Economies by Corruption Levels

Governments sometimes manipulate GDP data. For example GDP data can be manipulated through the calculation of price indexes. They can stop publishing important data prior to elections. They try to abolish independent statistics bureaus. They try to add questions that will bias responses to Census data. They leave in place price indexes known to be unreliable and impacting heavily and negatively on crucial pensions systems and so on.

The Transparency International Corruptions Perception rankings are used as a proxy for assessing the level of government corruption for each economy.

World Economics has converted the ranking data into an index on the scale from 0-100 where 0 is absolute corruption and 100 is no perception of government corruption.

The table below shows the level of perceived corruption, ranked by least corrupt to most corrupt.


Oringal data source: Transparency International, Berlin, Index calculations by World Economics


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Country Rank
Order
World Economics
Corruption
Index (0-100)
World Economics
Corruption
Grade: A-E
Denmark 1 100.0 A
Finland 2 96.7 A
New Zealand 3 96.7 A
Norway 4 93.3 A
Singapore 5 92.2 A
Sweden 6 92.2 A
Switzerland 7 91.1 A
Netherlands 8 88.9 A
Germany 9 87.8 A
Ireland 10 85.6 A
Luxembourg 11 85.6 A
Hong Kong 12 84.4 A
Australia 13 83.3 A
Canada 14 82.2 A
Estonia 15 82.2 A
Iceland 16 82.2 A
Uruguay 17 82.2 A
Belgium 18 81.1 A
Japan 19 81.1 A
United Kingdom 20 81.1 A
France 21 80.0 A
Austria 22 78.9 A
United States 23 76.7 A
Bhutan 24 75.6 A
Taiwan 25 75.6 A
Chile 26 74.4 A
United Arab Emirates 27 74.4 A
Bahamas, The 28 71.1 A
Israel 29 70.0 A
Korea, Rep. 30 70.0 A
Lithuania 31 68.9 A
Portugal 32 68.9 B
Botswana 33 66.7 B
Spain 34 66.7 B
Latvia 35 65.6 B
Qatar 36 64.4 B
Georgia 37 62.2 B
Italy 38 62.2 B
Slovenia 39 62.2 B
Poland 40 61.1 B
Costa Rica 41 60.0 B
Slovak Republic 42 58.9 B
Cyprus 43 57.8 B
Greece 44 57.8 B
Malta 45 56.7 B
Rwanda 46 56.7 B
Saudi Arabia 47 56.7 B
Croatia 48 55.6 B
Mauritius 49 55.6 B
Namibia 50 54.4 B
Jordan 51 52.2 B
Malaysia 52 52.2 B
Armenia 53 51.1 B
Romania 54 51.1 B
China 55 50.0 B
Bahrain 56 48.9 B
Jamaica 57 48.9 B
Oman 58 48.9 B
Bulgaria 59 47.8 B
South Africa 60 47.8 B
Benin 61 47.8 C
Ghana 62 47.8 C
Senegal 63 47.8 C
Burkina Faso 64 46.7 C
Hungary 65 46.7 C
Kuwait 66 46.7 C
Vietnam 67 46.7 C
Guyana 68 44.4 C
India 69 44.4 C
North Macedonia 70 44.4 C
Suriname 71 44.4 C
Tunisia 72 44.4 C
Belarus 73 43.3 C
Colombia 74 43.3 C
Moldova 75 43.3 C
Argentina 76 42.2 C
Brazil 77 42.2 C
Ethiopia 78 42.2 C
Morocco 79 42.2 C
Tanzania 80 42.2 C
Cote d'Ivoire 81 41.1 C
Lesotho 82 41.1 C
Albania 83 40.0 C
Ecuador 84 40.0 C
Panama 85 40.0 C
Peru 86 40.0 C
Serbia 87 40.0 C
Sri Lanka 88 40.0 C
Thailand 89 40.0 C
Türkiye 90 40.0 C
Kazakhstan 91 40.0 D
Bosnia and Herzegovina 92 37.8 D
Gambia 93 37.8 D
Indonesia 94 37.8 D
Malawi 95 37.8 D
Nepal 96 37.8 D
Sierra Leone 97 37.8 D
Algeria 98 36.7 D
Angola 99 36.7 D
El Salvador 100 36.7 D
Mongolia 101 36.7 D
Philippines 102 36.7 D
Ukraine 103 36.7 D
Zambia 104 36.7 D
Dominican Republic 105 35.6 D
Kenya 106 35.6 D
Niger 107 35.6 D
Bolivia 108 34.4 D
Laos 109 34.4 D
Mexico 110 34.4 D
Uzbekistan 111 34.4 D
Egypt 112 33.3 D
Eswatini 113 33.3 D
Mauritania 114 33.3 D
Papua New Guinea 115 33.3 D
Togo 116 33.3 D
Gabon 117 32.2 D
Mali 118 31.1 D
Paraguay 119 31.1 D
Russia 120 31.1 D
Kyrgyzstan 121 30.0 D
Pakistan 122 30.0 E
Cameroon 123 28.9 E
Liberia 124 28.9 E
Madagascar 125 28.9 E
Mozambique 126 28.9 E
Uganda 127 28.9 E
Bangladesh 128 27.8 E
Guinea 129 27.8 E
Afghanistan 130 26.7 E
Cambodia 131 26.7 E
Central African Republic 132 26.7 E
Guatemala 133 26.7 E
Lebanon 134 26.7 E
Nigeria 135 26.7 E
Tajikistan 136 26.7 E
Azerbaijan 137 25.6 E
Honduras 138 25.6 E
Myanmar 139 25.6 E
Zimbabwe 140 25.6 E
Sudan 141 24.4 E
Congo, Rep. 142 23.3 E
Guinea-Bissau 143 23.3 E
Congo, Dem. Rep 144 22.2 E
Chad 145 21.1 E
Comoros 146 21.1 E
Nicaragua 147 21.1 E
Turkmenistan 148 21.1 E
Burundi 149 18.9 E
Haiti 150 18.9 E
Libya 151 18.9 E
Yemen, Rep. 152 17.8 E


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Category definitions:
         A: Very good
         B: Good
         C: Average
         D: Poor
         E: Very poor