List of countries by Corruption Perceptions Index

Map of the Corruption Perceptions Index, 2024, as scored by Transparency international. A higher score indicates greater transparency (i.e., less corruption). The score ranges are:
Less Corrupt
  90–100
  80–89
  70–79
  60–69
  50–59
More Corrupt
  40–49
  30–39
  20–29
  10–19
  0–9
  No Data


This is a list of countries by Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as published by Transparency International, including scores and rankings. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) assesses countries by their perceived levels of public sector[1] corruption, as assessed by experts and business executives.[2] The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain".[3]: 2  The index is published annually by the non-governmental organisation Transparency International since 1995.[4]

The 2024 CPI, published in February 2025, currently ranks 180 countries "on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)" based on the situation between 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024. Denmark, Finland, Singapore, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden, (almost all scoring above 80 over the last thirteen years), are perceived as the least corrupt nations in the world — ranking consistently high among international financial transparency — while the most apparently corrupt is South Sudan (scoring 8), along with Somalia (9) and Venezuela (10).[5]

Scores since 2012

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Since 2012, the Corruption Perceptions Index has been scored from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt).

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Scores Perceived as less corrupt Perceived as more corrupt
Since 2012 99–90 89–80 79–70 69–60 59–50 49–40 39–30 29–20 19–10 9–0

