An assessment of perceived corruption in the public sector on a scale from 0 to 100. Higher is cleaner.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2014 to 2024.
Top-20 · score, 0–100
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Denmark
|
90 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Finland
|
88 | 2024 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Singapore
|
84 | 2024 | 3 | |
| 4 |
New Zealand
|
83 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Luxembourg
|
81 | 2024 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Norway
|
81 | 2024 | 5 | |
| 7 |
Switzerland
|
81 | 2024 | 5 | |
| 8 |
Sweden
|
80 | 2024 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Netherlands
|
78 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Australia
|
77 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Iceland
|
77 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 12 |
Ireland
|
77 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 13 |
Estonia
|
76 | 2024 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Uruguay
|
76 | 2024 | 13 | |
| 15 |
Canada
|
75 | 2024 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Germany
|
75 | 2024 | 15 | |
| 17 |
Hong Kong
|
74 | 2024 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Bhutan
|
72 | 2024 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Seychelles
|
72 | 2024 | 18 | |
| 20 |
Japan
|
71 | 2024 | 20 | |
| 21 |
United Kingdom
|
71 | 2024 | 20 | |
| 22 |
Belgium
|
69 | 2024 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Barbados
|
68 | 2024 | 23 | |
| 24 |
United Arab Emirates
|
68 | 2024 | 23 | |
| 25 |
Austria
|
67 | 2024 | 25 | |
| 26 |
France
|
67 | 2024 | 25 | |
| 27 |
Taiwan
|
67 | 2024 | 25 | |
| 28 |
Bahamas
|
65 | 2024 | 28 | |
| 29 |
United States
|
65 | 2024 | 28 | |
| 30 |
Israel
|
64 | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
South Korea
|
64 | 2024 | 30 | |
| 32 |
Chile
|
63 | 2024 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Lithuania
|
63 | 2024 | 32 | |
| 34 |
Puerto Rico
|
63 | 2014 | 32 | |
| 35 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
63 | 2024 | 32 | |
| 36 |
Cabo Verde
|
62 | 2024 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
60 | 2020 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Dominica
|
60 | 2024 | 37 | |
| 39 |
Slovenia
|
60 | 2024 | 37 | |
| 40 |
Latvia
|
59 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Qatar
|
59 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 42 |
Saint Lucia
|
59 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 43 |
Saudi Arabia
|
59 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 44 |
Costa Rica
|
58 | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Botswana
|
57 | 2024 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Portugal
|
57 | 2024 | 45 | |
| 47 |
Rwanda
|
57 | 2024 | 45 | |
| 48 |
Cyprus
|
56 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Czechia
|
56 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 50 |
Grenada
|
56 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 51 |
Spain
|
56 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 52 |
Fiji
|
55 | 2024 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Oman
|
55 | 2024 | 52 | |
| 54 |
Italy
|
54 | 2024 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Bahrain
|
53 | 2024 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Georgia
|
53 | 2024 | 55 | |
| 57 |
Poland
|
53 | 2024 | 55 | |
| 58 |
Mauritius
|
51 | 2024 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Malaysia
|
50 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Vanuatu
|
50 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 61 |
Greece
|
49 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Jordan
|
49 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 63 |
Namibia
|
49 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 64 |
Slovakia
|
49 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 65 |
Armenia
|
47 | 2024 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Croatia
|
47 | 2024 | 65 | |
| 67 |
Kuwait
|
46 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Malta
|
46 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 69 |
Montenegro
|
46 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 70 |
Romania
|
46 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 71 |
Benin
|
45 | 2024 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
45 | 2024 | 71 | |
| 73 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
45 | 2024 | 71 | |
| 74 |
Senegal
|
45 | 2024 | 71 | |
| 75 |
Jamaica
|
44 | 2024 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Timor-Leste
|
44 | 2024 | 75 | |
| 77 |
Bulgaria
|
43 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 78 |
China
|
43 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 79 |
Moldova
|
43 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 80 |
Solomon Islands
|
43 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 81 |
Albania
|
42 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Ghana
|
42 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 83 |
Burkina Faso
|
41 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Cuba
|
41 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 85 |
Hungary
|
41 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 86 |
South Africa
|
41 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 87 |
Tanzania
|
41 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 88 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
41 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 89 |
Kazakhstan
|
40 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 90 |
North Macedonia
|
40 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 91 |
Suriname
|
40 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 92 |
Vietnam
|
40 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 93 |
Colombia
|
39 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Guyana
|
39 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 95 |
Tunisia
|
39 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 96 |
Zambia
|
39 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 97 |
Gambia
|
38 | 2024 | 97 | |
| 98 |
India
|
38 | 2024 | 97 | |
| 99 |
Maldives
|
38 | 2024 | 97 | |
| 100 |
Argentina
|
37 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Ethiopia
|
37 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 102 |
Indonesia
|
