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Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

Control of Corruption (CC) captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is used for private gain, including both petty and grand corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e.

📅 2025📏 approx. -2.5 to +2.5206 entries

🇩🇰 Denmark2

🇫🇮 Finland2

🇨🇭 Switzerland2

🇸🇬 Singapore2

🇸🇪 Sweden2

🇱🇺 Luxembourg2

🇳🇴 Norway2

🇻🇪 Venezuela-2

🇸🇩 Sudan-2

🇪🇷 Eritrea-2

🇸🇾 Syria-2

🇾🇪 Yemen-2

🇸🇴 Somalia-2

🇸🇸 South Sudan-2

The 7 highest and 7 lowest of 206 entries; 113 are below zero. Bars to the left of the line are negative.

1

🇩🇰Denmark

2

2

🇫🇮Finland

2

3

🇨🇭Switzerland

2

4

🇸🇬Singapore

2

5

🇸🇪Sweden

2

6

🇱🇺Luxembourg

2

7

🇳🇴Norway

2

8

🇳🇿New Zealand

2

9

🇳🇱Netherlands

2

10

🇦🇺Australia

2

11

🇮🇸Iceland

2

12

🇱🇮Liechtenstein

2

13

🇩🇪Germany

2

14

🇪🇪Estonia

2

15

🇭🇰Hong Kong

2

16

🇨🇦Canada

2

17

🇺🇾Uruguay

2

18

🇬🇧United Kingdom

2

19

🇮🇪Ireland

2

20

🇬🇱Greenland

1

21

🇧🇹Bhutan

1

22

🇯🇵Japan

1

23

🇧🇪Belgium

1

24

🇦🇹Austria

1

25

🇫🇷France

1

26

🇧🇧Barbados

1

27

🇸🇨Seychelles

1

28

🇦🇸American Samoa

1

29

🇦🇩Andorra

1

30

🇧🇲Bermuda

1

31

🇬🇺Guam

1

32

🇲🇨Monaco

1

33

🇸🇲San Marino

1

34

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

1

35

🇨🇱Chile

1

36

🇧🇸Bahamas

1

37

🇱🇹Lithuania

1

38

🇧🇳Brunei

1

39

🇮🇱Israel

1

40

🇰🇷South Korea

1

41

🇨🇻Cape Verde

1

42

🇶🇦Qatar

1

43

🇦🇼Aruba

1

44

🇺🇸United States

1

45

🇵🇱Poland

1

46

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

1

47

🇨🇿Czechia

1

48

🇱🇻Latvia

1

49

🇵🇹Portugal

1

50

🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1

Highlights

As of 2025, Denmark ranks first with 2, followed by Finland (2) and Switzerland (2).

Across 206 countries and territories, values run from 2 (Denmark) to -2 (South Sudan), with a median of -0.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe, 2 from Oceania and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5), 2025. Unit: approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026