2020-2024

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# Nation or Territory 2024[6] 2023[5] 2022[7] 2021[8] 2020[9]
Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i]
1 Denmark 90 90 90 88 88
2 Finland 88 87 87 -1 88 +2 85
3 Singapore 84 +2 83 83 -1 85 -1 85 +1
4 New Zealand 83 -1 85 -1 87 -1 88 88
5 Luxembourg 81 +5 78 +1 77 -1 81 80
5 Norway 81 -1 84 84 85 +3 84
5  Switzerland 81 +1 82 +1 82 84 -4 85 +1
8 Sweden 80 -2 82 -1 83 -1 85 -1 85 +1
9 Netherlands 78 -1 79 80 82 82
10 Australia 77 +4 75 -1 75 +5 73 -7 77 +1
10 Iceland 77 +9 72 -5 74 -1 74 +4 75 -6
10 Ireland 77 +1 77 -1 77 +3 74 +7 72 -2
13 Estonia 76 76 +2 74 -1 74 +4 75 +1
13 Uruguay 76 +5 73 -2 74 +4 73 +3 71
15 Canada 75 -3 76 +2 74 -1 75 -2 77 +1
15 Germany 75 -6 78 79 +1 80 -1 80
17 Hong Kong 74 -2 75 -2 76 76 -1 77 +5
18 Bhutan 72 +8 68 -1 68 68 -1 68 +1
18 Seychelles 72 +4 71 +3 70 70 +4 66
20 Japan 71 -3 73 +2 73 73 +1 74 +1
20 United Kingdom 71 +3 71 -2 73 -7 78 77 +1
22 Belgium 69 -6 73 +2 73 73 -3 76 +2
23 Barbados 68 +1 69 +5 65 65 64 +1
23 United Arab Emirates 68 +4 68 +1 67 -3 69 -3 71
25 Austria 67 -5 71 +2 71 -9 74 +2 76 -3
25 France 67 -4 71 +1 72 +1 71 +1 69
25 Taiwan 67 +3 67 -3 68 68 +3 65
28 Bahamas 65 +2 64 64 64 63 -1
28 United States 65 -3 69 69 +3 67 -2 67 -2
30 Israel 64 +3 62 -2 63 +5 59 -1 60
30 South Korea 64 +2 63 -1 63 +1 62 +1 61 +6
32 Chile 63 -3 66 -2 67 67 -2 67 +1
32 Lithuania 63 +2 61 -1 62 +1 61 +1 60
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 63 +4 60 -1 60 +1 59 +4 59 -1
35 Cape Verde 62 -5 64 +5 60 +4 58 +2 58
36 Dominica 60 +6 56 +3 55 55 +3 55
36 Slovenia 60 +6 56 -1 56 57 -6 60
Brunei Darussalam 60
38 Latvia 59 -2 60 +3 59 -3 59 +6 57 +2
38 Qatar 59 +2 58 58 -9 63 -1 63
38 Saint Lucia 59 +7 55 55 -3 56 +3 56 +3
38 Saudi Arabia 59 +15 52 +1 51 -2 53 53 -1
42 Costa Rica 58 +3 55 +3 54 -9 58 +3 57 +2
43 Botswana 57 -4 59 -4 60 +10 55 -10 60 -1
43 Portugal 57 -9 61 -1 62 -1 62 +1 61 -3
43 Rwanda 57 +6 53 +5 51 -2 53 -3 54 +2
46 Cyprus 56 +3 53 +2 52 +1 53 -10 57 -1
46 Czech Republic 56 -5 57 56 +8 54 54 -5
46 Grenada 56 +3 53 +2 52 +1 53 53 -1
46 Spain 56 -10 60 -1 60 -1 61 -2 62 -2
50 Fiji 55 +3 52 -4 53 -4 55 +10
50 Oman 55 +20 43 -1 44 -13 52 -7 54 +7
52 Italy 54 -10 56 -1 56 +1 56 +10 53 -1
53 Bahrain 53 +23 42 -7 44 +9 42 42 -1
53 Georgia 53 -4 53 -8 56 +4 55 56 -1
53 Poland 53 -6 54 -2 55 -3 56 +3 56 -4
56 Mauritius 51 -1 51 +2 50 -8 54 +3 53 +4
57 Malaysia 50 50 +4 47 +1 48 -5 51 -6
57 Vanuatu 50 -4 48 -1 48 +6 45 +9 43 -11
59 Greece 49 49 52 +7 49 +1 50 +1
59 Jordan 49 +4 46 -2 47 -3 49 +2 49
59 Namibia 49 49 49 -1 49 -1 51 -1
59 Slovakia 49 -12 54 +2 53 +7 52 +4 49 -1
63 Armenia 47 -1 47 +1 46 -5 49 +2 49 +17
63 Croatia 47 -6 50 50 +6 47 47
65 Kuwait 46 -2 46 +14 42 -4 43 +5 42 +7
65 Malta 46 -10 51 -1 51 -5 54 +3 53 -2
65 Montenegro 46 -2 46 +2 45 -1 46 +3 45 -1
65 Romania 46 -2 46 46 +3 45 +3 44 +1
69 Benin 45 +1 43 +2 43 +6 42 +5 41 -3
69 Ivory Coast 45 +18 40 +12 37 +6 36 -1 36 +2
69 São Tomé and Príncipe 45 -2 45 -2 45 +1 45 -3 47 +1
69 Senegal 45 +1 43 +2 43 +1 43 -6 45 -1
73 Jamaica 44 -4 44 44 +1 44 -1 44 +5
73 Kosovo 44 +10 41 +1 41 +3 39 +17 36 -3
73 Timor-Leste 44 -3 43 +7 42 +5 41 +4 40 +7
76 Bulgaria 43 -9 45 +5 43 +6 42 -9 44 +5
76 China 43 42 -11 45 +1 45 +12 42 +2
76 Moldova 43 42 +15 39 +14 36 +10 34 +5
76 Solomon Islands 43 -6 43 +7 42 -4 43 +5 42 -1
80 Albania 42 +18 37 +3 36 +9 35 -6 36 +2
80 Ghana 42 +10 43 +2 43 +1 43 +2 43 +5
82 Burkina Faso 41 +1 41 -6 42 +1 42 +8 40 -1
82 Cuba 41 -6 42 -11 45 -1 46 -1 47 -3
82 Hungary 41 -6 42 +1 42 -4 43 -4 44 +1
82 South Africa 41 +1 41 -11 43 -2 44 -1 44 +1
82 Tanzania 41 +5 40 +7 38 -7 39 +7 38 +2
82 Trinidad and Tobago 41 -6 42 +1 42 +5 41 +4 40 -1
88 Kazakhstan 40 +5 39 +8 36 +1 37 -8 38 +19
88 North Macedonia 40 -12 42 +9 40 +2 39 +24 35 -5
88 Suriname 40 -1 40 -2 40 +2 39 +7 38 -24
88 Vietnam 40 -5 41 -6 42 +10 39 +17 36 -8
92 Colombia 39 -5 40 +4 39 -4 39 +5 39 +4
92 Guyana 39 -5 40 -2 40 +2 39 -4 41 +2
92 Tunisia 39 -5 40 -2 40 -15 44 -1 44 +5
92 Zambia 39 +2 37 +18 33 +1 33 33 -4
96 Gambia 38 +2 37 +12 34 -8 37 37 -6
96 India 38 -3 39 -8 40 40 +1 40 -6
96 Maldives 38 -3 39 -8 40 40 -10 43 +55
99 Argentina 37 -1 37 -4 38 +2 38 -18 42 -12
99 Ethiopia 37 -1 37 -4 38 -7 39 +7 38 +2
99 Indonesia 37 +16 34 -5 34 -14 38 +6 37 -17
99 Lesotho 37 -6 39 +6 37 -3 38 -13 41 +2
99 Morocco 37 -2 38 -3 38 -7 39 -1 40 -6
104 Dominican Republic 36 +4 35 +15 32 +5 30 +9 28
105 Serbia 35 -1 36 -3 36 -5 38 -2 38 -3
105 Ukraine 35 -1 36 +12 33 +6 32 -5 33 +9
107 Algeria 34 -3 36 +12 33 +1 33 -13 36 +2
107 Brazil 34 -3 36 -10 38 +2 38 -2 38 +12
107 Malawi 34 +8 34 -5 34 35 +19 30 -6
107   Nepal 34 +1 35 +2 34 +7 33 33 -4
107 Niger 34 +17 32 -2 32 +1 31 -1 32 -3
107 Thailand 34 +1 35 -7 36 +9 35 -6 36 -3
107 Turkey 34 +8 34 -14 36 -5 38 -10 40 +5
114 Belarus 33 -16 37 -7 39 -9 41 -19 47 +3
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 33 -6 35 +2 34 35 +1 35 -10
114 Laos 33 +22 28 -10 31 +2 30 +6 29 -4
114 Mongolia 33 +7 33 -5 33 -6 35 +1 35 -5
114 Panama 33 -6 35 -7 36 +4 36 +6 35 -10
114 Philippines 33 +1 34 +1 33 +1 33 -2 34 -2
114 Sierra Leone 33 -6 35 +2 34 +5 34 +2 33 +2
121 Angola 32 33 -5 33 +20 29 +6 27 +4
121 Ecuador 32 -6 34 -14 36 +4 36 -13 39 +1
121 Kenya 32 +5 31 -3 32 +5 30 -4 31 +13
121 Sri Lanka 32 -6 34 -14 36 +1 37 -8 38 -1
121 Togo 32 +5 31 +4 30 -2 30 +6 29 -4
121 Uzbekistan 32 33 +5 31 +14 28 +6 26 +7
127 Djibouti 31 +3 30 30 -2 30 +14 27 -16
127 Papua New Guinea 31 +6 29 -3 30 -6 31 +18 27 -5
127 Peru 31 -6 33 -20 36 +4 36 -11 38 +7
130 Egypt 30 -22 35 +22 30 -13 33 33 -11
130 El Salvador 30 -4 31 -10 33 -1 34 -11 36 +9
130 Mauritania 30 30 30 +10 28 -6 29 +3
133 Bolivia 28 29 -7 31 +2 30 -4 31 -1
133 Guinea 28 +8 26 +6 25 +3 25 -13 28 -7
135 Eswatini 27 -5 30 30 -8 32 -5 33 -4
135 Gabon 27 +1 28 29 -12 31 +5 30 -6
135 Liberia 27 +10 25 -3 26 -6 29 +1 28
135 Mali 27 +1 28 +1 28 -1 29 -7 30 +1
135 Pakistan 27 -2 29 +7 27 28 -16 31 -4
140 Cameroon 26 27 +2 26 +2 27 +5 25 +4
140 Iraq 26 +14 23 +3 23 23 +3 21 +2
140 Madagascar 26 +5 25 -3 26 +5 26 +2 25 +9
140 Mexico 26 -14 31 31 -2 31 31 +6
140 Nigeria 26 +5 25 +5 24 +4 24 -5 25 -3
140 Uganda 26 +1 26 +1 26 +2 27 -2 27 -5
146 Guatemala 25 +8 23 -4 24 25 -1 25 -3
146 Kyrgyzstan 25 -5 26 -1 27 +4 27 -20 31 +2
146 Mozambique 25 -1 25 -3 26 +5 26 +2 25 -3
149 Central African Republic 24 24 +1 24 +4 24 -8 26 +7
149 Paraguay 24 -13 28 +1 28 -9 30 +9 28
151 Bangladesh 23 -2 24 -2 25 26 -1 26
151 Congo 23 +7 22 +6 21 -2 21 +3 19
151 Iran 23 +2 24 -2 25 +3 25 -1 25 -3
154 Azerbaijan 22 22 +3 23 -29 30 +1 30 -3
154 Honduras 22 23 +3 23 23 24 -11
154 Lebanon 22 -4 24 +1 24 +4 24 -5 25 -12
154 Russia 22 -13 26 -4 28 -1 29 -7 30 +8
158 Cambodia 21 22 -8 24 +7 23 +3 21 +2
158 Chad 21 +4 20 +5 19 -3 20 -4 21 +2
158 Comoros 21 +4 20 +5 19 -3 20 -4 21 -7
158 Guinea-Bissau 21 22 +6 21 -2 21 +3 19 +3
158 Zimbabwe 21 -9 24 +8 23 23 24 +1
163 Democratic Republic of the Congo 20 -1 20 +4 20 +3 19 +1 18 -2
164 Tajikistan 19 -2 20 -12 24 25 -1 25 +4
165 Afghanistan 17 -3 20 -12 24 +24 16 -9 19 +8
165 Burundi 17 -3 20 +9 17 -2 19 -4 19
165 Turkmenistan 17 +5 18 -3 19 +2 19 -4 19
168 Haiti 16 +4 17 -1 17 -7 20 +6 18 -2
168 Myanmar 16 -6 20 -5 23 -17 28 -3 28 -7
170 North Korea 15 +2 17 -1 17 +3 16 -4 18 +2
170 Sudan 15 -8 20 22 +2 20 +10 16 -1
172 Nicaragua 14 17 -5 19 -3 20 -5 22 +2
173 Equatorial Guinea 13 -1 17 -1 17 +1 17 +2 16 -1
173 Eritrea 13 -12 21 +1 22 -1 22 -1 21
173 Libya 13 -3 18 +1 17 +1 17 +1 17 -5
173 Yemen 13 +3 16 16 -2 16 +2 15 +1
177 Syria 12 13 +1 13 13 14
178 Venezuela 10 -1 13 14 14 -1 15 -3
179 Somalia 9 +1 11 12 -2 13 +1 12 +1
180 South Sudan 8 -3 13 +1 13 +2 11 -1 12

2012-2019

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# Nation or Territory 2019[10] 2018[11] 2017[12] 2016[13] 2015[14] 2014[15] 2013[16] 2012[17]
Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score
1 New Zealand 87 +1 87 -1 89 90 91 +1 91 -1 91 90
1 Denmark 87 88 +1 88 -1 90 91 92 91 90
3 Finland 86 85 85 89 90 89 89 -2 90
4 Sweden 85 -1 85 +3 84 -2 88 89 87 -1 89 +1 88
4 Singapore 85 -1 85 +3 84 +1 84 85 84 -2 86 87
4  Switzerland 85 -1 85 85 +2 86 +1 86 -1 86 +2 85 -1 86
7 Norway 84 84 -4 85 +3 85 -1 88 86 86 +2 85
8 Netherlands 82 82 82 83 +1 84 -1 83 83 +1 84
9 Germany 80 +2 80 +1 81 -2 81 +1 81 +1 79 78 +1 79
9 Luxembourg 80 81 -1 82 +2 81 -3 85 +2 82 +2 80 +1 80
11 Iceland 78 +3 76 -1 77 +1 78 -1 79 -1 79 78 -1 82
12 United Kingdom 77 -1 80 -3 82 +2 81 +1 81 +3 78 76 +3 74
12 Canada 77 -3 81 -1 82 +1 82 +1 83 81 -1 81 84
12 Austria 77 +2 76 +2 75 +1 75 -1 76 +7 72 +3 69 -1 69
12 Australia 77 +1 77 77 79 79 -2 80 -2 81 -2 85
16 Hong Kong 76 -2 76 -1 77 +2 77 +3 75 -1 74 -2 75 -1 77
17 Belgium 75 75 -1 75 -1 77 77 76 75 +1 75
18 Estonia 74 73 +3 71 +1 70 +1 70 +4 69 +1 68 +4 64
18 Ireland 74 73 +1 74 73 -1 75 -1 74 +4 72 +4 69
20 Japan 73 -2 73 +2 73 72 -2 75 -3 76 +3 74 -1 74
21 United Arab Emirates 71 +2 70 -2 71 +3 66 -1 70 +3 70 69 +1 68
21 Uruguay 71 +2 70 70 -2 71 74 73 -2 73 +1 72
23 United States 69 -1 71 -6 75 +2 74 -2 76 +1 74 +2 73 73
23 France 69 -2 72 +2 70 69 70 +4 69 -5 71 71
25 Bhutan 68 68 +1 67 +1 65 65 +3 65 +1 63 +2 63
26 Chile 67 +1 67 -1 67 -2 66 -1 70 -2 73 +1 71 -2 72
27 Seychelles 66 +1 66 +8 60 +4 55 +4 55 +3 54 +4 52
28 Taiwan 65 +3 63 -2 63 +2 61 62 +5 61 61 +1 61
29 Bahamas 64 65 -1 65 -4 66 71 -2 71 71
30 Barbados 62 -5 68 68 +6 61 -14 74 -2 75 76
30 Portugal 62 64 -1 63 62 -1 64 +3 63 +2 62 63
30 Spain 62 +11 58 +1 57 -1 58 -4 58 +1 60 +2 59 -10 65
30 Qatar 62 +3 62 -4 63 +2 61 -9 71 +5 69 +1 68 -1 68
34 Botswana 61 61 61 +1 60 -6 63 +2 63 -1 64 65
35 Brunei Darussalam 60 -4 63 +1 62 +9 58 -3 60 +8 55
35 Lithuania 60 +3 59 59 59 -2 59 +4 58 +3 57 +5 54
35 Israel 60 -1 61 -2 62 -4 64 +4 61 +6 60 -2 61 +3 60
35 Slovenia 60 +1 60 -2 61 -3 61 +3 60 +6 58 +3 57 -6 61
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 59 +2 58 -1 58 -5 60 62 -2 62 +3 62
39 South Korea 59 +6 57 +6 54 +1 53 -9 54 +1 55 +2 55 -1 56
41 Cape Verde 58 +4 57 +3 55 -10 59 +2 55 +3 57 -2 58 60
41 Poland 58 -5 60 60 -7 62 63 +7 61 +2 60 +3 58
41 Cyprus 58 -3 59 +4 57 +5 55 -15 61 -1 63 63 -2 66
44 Costa Rica 56 +4 56 -10 59 +3 58 -1 55 +8 54 +1 53 -1 54
44 Georgia 56 -3 58 +5 56 -2 57 +4 52 +3 52 +4 49 -4 52
44 Latvia 56 -3 58 -1 58 +4 57 -6 56 +6 55 +5 53 +5 49
44 Czech Republic 56 -6 59 +4 57 +5 55 -9 56 +15 51 +4 48 -3 49
48 Saint Lucia 55 +2 55 -2 55 -13 60 -11 71 -2 71 71
48 Dominica 55 -3 57 -3 57 -4 59 +2 58 +1 58 58
50 Malta 54 +1 54 -5 56 +1 55 -13 60 +10 55 +1 56 -2 57
51 Malaysia 53 +10 47 +1 47 -7 49 -1 50 -3 52 +2 50 +1 49
51 Grenada 53 +2 52 -1 52 -6 56
51 Rwanda 53 -3 56 55 +2 54 -7 54 +12 49 -6 53 +1 53
51 Saudi Arabia 53 +7 49 -1 49 +5 46 -14 52 +7 49 +8 46 +3 44
51 Italy 53 +2 52 +1 50 +6 47 +1 44 +8 43 43 +3 42
56 Oman 52 -3 52 +15 44 -4 45 -4 45 +4 45 -3 47 47
56 Namibia 52 -4 53 +1 51 52 -8 53 +10 49 +2 48 +1 48
56 Mauritius 52 51 -2 50 -4 54 -5 53 +3 54 +4 52 -9 57
59 Slovakia 50 -2 50 -3 50 51 -4 51 +4 50 +7 47 +1 46
60 Jordan 48 -2 49 +1 48 -2 48 -12 53 +10 49 +11 45 -8 48
60 Greece 48 +7 45 -8 48 +10 44 -11 46 +11 43 +11 40 +14 36
60 Cuba 48 +1 47 +1 47 -2 47 -4 47 +7 46 46 -5 48
63 Croatia 47 -3 48 -3 49 -2 49 -5 51 +11 48 -4 48 +5 46
64 São Tomé and Príncipe 46 46 46 -2 46 +4 42 +10 42 -4 42 42
64 Vanuatu 46 46 +7 43
66 Argentina 45 +19 40 39 +10 36 +11 32 +1 34 -1 34 -4 35
66 Montenegro 45 +1 45 -3 46 45 -3 44 +15 42 -9 44 +8 41
66 Senegal 45 +1 45 -1 45 -2 45 -3 44 +8 43 +8 41 +17 36
66 Belarus 45 +4 44 -2 44 +11 40 +27 32 +13 31 +4 29 31
70 Hungary 44 -6 46 +2 45 -9 48 -7 51 -2 54 -1 54 -1 55
70 South Africa 44 +3 43 -2 43 -7 45 -3 44 +6 44 +5 42 -3 43
70 Romania 44 -9 47 -2 48 -2 48 +1 46 +11 43 43 -3 44
70 Suriname 44 +3 43 +4 41 -13 45 +24 36 +12 36 -6 36 -6 37
74 Jamaica 43 -4 44 -2 44 +15 39 -14 41 +16 38 -2 38 38
74 Tunisia 43 -1 43 +1 42 +1 41 +1 38 +3 40 -2 41 -2 41
74 Bulgaria 43 +3 42 -6 43 +4 41 -6 41 43 +8 41 -2 41
77 Bahrain 42 +22 36 +4 36 -33 43 -20 51 +5 49 +2 48 -4 51
77 Solomon Islands 42 -7 44 +15 39 -13 42
77 Armenia 42 +28 35 +2 35 +6 33 -18 35 -1 37 36 +11 34
80 Ghana 41 -2 41 +3 40 -11 43 -14 47 +5 48 +2 46 +1 45
80 Morocco 41 -7 43 +8 40 +9 37 -2 36 -8 39 +11 37 -3 37
80 India 41 -2 41 +3 40 -2 40 -3 38 +9 38 +9 36 36
80 China 41 +7 39 -10 41 +2 40 +4 37 +17 36 -20 40 39
80 Benin 41 +5 40 39 +10 36 -12 37 -3 39 +14 36 36
85 Guyana 40 +8 37 -2 38 +17 34 +11 29 +5 30 +12 27 -3 28
85 Trinidad and Tobago 40 -7 41 -1 41 +24 35 -29 39 +13 38 -2 38 -3 39
85 Indonesia 40 +4 38 +7 37 -6 37 -2 36 +19 34 +7 32 +4 32
85 Burkina Faso 40 -7 41 -4 42 -2 42 +4 38 +9 38 -2 38 38
85 Lesotho 40 -7 41 -4 42 +9 39 -22 44 -6 49 49 +9 45
85 Kuwait 40 -7 41 +7 39 -10 41 -20 49 +12 44 +2 43 -3 44
91 Serbia 39 -4 39 -10 41 -5 42 -1 40 +7 41 -6 42 +8 39
91 Turkey 39 -13 41 +3 40 -6 41 -9 42 -2 45 -11 50 +1 49
93 Sri Lanka 38 -4 38 +2 38 +4 36 -12 37 +2 38 +6 37 -12 40
93 Ecuador 38 +21 34 +3 32 +3 31 -14 32 +4 33 -8 35 +16 32
93 Timor-Leste 38 +12 35 -14 38 +10 35 +22 28 +10 28 -14 30 -6 33
96 Ethiopia 37 +18 34 -7 35 +1 34 -6 33 +8 33 +1 33 +2 33
96 Vietnam 37 +21 33 -10 35 +6 33 -2 31 +8 31 -3 31 +7 31
96 Gambia 37 -3 37 +37 30 +15 26 -22 28 +3 29 +1 28 -22 34
96 Colombia 37 +3 36 -3 37 -6 37 -7 37 +11 37 36 36
96 Tanzania 37 +3 36 +4 36 +13 32 +1 30 +2 31 -8 33 -9 35
101 Kosovo 36 -8 37 -8 39 +10 36 +7 33 +8 33 +1 33 -6 34
101 Thailand 36 -2 36 -3 37 +5 35 -25 38 +9 38 +17 35 -14 37
101 Peru 36 +4 35 -9 37 +5 35 -13 36 -3 38 -2 38 38
101 Panama 36 -8 37 +3 37 -9 38 -15 39 +22 37 +8 35 -19 38
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36 -12 38 +2 38 -8 39 -7 38 +4 39 -8 42 42
106 Brazil 35 -1 35 -9 37 -17 40 -3 38 -7 43 +3 42 -3 43
106 Mongolia 35 -13 37 +10 36 -16 38 -15 39 +8 39 +3 38 +11 36
106 Albania 35 -7 36 -8 38 -8 39 +5 36 +22 33 +6 31 -3 33
106 Egypt 35 -1 35 +12 32 -9 34 -20 36 +6 37 +20 32 +4 32
106 Algeria 35 -1 35 +7 33 -4 34 -20 36 +12 36 -6 36 +11 34
106 Ivory Coast 35 -1 35 -2 36 +5 34 -2 32 +9 32 +21 27 29
106 North Macedonia 35 -13 37 +14 35 -17 37 -24 42 -2 45 +3 44 43
113 Kazakhstan 34 +11 31 -2 31 +9 29 -8 28 +3 29 +14 26 -7 28
113   Nepal 34 +11 31 -2 31 +9 29 -1 27 -4 29 -10 31 +23 27
113 Philippines 34 -14 36 +12 34 -10 35 -6 35 -10 38 +9 36 +11 34
113 Zambia 34 -8 35 -9 37 -9 38 -11 38 +9 38 -2 38 +5 37
113 Eswatini 34 -24 38 -4 39 -16 43 +13 39 37
113 El Salvador 34 -8 35 +7 33 -17 36 -23 39 +8 39 +3 38 38
119 Sierra Leone 33 +10 30 +1 30 -7 30 -4 29 31 30 +4 31
120 Moldova 32 -3 33 +5 31 +1 30 -21 33 +1 35 -1 35 -8 36
120 Niger 32 -6 34 -2 33 -11 35 -3 34 +5 35 +3 34 +7 33