37 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 103 |
Lesotho
|
37 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 104 |
Morocco
|
37 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 105 |
Dominican Republic
|
36 | 2024 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Serbia
|
35 | 2024 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Ukraine
|
35 | 2024 | 106 | |
| 108 |
Algeria
|
34 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Brazil
|
34 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 110 |
Malawi
|
34 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 111 |
Nepal
|
34 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 112 |
Niger
|
34 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 113 |
Thailand
|
34 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 114 |
Türkiye
|
34 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 115 |
Belarus
|
33 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
33 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 117 |
Laos
|
33 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 118 |
Mongolia
|
33 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 119 |
Panama
|
33 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 120 |
Philippines
|
33 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 121 |
Sierra Leone
|
33 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 122 |
Angola
|
32 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Ecuador
|
32 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 124 |
Kenya
|
32 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 125 |
Sri Lanka
|
32 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 126 |
Togo
|
32 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 127 |
Uzbekistan
|
32 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 128 |
Djibouti
|
31 | 2024 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Papua New Guinea
|
31 | 2024 | 128 | |
| 130 |
Peru
|
31 | 2024 | 128 | |
| 131 |
Egypt
|
30 | 2024 | 131 | |
| 132 |
El Salvador
|
30 | 2024 | 131 | |
| 133 |
Mauritania
|
30 | 2024 | 131 | |
| 134 |
Bolivia
|
28 | 2024 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Guinea
|
28 | 2024 | 134 | |
| 136 |
Eswatini
|
27 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Gabon
|
27 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 138 |
Liberia
|
27 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 139 |
Mali
|
27 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 140 |
Pakistan
|
27 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 141 |
Cameroon
|
26 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Iraq
|
26 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 143 |
Madagascar
|
26 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 144 |
Mexico
|
26 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 145 |
Nigeria
|
26 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 146 |
Uganda
|
26 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 147 |
Guatemala
|
25 | 2024 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
25 | 2024 | 147 | |
| 149 |
Mozambique
|
25 | 2024 | 147 | |
| 150 |
Central African Republic
|
24 | 2024 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Paraguay
|
24 | 2024 | 150 | |
| 152 |
Bangladesh
|
23 | 2024 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Iran
|
23 | 2024 | 152 | |
| 154 |
Republic of the Congo
|
23 | 2024 | 152 | |
| 155 |
Azerbaijan
|
22 | 2024 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Honduras
|
22 | 2024 | 155 | |
| 157 |
Lebanon
|
22 | 2024 | 155 | |
| 158 |
Russia
|
22 | 2024 | 155 | |
| 159 |
Cambodia
|
21 | 2024 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Chad
|
21 | 2024 | 159 | |
| 161 |
Comoros
|
21 | 2024 | 159 | |
| 162 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
21 | 2024 | 159 | |
| 163 |
Zimbabwe
|
21 | 2024 | 159 | |
| 164 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
20 | 2024 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Tajikistan
|
19 | 2024 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Afghanistan
|
17 | 2024 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Burundi
|
17 | 2024 | 166 | |
| 168 |
Turkmenistan
|
17 | 2024 | 166 | |
| 169 |
Haiti
|
16 | 2024 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Myanmar
|
16 | 2024 | 169 | |
| 171 |
North Korea
|
15 | 2024 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Sudan
|
15 | 2024 | 171 | |
| 173 |
Nicaragua
|
14 | 2024 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
13 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Eritrea
|
13 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 176 |
Libya
|
13 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 177 |
Yemen
|
13 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 178 |
Syria
|
12 | 2024 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Venezuela
|
10 | 2024 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Somalia
|
9 | 2024 | 180 | |
| 181 |
South Sudan
|
8 | 2024 | 181 |
The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index: a composite score of how corrupt experts and businesspeople consider the public sector of a country to be. Zero means an utterly corrupt sector, one hundred an utterly clean one. The key word in the name is perceptions: the index is assembled from a dozen surveys and expert assessments rather than from the number of cases or convictions, because corruption itself cannot be measured directly, and its recording depends on the work of the very institutions being assessed.
Important: The methodology changed in 2012, so values before and after are not comparable; the series here starts in 2012. Small changes of the score between years usually lie within the margin of error — Transparency International itself asks that the multi-year trend be looked at.
A composite measure of development: life expectancy, education and income in a single number from 0 to 1.
Economy 1990–2025 GDP per capita at PPPThe soundest measure of living standards: income per person adjusted for prices.
Indexes 2010–2020 Human capital indexWhat share of their potential a child born today will manage to realize.
Indexes 1990–2023 Gender development indexThe ratio of the Human Development Index of women to the same index of men.
Indexes 1990–2023 Gender inequality indexA composite measure of inequality between the sexes: health, representation and labor market participation.