.8% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.66 | -8.5% |
| 14th | Seychelles | 1.63 | -4.1% |
| 15th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.63 | 0.9% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.58 | -5.9% |
| 17th | Uruguay | 1.57 | -2.3% |
| 18th | Iceland | 1.55 | -1.0% |
| 19th | Estonia | 1.54 | -0.4% |
| 20th | Bhutan | 1.53 | 1.1% |
| 21st | United Kingdom | 1.48 | -8.6% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.40 | -9.4% |
| 23rd | Barbados | 1.34 | 4.7% |
| 24th | Belgium | 1.34 | -10.6% |
| 25th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.28 | 8.8% |
| 26th | Bahamas, The | 1.27 | 0.8% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.25 | -1.5% |
| 28th | American Samoa | 1.25 | -1.5% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 1.25 | -1.5% |
| 30th | Guam | 1.25 | -1.5% |
| 31st | Monaco | 1.25 | -1.5% |
| 32nd | San Marino | 1.25 | -1.5% |
| 33rd | France | 1.18 | -5.9% |
| 34th | Austria | 1.13 | -9.9% |
| 35th | United States | 1.12 | 1.7% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 1.07 | -7.1% |
| 37th | Greenland | 1.03 | -0.1% |
| 38th | Cabo Verde | 0.98 | 2.6% |
| 39th | Chile | 0.97 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Korea | 0.89 | 19.5% |
| 41st | Macao SAR, China | 0.85 | -2.2% |
| 42nd | Israel | 0.83 | 6.2% |
| 43rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.78 | 62.2% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 0.78 | 4.6% |
| 45th | Slovenia | 0.78 | 1.2% |
| 46th | Czechia | 0.77 | 15.8% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.74 | -2.5% |
| 48th | Samoa | 0.73 | 31.2% |
| 49th | Aruba | 0.71 | -6.3% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.70 | -12.7% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.70 | 0.6% |
| 52nd | Portugal | 0.70 | -4.5% |
| 53rd | Botswana | 0.69 | 3.6% |
| 54th | Rwanda | 0.67 | 19.6% |
| 55th | Costa Rica | 0.65 | 40.3% |
| 56th | Tuvalu | 0.65 | -0.9% |
| 57th | Spain | 0.63 | -8.2% |
| 58th | Georgia | 0.62 | -0.4% |
| 59th | Nauru | 0.59 | -2.2% |
| 60th | Palau | 0.59 | -2.2% |
| 61st | Poland | 0.57 | 11.6% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 0.56 | 15.3% |
| 63rd | Italy | 0.55 | 4.2% |
| 64th | Dominica | 0.54 | 0.9% |
| 65th | St. Lucia | 0.54 | -6.1% |
| 66th | Saudi Arabia | 0.54 | 50.0% |
| 67th | Fiji | 0.51 | 30.2% |
| 68th | Mauritius | 0.45 | 7.8% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 0.44 | -4.4% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.41 | 6.0% |
| 71st | Kiribati | 0.41 | 74.1% |
| 72nd | Marshall Islands | 0.41 | 6.7% |
| 73rd | São Tomé and Principe | 0.36 | 18.1% |
| 74th | Cyprus | 0.33 | -21.1% |
| 75th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.33 | 5.2% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 0.30 | 18.8% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 0.29 | 37.2% |
| 78th | Oman | 0.22 | 308.8% |
| 79th | Kuwait | 0.21 | 62.3% |
| 80th | Croatia | 0.18 | 23.1% |
| 81st | Bahrain | 0.18 | 27.4% |
| 82nd | Namibia | 0.11 | -48.8% |
| 83rd | Malta | 0.11 | -54.0% |
| 84th | Greece | 0.10 | 160.2% |
| 85th | Jordan | 0.09 | 21.4% |
| 86th | Armenia | 0.06 | 109.3% |
| 87th | Senegal | 0.06 | 539.0% |
| 88th | Romania | 0.04 | 145.6% |
| 89th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.02 | -82.8% |
| 90th | Hungary | 0.00 | 99.5% |
| 91st | China | -0.01 | -133.4% |
| 92nd | Vanuatu | -0.01 | 48.0% |
| 93rd | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.02 | -213.7% |
| 94th | Benin | -0.05 | 44.8% |
| 95th | Cuba | -0.06 | 20.5% |
| 96th | Montenegro | -0.08 | 33.2% |
| 97th | Ghana | -0.10 | -53.8% |
| 98th | Jamaica | -0.11 | -380.6% |
| 99th | Solomon Islands | -0.13 | 27.0% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | -0.14 | 12.9% |
| 101st | Burkina Faso | -0.17 | -51.9% |
| 102nd | Kosovo | -0.19 | 29.8% |
| 103rd | Belize | -0.23 | 4.6% |
| 104th | Timor-Leste | -0.23 | 14.6% |
| 105th | Kazakhstan | -0.27 | -43.6% |
| 106th | Moldova | -0.28 | 18.1% |
| 107th | Gambia, The | -0.28 | -2.0% |
| 108th | South Africa | -0.28 | 13.8% |
| 109th | Tonga | -0.31 | 26.7% |
| 110th | Colombia | -0.31 | 14.6% |
| 111th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.31 | 7.6% |
| 112th | Tanzania | -0.32 | 9.9% |
| 113th | Albania | -0.33 | 18.6% |
| 114th | Tunisia | -0.34 | -14.0% |
| 115th | North Macedonia | -0.35 | -7.6% |
| 116th | Argentina | -0.36 | 19.3% |
| 117th | India | -0.37 | -13.6% |
