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 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
Czechia 37 62.2 B
Georgia 38 62.2 B
Italy 39 62.2 B
Slovenia 40 62.2 B
Poland 41 61.1 B
Costa Rica 42 60.0 B
Slovak Republic 43 58.9 B
Cyprus 44 57.8 B
Greece 45 57.8 B
Malta 46 56.7 B
Rwanda 47 56.7 B
Saudi Arabia 48 56.7 B
Croatia 49 55.6 B
Mauritius 50 55.6 B
Namibia 51 54.4 B
Jordan 52 52.2 B
Malaysia 53 52.2 B
Armenia 54 51.1 B
Romania 55 51.1 B
China 56 50.0 B
Bahrain 57 48.9 B
Jamaica 58 48.9 B
Oman 59 48.9 B
Bulgaria 60 47.8 B
South Africa 61 47.8 B
Benin 62 47.8 C
Ghana 63 47.8 C
Senegal 64 47.8 C
Burkina Faso 65 46.7 C
Hungary 66 46.7 C
Kuwait 67 46.7 C
Vietnam 68 46.7 C
Guyana 69 44.4 C
India 70 44.4 C
North Macedonia 71 44.4 C
Suriname 72 44.4 C
Tunisia 73 44.4 C
Belarus 74 43.3 C
Colombia 75 43.3 C
Moldova 76 43.3 C
Argentina 77 42.2 C
Brazil 78 42.2 C
Ethiopia 79 42.2 C
Morocco 80 42.2 C
Tanzania 81 42.2 C
Cote d'Ivoire 82 41.1 C
Lesotho 83 41.1 C
Albania 84 40.0 C
Ecuador 85 40.0 C
Panama 86 40.0 C
Peru 87 40.0 C
Serbia 88 40.0 C
Sri Lanka 89 40.0 C
Thailand 90 40.0 C
Türkiye 91 40.0 C
Kazakhstan 92 40.0 D
Bosnia and Herzegovina 93 37.8 D
Gambia 94 37.8 D
Indonesia 95 37.8 D
Malawi 96 37.8 D
Nepal 97 37.8 D
Sierra Leone 98 37.8 D
Algeria 99 36.7 D
Angola 100 36.7 D
El Salvador 101 36.7 D
Mongolia 102 36.7 D
Philippines 103 36.7 D
Ukraine 104 36.7 D
Zambia 105 36.7 D
Dominican Republic 106 35.6 D
Kenya 107 35.6 D
Niger 108 35.6 D
Bolivia 109 34.4 D
Laos 110 34.4 D
Mexico 111 34.4 D
Uzbekistan 112 34.4 D
Egypt 113 33.3 D
Eswatini 114 33.3 D
Mauritania 115 33.3 D
Papua New Guinea 116 33.3 D
Togo 117 33.3 D
Gabon 118 32.2 D
Mali 119 31.1 D
Paraguay 120 31.1 D
Russia 121 31.1 D
Kyrgyzstan 122 30.0 D
Pakistan 123 30.0 E
Cameroon 124 28.9 E
Liberia 125 28.9 E
Madagascar 126 28.9 E
Mozambique 127 28.9 E
Uganda 128 28.9 E
Bangladesh 129 27.8 E
Guinea 130 27.8 E
Afghanistan 131 26.7 E
Cambodia 132 26.7 E
Central African Republic 133 26.7 E
Guatemala 134 26.7 E
Lebanon 135 26.7 E
Nigeria 136 26.7 E
Tajikistan 137 26.7 E
Azerbaijan 138 25.6 E
Honduras 139 25.6 E
Myanmar 140 25.6 E
Zimbabwe 141 25.6 E
Sudan 142 24.4 E
Congo, Rep. 143 23.3 E
Guinea-Bissau 144 23.3 E
Congo, Dem. Rep 145 22.2 E
Chad 146 21.1 E
Comoros 147 21.1 E
Nicaragua 148 21.1 E
Turkmenistan 149 21.1 E
Burundi 150 18.9 E
Haiti 151 18.9 E
Libya 152 18.9 E
Yemen, Rep. 153 17.8 E


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