United Kingdom - Control of Corruption 2016
1.85
+0.02 from 2015
United Kingdom's control of corruption was 1.85 in 2016, increased +0.02 from 1.83 in 2015. This was the 13th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | New Zealand | 2.24 | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.20 | 0.8% |
| 3rd | Finland | 2.19 | -1.3% |
| 4th | Norway | 2.15 | -2.3% |
| 5th | Sweden | 2.11 | -1.8% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 2.05 | -0.2% |
| 7th | Singapore | 2.04 | -0.4% |
| 8th | Liechtenstein | 1.98 | -1.4% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.94 | 5.4% |
| 10th | Switzerland | 1.94 | -7.2% |
| 11th | Iceland | 1.90 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.86 | 1.4% |
| 13th | United Kingdom | 1.85 | 1.1% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.78 | 0.3% |
| 15th | Australia | 1.77 | -3.8% |
| 16th | Monaco | 1.74 | 0.5% |
| 17th | Ireland | 1.65 | -1.4% |
| 18th | Belgium | 1.53 | 3.9% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.52 | -5.8% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.50 | 1.7% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.48 | -3.1% |
| 22nd | United States | 1.33 | -2.0% |
| 23rd | France | 1.33 | 6.4% |
| 24th | Uruguay | 1.25 | -4.1% |
| 25th | Aruba | 1.23 | -1.3% |
| 26th | Estonia | 1.23 | -1.9% |
| 27th | Barbados | 1.21 | -16.2% |
| 28th | Andorra | 1.16 | 0.7% |
| 29th | American Samoa | 1.16 | 0.7% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 1.16 | 0.7% |
| 31st | Guam | 1.16 | 0.7% |
| 32nd | San Marino | 1.16 | 0.7% |
| 33rd | Israel | 1.15 | 26.5% |
| 34th | Greenland | 1.13 | -2.3% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 1.13 | 9.4% |
| 36th | Seychelles | 1.10 | -3.6% |
| 37th | Bhutan | 1.09 | 10.2% |
| 38th | Bahamas, The | 1.07 | -2.7% |
| 39th | Chile | 1.02 | -13.5% |
| 40th | Botswana | 0.87 | 11.0% |
| 41st | Qatar | 0.86 | 0.8% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 0.86 | -3.7% |
| 43rd | Cabo Verde | 0.84 | -9.2% |
| 44th | Macao SAR, China | 0.79 | 39.4% |
| 45th | Cyprus | 0.79 | -18.7% |
| 46th | Slovenia | 0.78 | 6.5% |
| 47th | Poland | 0.76 | 9.4% |
| 48th | Georgia | 0.71 | 1.8% |
| 49th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.71 | 4.0% |
| 50th | Marshall Islands | 0.71 | 8.6% |
| 51st | Malta | 0.68 | -20.9% |
| 52nd | Costa Rica | 0.68 | -1.3% |
| 53rd | Lithuania | 0.68 | 16.1% |
| 54th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.67 | 2.7% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.65 | 0.4% |
| 56th | St. Lucia | 0.64 | 3.7% |
| 57th | Dominica | 0.62 | 2.8% |
| 58th | Rwanda | 0.62 | 3.4% |
| 59th | Nauru | 0.58 | 12.9% |
| 60th | Palau | 0.58 | 12.9% |
| 61st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.58 | 1.2% |
| 62nd | Spain | 0.57 | -9.7% |
| 63rd | Grenada | 0.56 | 3.9% |
| 64th | Czechia | 0.56 | 18.8% |
| 65th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.53 | -0.8% |
| 66th | Cayman Islands | 0.48 | -50.5% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.46 | 2.4% |
| 68th | Korea | 0.42 | 23.7% |
| 69th | Latvia | 0.40 | -8.9% |
| 70th | Fiji | 0.34 | -11.2% |
| 71st | Oman | 0.31 | 29.3% |