| 118th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.37 | 1.4% |
| 119th | Guyana | -0.38 | -29.9% |
| 120th | Sri Lanka | -0.38 | -0.2% |
| 121st | Maldives | -0.40 | -19.3% |
| 122nd | Suriname | -0.40 | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Viet Nam | -0.42 | -44.8% |
| 124th | Serbia | -0.45 | 2.0% |
| 125th | Dominican Republic | -0.45 | -2.2% |
| 126th | Zambia | -0.48 | 5.4% |
| 127th | Indonesia | -0.49 | -11.8% |
| 128th | Thailand | -0.49 | -8.1% |
| 129th | Mongolia | -0.49 | 12.2% |
| 130th | Türkiye | -0.50 | -7.3% |
| 131st | Brazil | -0.50 | 11.1% |
| 132nd | Nepal | -0.51 | 4.7% |
| 133rd | Lesotho | -0.51 | -38.2% |
| 134th | Morocco | -0.54 | -38.4% |
| 135th | Philippines | -0.54 | 0.7% |
| 136th | El Salvador | -0.56 | 12.6% |
| 137th | Niger | -0.56 | 3.6% |
| 138th | Sierra Leone | -0.57 | -2.6% |
| 139th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.58 | 15.0% |
| 140th | Algeria | -0.59 | 7.6% |
| 141st | Malawi | -0.60 | 1.0% |
| 142nd | Angola | -0.61 | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Togo | -0.62 | 2.9% |
| 144th | Panama | -0.63 | 1.1% |
| 145th | Ecuador | -0.65 | -2.7% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | -0.66 | 5.6% |
| 147th | Belarus | -0.67 | -14.7% |
| 148th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.68 | 3.8% |
| 149th | Ukraine | -0.69 | -8.2% |
| 150th | Peru | -0.72 | 10.8% |
| 151st | Eswatini | -0.73 | -1.2% |
| 152nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.75 | -10.1% |
| 153rd | Kenya | -0.77 | -1.5% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.78 | 1.6% |
| 155th | Uzbekistan | -0.81 | -6.6% |
| 156th | Mauritania | -0.82 | -4.0% |
| 157th | Mozambique | -0.83 | 0.9% |
| 158th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.84 | 5.8% |
| 159th | Mali | -0.86 | -2.1% |
| 160th | Liberia | -0.89 | 4.0% |
| 161st | Guinea | -0.90 | 7.6% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | -0.97 | -0.8% |
| 163rd | Comoros | -0.99 | 20.5% |
| 164th | Pakistan | -1.00 | -24.2% |
| 165th | Madagascar | -1.00 | -3.1% |
| 166th | Gabon | -1.02 | 2.6% |
| 167th | Mexico | -1.02 | -0.8% |
| 168th | Nigeria | -1.04 | 7.9% |
| 169th | Uganda | -1.04 | 1.8% |
| 170th | Paraguay | -1.06 | 3.0% |
| 171st | Russian Federation | -1.10 | -12.7% |
| 172nd | Honduras | -1.11 | -10.9% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | -1.12 | -4.2% |
| 174th | Guatemala | -1.12 | 7.3% |
| 175th | Afghanistan | -1.15 | 2.4% |
| 176th | Cameroon | -1.16 | -2.9% |
| 177th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.18 | 0.6% |
| 178th | Azerbaijan | -1.20 | -14.8% |
| 179th | Myanmar | -1.22 | -5.6% |
| 180th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.22 | 0.8% |
| 181st | Lebanon | -1.23 | -8.8% |
| 182nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.23 | -9.3% |
| 183rd | Zimbabwe | -1.26 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Cambodia | -1.30 | -4.6% |
| 185th | Central African Republic | -1.31 | -5.2% |
| 186th | Iraq | -1.32 | -8.9% |
| 187th | Congo, Republic of | -1.35 | 1.1% |
| 188th | Tajikistan | -1.38 | 3.9% |
| 189th | Nicaragua | -1.39 | -7.8% |
| 190th | Turkmenistan | -1.42 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Haiti | -1.44 | 1.0% |
| 192nd | Eritrea | -1.48 | -15.1% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.48 | 4.2% |
| 194th | Chad | -1.48 | 0.4% |
| 195th | Sudan | -1.50 | -6.2% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.53 | 0.1% |
| 197th | Burundi | -1.56 | -2.5% |
| 198th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.57 | 2.0% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.58 | 1.3% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.65 | 1.8% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.73 | 3.3% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.75 | 1.5% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.97 | -6.1% |
FAQ
United Arab Emirates's control of corruption in 2023 was 1.07. This ranked 36th globally.
United Arab Emirates's control of corruption decreased by 7.1% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Denmark had the highest control of corruption in 2023 at 2.38.
The control of corruption of United Arab Emirates in 2023 was 1.07. This ranked 36th globally.
United Arab Emirates's control of corruption went from 1.16 in 2022 to 1.07 in 2023, a 7.1% decrease.
United Arab Emirates matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →