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
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World Economics
Corruption
Index (0-100)
World Economics
Corruption
Grade: A-E
Denmark 1 100.0 A
Finland 2 97.4 A
Singapore 3 92.2 A
New Zealand 4 90.9 A
Luxembourg 5 88.3 A
Norway 6 88.3 A
Switzerland 7 88.3 A
Sweden 8 87.0 A
Netherlands 9 84.4 A
Australia 10 83.1 A
Iceland 11 83.1 A
Ireland 12 83.1 A
Estonia 13 81.8 A
Uruguay 14 81.8 A
Canada 15 80.5 A
Germany 16 80.5 A
Hong Kong 17 79.2 A
Bhutan 18 76.6 A
Japan 19 75.3 A
United Kingdom 20 75.3 A
Belgium 21 72.7 A
United Arab Emirates 22 71.4 A
Austria 23 70.1 A
France 24 70.1 A
Taiwan 25 70.1 A
Bahamas, The 26 67.5 A
United States 27 67.5 A
Israel 28 66.2 A
Korea, Rep. 29 66.2 A
Chile 30 64.9 A
Lithuania 31 64.9 A
Cabo Verde 32 63.6 A
Brunei 33 61.0 B
Slovenia 34 61.0 B
Latvia 35 59.7 B
Qatar 36 59.7 B
Saudi Arabia 37 59.7 B
Costa Rica 38 58.4 B
Botswana 39 57.1 B
Portugal 40 57.1 B
Rwanda 41 57.1 B
Cyprus 42 55.8 B
Czechia 43 55.8 B
Spain 44 55.8 B
Oman 45 54.5 B
Italy 46 53.2 B
Bahrain 47 51.9 B
Georgia 48 51.9 B
Poland 49 51.9 B
Mauritius 50 49.4 B
Malaysia 51 48.1 B
Greece 52 46.8 B
Jordan 53 46.8 B
Namibia 54 46.8 B
Slovak Republic 55 46.8 B
Armenia 56 44.2 B
Croatia 57 44.2 B
Kuwait 58 42.9 B
Malta 59 42.9 B
Romania 60 42.9 B
Benin 61 41.6 B
Cote d'Ivoire 62 41.6 B
Senegal 63 41.6 B
Jamaica 64 40.3 C
Bulgaria 65 39.0 C
China 66 39.0 C
Moldova 67 39.0 C
Albania 68 37.7 C
Ghana 69 37.7 C
Burkina Faso 70 36.4 C
Hungary 71 36.4 C
South Africa 72 36.4 C
Tanzania 73 36.4 C
Trinidad and Tobago 74 36.4 C
Kazakhstan 75 35.1 C
North Macedonia 76 35.1 C
Suriname 77 35.1 C
Vietnam 78 35.1 C
Colombia 79 33.8 C
Guyana 80 33.8 C
Tunisia 81 33.8 C
Zambia 82 33.8 C
Gambia 83 32.5 C
India 84 32.5 C
Argentina 85 31.2 C
Ethiopia 86 31.2 C
Indonesia 87 31.2 C
Lesotho 88 31.2 C
Morocco 89 31.2 C
Dominican Republic 90 29.9 C
Serbia 91 28.6 C
Ukraine 92 28.6 C
Algeria 93 27.3 C
Brazil 94 27.3 C
Malawi 95 27.3 C
Nepal 96 27.3 C
Niger 97 27.3 C
Thailand 98 27.3 C
Türkiye 99 27.3 C
Belarus 100 26.0 D
Bosnia and Herzegovina 101 26.0 D
Laos 102 26.0 D
Mongolia 103 26.0 D
Panama 104 26.0 D
Philippines 105 26.0 D
Sierra Leone 106 26.0 D
Angola 107 24.7 D
Ecuador 108 24.7 D
Kenya 109 24.7 D
Sri Lanka 110 24.7 D
Togo 111 24.7 D
Uzbekistan 112 24.7 D
Papua New Guinea 113 23.4 D
Peru 114 23.4 D
Egypt 115 22.1 D
El Salvador 116 22.1 D
Mauritania 117 22.1 D
Bolivia 118 19.5 D
Guinea 119 19.5 D
Eswatini 120 18.2 D
Gabon 121 18.2 D
Liberia 122 18.2 D
Mali 123 18.2 D
Pakistan 124 18.2 D
Cameroon 125 16.9 D
Madagascar 126 16.9 D
Mexico 127 16.9 D
Nigeria 128 16.9 D
Uganda 129 16.9 D
Guatemala 130 15.6 E
Kyrgyzstan 131 15.6 E
Mozambique 132 15.6 E
Central African Republic 133 14.3 E
Paraguay 134 14.3 E
Bangladesh 135 13.0 E
Congo, Rep. 136 13.0 E
Azerbaijan 137 11.7 E
Honduras 138 11.7 E
Lebanon 139 11.7 E
Russia 140 11.7 E
Cambodia 141 10.4 E
Chad 142 10.4 E
Comoros 143 10.4 E
Guinea-Bissau 144 10.4 E
Zimbabwe 145 10.4 E
Congo, Dem. Rep 146 9.1 E
Tajikistan 147 7.8 E
Afghanistan 148 5.2 E
Burundi 149 5.2 E
Turkmenistan 150 5.2 E
Haiti 151 3.9 E
Myanmar 152 3.9 E
Sudan 153 2.6 E
Nicaragua 154 1.3 E
Libya 155 0.0 E
Yemen, Rep. 156 0.0 E


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