120 Pakistan 32 -3 33 32 -1 32 +1 30 +9 29 +1 28 +12 27
123 Malawi 31 -3 32 +2 31 -2 31 -9 31 -1 33 -19 37 -3 37
123 Bolivia 31 +9 29 -20 33 +1 33 -15 34 +5 35 +3 34 -1 34
123 Gabon 31 +1 31 -7 32 -16 35 -3 34 -4 37 +12 34 -4 35
126 Djibouti 30 -2 31 -2 31 +1 30 -25 34 +9 34 -13 36 36
126 Kyrgyzstan 30 +6 29 +3 29 +1 28 -13 28 +13 27 +14 24 +4 24
126 Azerbaijan 30 +26 25 -30 31 +1 30 -4 29 +7 29 +1 28 +12 27
126 Ukraine 30 -6 32 +10 30 +1 29 -1 27 +12 26 +2 25 26
130 Laos 29 +2 29 +3 29 -12 30 +16 25 +6 25 -5 26 +20 21
130 Guinea 29 +8 28 +10 27 -6 27 -3 25 +6 25 +5 24 +4 24
130 Myanmar 29 +2 29 -2 30 +6 28 +11 22 +9 21 +1 21 +15 15
130 Mexico 29 +8 28 -3 29 -12 30 -12 31 -8 35 +3 34 -1 34
130 Maldives 29 -6 31 -12 33 -17 36
130 Mali 29 -10 32 +2 31 -6 32 -21 35 +20 32 +12 28 -22 34
130 Togo 29 -1 30 -12 32 -1 32 -10 32 +20 29 -3 29 +5 30
137 Russia 28 +1 28 -3 29 -4 29 -12 29 +17 27 -9 28 +6 28
137 Papua New Guinea 28 +1 28 -3 29 +1 28 +3 25 +6 25 -1 25 +6 25
137 Mauritania 28 +7 27 -1 28 -1 27 -31 31 +13 30 -5 30 +4 31
137 Liberia 28 -17 32 +2 31 -32 37 -7 37 +11 37 -11 38 -8 41
137 Lebanon 28 +1 28 +5 28 -7 28 -13 28 +13 27 -9 28 +1 30
137 Kenya 28 +7 27 -1 28 +2 26 -6 25 +6 25 -9 27 +3 27
137 Uganda 28 +12 26 +2 26 25 -12 25 +3 26 -2 26 -10 29
137 Paraguay 28 -5 29 +3 29 -12 30 +7 27 +20 24 24 25
137 Dominican Republic 28 -8 30 +6 29 -15 31 -18 33 +13 32 +8 29 -5 32
146 Nigeria 26 -2 27 +4 27 -12 28 26 27 +8 25 -5 27
146 Mozambique 26 +12 23 -5 25 -11 27 -31 31 +8 31 30 +4 31
146 Guatemala 26 -2 27 -1 28 -7 28 -13 28 -8 32 +8 29 -10 33
146 Iran 26 -8 28 -8 30 +1 29 -1 27 +6 27 +8 25 -11 28
146 Angola 26 +19 19 +2 19 -3 18 -1 15 -2 19 -8 23 +4 22
146 Bangladesh 26 +3 26 -6 28 +2 26 -6 25 +6 25 -9 27 +8 26
146 Honduras 26 -14 29 +3 29 -12 30 -12 31 +15 29 +14 26 -7 28
153 Cameroon 25 -1 25 +1 25 -8 26 -15 27 +6 27 +8 25 26
153 Central African Republic 25 -4 26 +7 23 +3 20 -14 24 +5 24 -6 25 26
153 Uzbekistan 25 +5 23 -1 22 -1 21 -3 19 +13 18 +2 17 +2 17
153 Tajikistan 25 -1 25 +9 21 -10 25 -15 26 +16 23 +2 22 +3 22
153 Comoros 25 -9 27 +4 27 +5 24 -17 26 +6 26 -15 28 +6 28
158 Zimbabwe 24 +2 22 -3 22 -3 22 -4 21 +6 21 +1 21 +6 20
158 Madagascar 24 -6 25 +3 24 -10 26 -22 28 +10 28 -6 28 -9 32
160 Eritrea 23 -3 24 +8 20 -1 18 -10 18 +12 18 -6 20 -10 25
161 Nicaragua 22 -9 25 -1 26 -6 26 -15 27 +3 28 -6 28 +3 29
162 Chad 20 +3 19 20 -6 20 -12 22 +7 22 +9 19 +2 19
162 Cambodia 20 -1 20 21 -5 21 -6 21 +6 21 +4 20 -3 22
162 Iraq 20 +6 18 +1 18 -3 17 -5 16 +9 16 +1 16 -2 18
165 Turkmenistan 19 -4 20 +6 19 -13 22 18 +15 17 -1 17 +2 17
165 Republic of the Congo 19 19 -4 21 -2 20 -13 23 +6 23 +2 22 26
165 Burundi 19 +5 17 -13 22 +2 20 -9 21 +9 20 -2 21 +8 19
168 Haiti 18 -7 20 -4 22 +2 20 -1 17 +3 19 +2 19 +2 19
168 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 -7 20 21 -5 21 -9 22 +7 22 22 +6 21
168 Libya 18 +2 17 +1 17 -1 14 -9 16 +5 18 +6 15 -12 21
168 Guinea Bissau 18 +4 16 -1 17 -3 16 -10 17 +3 19 +2 19 25
172 North Korea 17 +4 14 -5 17 +3 12 -7 8 +7 8 +1 8 8
173 Sudan 16 -1 16 +3 16 -5 14 -5 12 +8 11 +1 11 -1 13
173 Afghanistan 16 -1 16 +5 15 -8 15 -3 11 +6 12 +3 8 -1 8
173 Equatorial Guinea 16 -1 16 -1 17 -8 19 20
173 Venezuela 16 -5 18 +1 18 -3 17 -8 17 +3 19 -1 20 +5 19
177 Yemen 15 -1 14 -1 16 -5 14 -16 18 +7 19 +6 18 -11 23
178 Syria 13 13 14 -5 13 -19 18 +5 20 +9 17 -24 26
179 South Sudan 12 -1 13 +1 12 -4 11 -12 15 +8 15 +2 14
180 Somalia 9 10 9 -4 10 -9 8 +7 8 +1 8 -1 8

