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 94.4 A
Norway 4 93.3 A
Singapore 5 92.2 A
Sweden 6 91.1 A
Switzerland 7 91.1 A
Netherlands 8 87.8 A
Germany 9 86.7 A
Luxembourg 10 86.7 A
Ireland 11 85.6 A
Canada 12 84.4 A
Estonia 13 84.4 A
Australia 14 83.3 A
Hong Kong 15 83.3 A
Belgium 16 81.1 A
Japan 17 81.1 A
Uruguay 18 81.1 A
Iceland 19 80.0 A
Austria 20 78.9 A
France 21 78.9 A
United Kingdom 22 78.9 A
United States 23 76.7 A
Bhutan 24 75.6 A
United Arab Emirates 25 75.6 A
Taiwan 26 74.4 A
Chile 27 73.3 A
Bahamas, The 28 71.1 A
Korea, Rep. 29 70.0 A
Israel 30 68.9 A
Lithuania 31 67.8 B
Portugal 32 67.8 B
Latvia 33 66.7 B
Spain 34 66.7 B
Botswana 35 65.6 B
Qatar 36 64.4 B
Italy 37 62.2 B
Slovenia 38 62.2 B
Costa Rica 39 61.1 B
Poland 40 60.0 B
Slovak Republic 41 60.0 B
Cyprus 42 58.9 B
Georgia 43 58.9 B
Rwanda 44 58.9 B
Saudi Arabia 45 57.8 B
Malta 46 56.7 B
Mauritius 47 56.7 B
Croatia 48 55.6 B
Malaysia 49 55.6 B
Greece 50 54.4 B
Namibia 51 54.4 B
Armenia 52 52.2 B
Jordan 53 51.1 B
Kuwait 54 51.1 B
Romania 55 51.1 B
Bulgaria 56 50.0 B
Jamaica 57 48.9 B
Benin 58 47.8 B
Oman 59 47.8 B
Senegal 60 47.8 B
Ghana 61 47.8 C
Bahrain 62 46.7 C
China 63 46.7 C
Hungary 64 46.7 C
Moldova 65 46.7 C
North Macedonia 66 46.7 C
Burkina Faso 67 45.6 C
South Africa 68 45.6 C
Vietnam 69 45.6 C
Colombia 70 44.4 C
Cote d'Ivoire 71 44.4 C
Guyana 72 44.4 C
Suriname 73 44.4 C
Tanzania 74 44.4 C
Tunisia 75 44.4 C
India 76 43.3 C
Kazakhstan 77 43.3 C
Lesotho 78 43.3 C
Morocco 79 42.2 C
Albania 80 41.1 C
Argentina 81 41.1 C
Belarus 82 41.1 C
Ethiopia 83 41.1 C
Gambia 84 41.1 C
Zambia 85 41.1 C
Algeria 86 40.0 C
Brazil 87 40.0 C
Serbia 88 40.0 C
Ukraine 89 40.0 C
Bosnia and Herzegovina 90 38.9 C
Dominican Republic 91 38.9 D
Egypt 92 38.9 D
Nepal 93 38.9 D
Panama 94 38.9 D
Sierra Leone 95 38.9 D
Thailand 96 38.9 D
Ecuador 97 37.8 D
Indonesia 98 37.8 D
Malawi 99 37.8 D
Philippines 100 37.8 D
Sri Lanka 101 37.8 D
Türkiye 102 37.8 D
Angola 103 36.7 D
Mongolia 104 36.7 D
Peru 105 36.7 D
Uzbekistan 106 36.7 D
Niger 107 35.6 D
El Salvador 108 34.4 D
Kenya 109 34.4 D
Mexico 110 34.4 D
Togo 111 34.4 D
Eswatini 112 33.3 D
Mauritania 113 33.3 D
Bolivia 114 32.2 D
Pakistan 115 32.2 D
Papua New Guinea 116 32.2 D
Gabon 117 31.1 D
Laos 118 31.1 D
Mali 119 31.1 D
Paraguay 120 31.1 D
Cameroon 121 30.0 D
Guinea 122 28.9 E
Kyrgyzstan 123 28.9 E
Russia 124 28.9 E
Uganda 125 28.9 E
Liberia 126 27.8 E
Madagascar 127 27.8 E
Mozambique 128 27.8 E
Nigeria 129 27.8 E
Bangladesh 130 26.7 E
Central African Republic 131 26.7 E
Lebanon 132 26.7 E
Zimbabwe 133 26.7 E
Azerbaijan 134 25.6 E
Guatemala 135 25.6 E
Honduras 136 25.6 E
Cambodia 137 24.4 E
Congo, Rep. 138 24.4 E
Guinea-Bissau 139 24.4 E
Afghanistan 140 22.2 E
Burundi 141 22.2 E
Chad 142 22.2 E
Comoros 143 22.2 E
Congo, Dem. Rep 144 22.2 E
Myanmar 145 22.2 E
Sudan 146 22.2 E
Tajikistan 147 22.2 E
Libya 148 20.0 E
Turkmenistan 149 20.0 E
Haiti 150 18.9 E
Nicaragua 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