| 72nd | Samoa | 0.30 | 0.6% |
| 73rd | Kiribati | 0.29 | 17.6% |
| 74th | Namibia | 0.28 | 3.9% |
| 75th | Jordan | 0.25 | 2.6% |
| 76th | Saudi Arabia | 0.20 | 830.0% |
| 77th | Croatia | 0.16 | -22.1% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 0.15 | 38.4% |
| 79th | Cuba | 0.14 | 253.3% |
| 80th | Mauritius | 0.11 | -52.3% |
| 81st | Italy | 0.08 | 206.9% |
| 82nd | Hungary | 0.07 | -39.2% |
| 83rd | Tuvalu | 0.06 | 753.7% |
| 84th | Malaysia | 0.03 | -84.9% |
| 85th | South Africa | 0.02 | 124.0% |
| 86th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.01 | -120.2% |
| 87th | Senegal | -0.02 | -177.5% |
| 88th | Bahrain | -0.05 | -144.4% |
| 89th | Lesotho | -0.05 | -324.8% |
| 90th | Montenegro | -0.08 | 33.5% |
| 91st | São Tomé and Principe | -0.08 | -23.6% |
| 92nd | Vanuatu | -0.09 | 28.5% |
| 93rd | Greece | -0.13 | -12.9% |
| 94th | Tunisia | -0.16 | -111.5% |
| 95th | Burkina Faso | -0.17 | 43.2% |
| 96th | Ghana | -0.18 | 16.7% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.18 | -4.5% |
| 98th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.18 | 62.4% |
| 99th | Morocco | -0.19 | 33.5% |
| 100th | Türkiye | -0.20 | -23.3% |
| 101st | Jamaica | -0.21 | 26.6% |
| 102nd | Belarus | -0.22 | 29.1% |
| 103rd | Belize | -0.23 | -9.7% |
| 104th | Eswatini | -0.23 | -7.5% |
| 105th | Bulgaria | -0.26 | 24.7% |
| 106th | China | -0.27 | 10.6% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | -0.30 | -12.0% |
| 108th | Kuwait | -0.30 | -16.8% |
| 109th | Argentina | -0.30 | 48.5% |
| 110th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.30 | 16.9% |
| 111th | Suriname | -0.34 | -23.7% |
| 112th | Sri Lanka | -0.34 | 10.8% |
| 113th | India | -0.34 | 17.0% |
| 114th | Guyana | -0.35 | 47.1% |
| 115th | Solomon Islands | -0.36 | -3.1% |
| 116th | Serbia | -0.38 | -20.3% |
| 117th | Colombia | -0.38 | -9.1% |
| 118th | Zambia | -0.43 | -15.9% |
| 119th | Peru | -0.43 | 28.7% |
| 120th | Kosovo | -0.44 | 21.7% |
| 121st | Brazil | -0.45 | 2.6% |
| 122nd | Thailand | -0.45 | 18.7% |
| 123rd | Tonga | -0.45 | 1.6% |
| 124th | Indonesia | -0.46 | 10.8% |
| 125th | Albania | -0.47 | 13.3% |
| 126th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.49 | -16.5% |
| 127th | Viet Nam | -0.49 | -7.0% |
| 128th | Mongolia | -0.51 | 1.5% |
| 129th | Philippines | -0.52 | -7.9% |
| 130th | Benin | -0.53 | 6.2% |
| 131st | Tanzania | -0.53 | 25.1% |
| 132nd | Timor-Leste | -0.54 | 1.6% |
| 133rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.56 | -20.1% |
| 134th | El Salvador | -0.56 | -24.2% |
| 135th | Panama | -0.57 | -32.0% |
| 136th | Maldives | -0.59 | -38.5% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.59 | 1.7% |
| 138th | Myanmar | -0.64 | 24.8% |
| 139th | Armenia | -0.66 | -8.2% |
| 140th | Niger | -0.67 | 1.3% |
| 141st | Algeria | -0.67 | -5.4% |
| 142nd | Mali | -0.68 | 3.8% |
| 143rd | Honduras | -0.68 | -15.2% |
| 144th | Ecuador | -0.68 | -1.3% |
| 145th | Djibouti | -0.69 | 1.1% |
| 146th | Comoros | -0.71 | 8.2% |
| 147th | Togo | -0.71 | 6.2% |
| 148th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.74 | -16.7% |
| 149th | Liberia | -0.74 | -11.4% |
| 150th | Gabon | -0.76 | -4.9% |
| 151st | Mauritania | -0.76 | 18.9% |