Scores from 1998-2011

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From 1998-2011, the Corruption Perceptions Index was scored from 10.0 (very clean) to 0.0 (highly corrupt). The scores were rounded to a single decimal space.

Legend

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Scores Perceived as less corrupt Perceived as more corrupt
1998–2011 10–9 8.9–8 7.9–7 6.9–6 5.9–5 4.9–4 3.9–3 2.9–2 1.9–1 0.9–0

2003-2011

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# Nation or Territory 2011[18] 2010[19] 2009[20] 2008[21] 2007[22] 2006[23] 2005[24] 2004[25] 2003[26]
Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i] Score  Δ[i]
1 New Zealand 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.6 +1 9.6 9.6 +1 9.5 -1
2 Finland 9.4 +2 9.2 +2 8.9 -1 9 -4 9.4 9.6 +1 9.6 -1 9.7 9.7
2 Denmark 9.4 -1 9.3 +1 9.3 -1 9.3 9.4 +3 9.5 9.5 -1 9.5 9.5 -1
4 Sweden 9.3 9.2 -1 9.2 -2 9.3 +3 9.3 +2 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.3 -1
5 Singapore 9.2 -4 9.3 +2 9.2 +1 9.2 9.3 +1 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.4
6 Norway 9 +4 8.6 +1 8.6 +3 7.9 -5 8.7 -1 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.8 +4
7 Netherlands 8.9 8.8 -1 8.9 +1 8.9 9 +2 8.7 +2 8.6 -1 8.7 -3 8.9
8  Switzerland 8.8 8.7 -3 9 9 +2 9 9.1 9.1 9.1 +1 8.8 +4
8 Australia 8.8 8.7 8.7 +1 8.7 +2 8.6 -2 8.7 8.8 8.8 -1 8.8 +3
10 Canada 8.7 -4 8.9 +2 8.7 +1 8.7 8.7 +5 8.5 8.4 -2 8.5 -1 8.7 -4
11 Luxembourg 8.5 8.5 +1 8.2 -1 8.3 +1 8.4 -1 8.6 +2 8.5 8.4 -2 8.7 -4
12 Hong Kong 8.4 +1 8.4 -1 8.2 8.1 +2 8.3 +1 8.3 8.3 +1 8 -2 8
13 Iceland 8.3 -2 8.5 -3 8.7 -1 8.9 -1 9.2 -5 9.6 9.7 +2 9.5 -1 9.6 +2
14 Japan 8 +3 7.8 7.7 +1 7.3 -1 7.5 7.6 +4 7.3 +3 6.9 -3 7 -1
14 Germany 8 +1 7.9 -1 8 7.9 +2 7.8 8 8.2 -1 8.2 +1 7.7 +2
16 United Kingdom 7.8 +4 7.6 -3 7.7 -1 7.7 -4 8.4 -1 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 -1
16 Barbados 7.8 +1 7.8 +3 7.4 +2 7 +1 6.9 +1 6.7 6.9 -3 7.3
16 Austria 7.8 -1 7.9 +1 7.9 -4 8.1 +3 8.1 -4 8.6 -1 8.7 +3 8.4 +1 8 +1
19 Ireland 7.5 -5 8 8 +2 7.7 +1 7.5 +1 7.4 +1 7.4 -2 7.5 +1 7.5 +5
19 Belgium 7.5 +3 7.1 -1 7.1 -3 7.3 +3 7.1 -1 7.3 -1 7.4 -2 7.5 7.6 +3
21 Bahamas 7.3
22 Qatar 7.2 -3 7.7 +3 7 +6 6.5 +4 6 6 5.9 +6 5.2 -6 5.6
22 Chile 7.2 -1 7.2 +4 6.7 -2 6.9 -1 7 -2 7.3 +1 7.3 -1 7.4 7.4 -3
24 United States 7.1 -2 7.1 -3 7.5 -1 7.3 +2 7.2 7.3 -3 7.6 7.5 +1 7.5 -2
25 Uruguay 7 -1 6.9 +1 6.7 -2 6.9 +2 6.7 +3 6.4 +4 5.9 -4 6.2 +5 5.5 -1
25 Saint Lucia 7 -3 7 -1 7.1 +3 6.8
25 France 7 6.8 -1 6.9 -1 6.9 -4 7.3 -1 7.4 7.5 +4 7.1 +1 6.9 +2
28 United Arab Emirates 6.8 6.3 +2 6.5 +5 5.9 -1 5.7 -3 6.2 -1 6.2 -1 6.1 +8 5.2
29 Estonia 6.4 -3 6.5 +1 6.6 6.6 +1 6.5 -4 6.7 +3 6.4 +4 6 +2 5.5 -4
