Zambia - Control of Corruption 2023
-0.48
+0.03 from 2022
Zambia's control of corruption was -0.48 in 2023, increased +0.03 from -0.50 in 2022. This was the 126th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| 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
What was Zambia's control of corruption in 2023?▾
Zambia's control of corruption in 2023 was -0.48. This ranked 126th globally.
How did Zambia's control of corruption change in 2023?▾
Zambia's control of corruption increased by 5.4% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest control of corruption in 2023?▾
Denmark had the highest control of corruption in 2023 at 2.38.
What is the control of corruption of Zambia in 2023?▾
The control of corruption of Zambia in 2023 was -0.48. This ranked 126th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Zambia's control of corruption?▾
Zambia's control of corruption went from -0.50 in 2022 to -0.48 in 2023, a 5.4% increase.
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