| 152nd | Paraguay | -0.76 | 25.1% |
| 153rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.77 | -7.9% |
| 154th | Malawi | -0.78 | 1.2% |
| 155th | Guatemala | -0.79 | -1.3% |
| 156th | Dominican Republic | -0.81 | 7.2% |
| 157th | Nepal | -0.83 | -37.0% |
| 158th | Kazakhstan | -0.83 | 4.5% |
| 159th | Russian Federation | -0.84 | 13.9% |
| 160th | Sierra Leone | -0.84 | -2.6% |
| 161st | Gambia, The | -0.85 | -4.5% |
| 162nd | Mexico | -0.85 | 4.3% |
| 163rd | Azerbaijan | -0.85 | 10.5% |
| 164th | Ukraine | -0.87 | 16.5% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | -0.89 | -5.1% |
| 166th | Nicaragua | -0.90 | 1.1% |
| 167th | Pakistan | -0.90 | -8.0% |
| 168th | Mozambique | -0.90 | -15.8% |
| 169th | Kenya | -0.91 | 11.4% |
| 170th | Madagascar | -0.93 | -6.2% |
| 171st | Papua New Guinea | -0.94 | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Guinea | -0.95 | 6.7% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | -0.99 | -4.5% |
| 174th | Lebanon | -0.99 | -9.8% |
| 175th | Moldova | -0.99 | -4.6% |
| 176th | Nigeria | -1.05 | 4.6% |
| 177th | Uganda | -1.09 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.11 | 6.3% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | -1.16 | -1.3% |
| 180th | Cameroon | -1.18 | -7.6% |
| 181st | Uzbekistan | -1.20 | 6.6% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.23 | 3.4% |
| 183rd | Burundi | -1.28 | 0.6% |
| 184th | Zimbabwe | -1.29 | 3.7% |
| 185th | Cambodia | -1.30 | -12.8% |
| 186th | Central African Republic | -1.31 | 1.7% |
| 187th | Eritrea | -1.34 | -0.4% |
| 188th | Haiti | -1.35 | -7.6% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.37 | -4.3% |
| 190th | Turkmenistan | -1.40 | -13.9% |
| 191st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.46 | -14.8% |
| 192nd | Iraq | -1.46 | -2.0% |
| 193rd | Angola | -1.48 | -3.9% |
| 194th | Chad | -1.51 | -9.4% |
| 195th | Afghanistan | -1.54 | -13.7% |
| 196th | Sudan | -1.56 | -4.1% |
| 197th | Libya | -1.58 | 0.0% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.59 | -5.1% |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.59 | -1.5% |
| 200th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.60 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.69 | -3.0% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.70 | -12.4% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -1.76 | -2.0% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's control of corruption in 2016?▾
United Kingdom's control of corruption in 2016 was 1.85. This ranked 13th globally.
How did United Kingdom's control of corruption change in 2016?▾
United Kingdom's control of corruption increased by 1.1% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2016?▾
New Zealand had the highest control of corruption in 2016 at 2.24.
What is the control of corruption of United Kingdom in 2016?▾
The control of corruption of United Kingdom in 2016 was 1.85. This ranked 13th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for United Kingdom's control of corruption?▾
United Kingdom's control of corruption went from 1.83 in 2015 to 1.85 in 2016, a 1.1% increase.
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