30 Cyprus 6.3 -2 6.3 -1 6.6 +4 6.4 +8 5.3 -2 5.6 5.7 -1 5.4 -9 6.1
31 Spain 6.2 -1 6.1 +2 6.1 -4 6.5 -3 6.7 -2 6.8 7 -1 7.1 +1 6.9 -3
32 Taiwan 6.1 +4 5.8 +1 5.6 +2 5.7 -5 5.7 5.9 -2 5.9 +3 5.6 -5 5.7 -1
32 Portugal 6.1 6 +3 5.8 -3 6.1 -4 6.5 -2 6.6 6.5 +1 6.3 -2 6.6
32 Botswana 6.1 +1 5.8 +4 5.6 -1 5.8 +2 5.4 -1 5.6 -5 5.9 -1 6 -1 5.7 -6
35 Slovenia 5.9 -8 6.4 6.6 -1 6.7 +1 6.6 +1 6.4 +3 6.1 6 -2 5.9 -2
36 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.8 -5 6.4 -3 6.5 +2 6.1
36 Israel 5.8 -6 6.1 +2 6.1 +1 6 -3 6.1 +4 5.9 -6 6.3 -2 6.4 -5 7 -3
38 Bhutan 5.7 -1 5.7 +12 5 -4 5.2 +1 5 -14 6
39 Puerto Rico 5.6 -6 5.8 +2 5.8 +1 5.8
39 Malta 5.6 5.6 +6 5.2 -9 5.8 -3 5.8 -5 6.4 -3 6.6 6.8
41 Poland 5.5 +4 5.3 +4 5 +9 4.6 +3 4.2 3.7 +9 3.4 -3 3.5 -3 3.6 -19
41 Cape Verde 5.5 +7 5.1 -2 5.1 +1 5.1 +2 4.9
42 South Korea 5.4 -2 5.4 -2 5.5 +1 5.6 +3 5.1 -1 5.1 -2 5 +7 4.5 +3 4.3 -10
44 Dominica 5.2 +2 5.2 -12 5.9 -1 6 +4 5.6 +16 4.5
44 Brunei Darussalam 5.2 -6 5.5 +1 5.5
46 Mauritius 5.1 -5 5.4 +1 5.4 -1 5.5 +12 4.7 -11 5.1 +9 4.2 +3 4.1 -6 4.4 -8
46 Macau 5.1 +4 5 -7 5.3 5.4 -9 5.7 -8 6.6
46 Bahrain 5.1 +4 4.9 -4 5.1 -3 5.4 +3 5 -10 5.7 5.8 -2 5.8 -7 6.1
49 Rwanda 5 +20 4 +20 3.3 +13 3 +9 2.8 +10 2.5 -38 3.1
50 Seychelles 4.8 4.8 +4 4.8 +1 4.8 +2 4.5 +6 3.6 -8 4 -7 4.4
50 Oman 4.8 -6 5.3 -5 5.5 +2 5.5 +12 4.7 -14 5.4 -11 6.3 +1 6.1 -3 6.3
50 Lithuania 4.8 -1 5 +3 4.9 +6 4.6 -7 4.8 -5 4.8 -2 4.8 4.6 -3 4.7 -5
50 Costa Rica 4.8 -9 5.3 +2 5.3 +4 5.1 -1 5 +9 4.1 -4 4.2 -10 4.9 +9 4.3 -10
54 Kuwait 4.6 +2 4.5 +10 4.1 -1 4.3 -5 4.3 -14 4.8 -1 4.7 -1 4.6 -9 5.3
54 Hungary 4.6 -1 4.7 -7 5.1 +1 5.1 -8 5.3 +2 5.2 -1 5 +2 4.8 -2 4.8 -7
56 Jordan 4.5 -2 4.7 -5 5 -2 5.1 +6 4.7 -13 5.3 -3 5.7 5.3 +6 4.6 -3
57 Saudi Arabia 4.4 -3 4.7 +9 4.3 +17 3.5 -1 3.4 -9 3.3 3.4 +1 3.4 -25 4.5
57 Namibia 4.4 +2 4.4 -3 4.5 +5 4.5 -4 4.5 -2 4.1 -8 4.3 +7 4.1 -13 4.7 -13
57 Czech Republic 4.4 -1 4.6 -4 4.9 -7 5.2 -4 5.2 +5 4.8 +1 4.3 +4 4.2 +3 3.9 -2
Fiji 4 55
60 Malaysia 4.3 -1 4.4 -3 4.5 -9 5.1 -4 5.1 +1 5 -5 5.1 5 -2 5.2 -4
61 Turkey 4.2 -2 4.4 +2 4.4 -3 4.6 +6 4.1 -4 3.8 +5 3.5 +12 3.2 3.1 -13
61 Latvia 4.2 +1 4.3 -6 4.5 -4 5 -1 4.8 -2 4.7 +2 4.2 +6 4 3.8 -5
61 Cuba 4.2 +12 3.7 -12 4.4 +4 4.3 -4 4.2 +5 3.5 -7 3.8 +3 3.7 -19 4.6
64 South Africa 4.1 -8 4.5 -1 4.7 -1 4.9 -11 5.1 +8 4.6 -5 4.5 -2 4.6 +4 4.4 -12
64 Georgia 4.1 +9 3.8 -7 4.1 +1 3.9 +12 3.4 +20 2.8 +31 2.3 +3 2 -9 1.8 -39
66 Slovakia 4 -4 4.3 -6 4.5 -4 5 -3 4.9 4.7 -2 4.3 +10 4 +2 3.7 -7
66 Montenegro 4 +7 3.7 -4 3.9 +16 3.4 -1 3.3
66 Croatia 4 +3 4.1 -3 4.1 -4 4.4 +2 4.1 +5 3.4 +1 3.4 -3 3.5 -8 3.7 -8
69 Samoa 3.9 4.1 -13 4.5 +6 4.4 -5 4.5