Corruption Perceptions Index by country
A country’s score, from 0 (most corrupt) to 100 (least corrupt), that reflects the average of expert surveys on public sector corruption, including misuse of office and bribery.
Countries reporting
176
Highest
90
Denmark
Lowest
8
South Sudan
Median
39
Years covered
13
2012–2024
Data points
2,292
What the numbers show
Corruption Perceptions Index is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 90 in Denmark; the lowest is 8 in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 39, and the mean is 42.25.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in North Korea (up 87.5%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 50.0%).
Corruption Perceptions Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 90 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 88 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Singapore | 84 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | New Zealand | 83 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 5 | Switzerland | 81 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 5 | Norway | 81 | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 8 | Sweden | 80 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 9 | Netherlands | 78 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 10 | Australia | 77 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Iceland | 77 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 13 | Estonia | 76 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 76 | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 15 | Canada | 75 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 15 | Germany | 75 | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 74 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Bhutan | 72 | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 18 | Seychelles | 72 | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 71 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 20 | Japan | 71 | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 22 | Belgium | 69 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 68 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 23 | Barbados | 68 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 67 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 25 | France | 67 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 25 | Taiwan | 67 | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 28 | Bahamas | 65 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 28 | United States | 65 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 30 | Israel | 64 | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 30 | South Korea | 64 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 32 | Chile | 63 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 32 | Lithuania | 63 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 62 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 36 | Brunei | 60 | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 36 | Dominica | 60 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 36 | Slovenia | 60 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 59 | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 39 | Latvia | 59 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 59 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 59 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 58 | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 44 | Botswana | 57 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 44 | Portugal | 57 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 44 | Rwanda | 57 | 2024 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 47 | Cyprus | 56 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 47 | Czechia | 56 | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 56 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 47 | Grenada | 56 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Oman | 55 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 52 | Italy | 54 | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 53 | Bahrain | 53 | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 53 | Georgia | 53 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 53 | Poland | 53 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 56 | Mauritius | 51 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 57 | Malaysia | 50 | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 57 | Vanuatu | 50 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 59 | Greece | 49 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 59 | Jordan | 49 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Namibia | 49 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 49 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 63 | Armenia | 47 | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 63 | Croatia | 47 | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 65 | Kuwait | 46 | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 65 | Montenegro | 46 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 46 | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 69 | Benin | 45 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 45 | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 69 | Senegal | 45 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 69 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 73 | Jamaica | 44 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 73 | East Timor | 44 | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 43 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | China | 43 | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 75 | Moldova | 43 | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 43 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 79 | Albania | 42 | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 79 | Ghana | 42 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 41 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 41 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 81 | Hungary | 41 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 81 | Tanzania | 41 | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 81 | South Africa | 41 | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 40 | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 40 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 87 | Suriname | 40 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 87 | Vietnam | 40 | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 91 | Colombia | 39 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 91 | Guyana | 39 | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 91 | Tunisia | 39 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 91 | Zambia | 39 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 95 | Gambia | 38 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 95 | India | 38 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Maldives | 38 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 98 | Argentina | 37 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 37 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 98 | Indonesia | 37 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 98 | Lesotho | 37 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 98 | Morocco | 37 | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 36 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 104 | Serbia | 35 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 104 | Ukraine | 35 | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 106 | Brazil | 34 | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 106 | Algeria | 34 | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 106 | Malawi | 34 | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 106 | Niger | 34 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 106 | Nepal | 34 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 106 | Thailand | 34 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 106 | Turkey | 34 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 113 | Belarus | 33 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 113 | Laos | 33 | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 113 | Mongolia | 33 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 33 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 113 | Philippines | 33 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 33 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 120 | Angola | 32 | 2024 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 120 | Ecuador | 32 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 120 | Kenya | 32 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 32 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 120 | Togo | 32 | 2024 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 32 | 2024 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 126 | Djibouti | 31 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 126 | Peru | 31 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 31 | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 129 | Egypt | 30 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 129 | Mauritania | 30 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | El Salvador | 30 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 132 | Bolivia | 28 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea | 28 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 134 | Gabon | 27 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 134 | Liberia | 27 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 134 | Mali | 27 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 134 | Pakistan | 27 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 134 | Eswatini | 27 | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 139 | Cameroon | 26 | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 139 | Iraq | 26 | 2024 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 139 | Madagascar | 26 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 139 | Mexico | 26 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 139 | Nigeria | 26 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 139 | Uganda | 26 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Guatemala | 25 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 25 | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 145 | Mozambique | 25 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 148 | Central African Republic | 24 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Paraguay | 24 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 23 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 150 | Congo | 23 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Iran | 23 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 22 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 153 | Honduras | 22 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 153 | Lebanon | 22 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 153 | Russia | 22 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 157 | Comoros | 21 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 21 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 157 | Cambodia | 21 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Chad | 21 | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 21 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 19 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 17 | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 164 | Burundi | 17 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 164 | Turkmenistan | 17 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Haiti | 16 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 167 | Myanmar | 16 | 2024 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 169 | North Korea | 15 | 2024 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 169 | Sudan | 15 | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 171 | Nicaragua | 14 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 172 | Eritrea | 13 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 13 | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 172 | Libya | 13 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 172 | Yemen | 13 | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 176 | Syria | 12 | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 177 | Venezuela | 10 | 2024 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 178 | Somalia | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 179 | South Sudan | 8 | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
About this data
A country’s score, from 0 (most corrupt) to 100 (least corrupt), that reflects the average of expert surveys on public sector corruption, including misuse of office and bribery.