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Control of Corruption, 2017

Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Control of Corruption, 2017 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Switzerland is highest, at 2.303869; South Sudan is lowest, at -1.752416. The middle country reads -0.160581. Against 2016, 207 values changed (87 up, 120 down), the same countries are covered.

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Control of Corruption · Data for 2017

HighestSwitzerland

2.303869

LowestSouth Sudan

-1.752416

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Control of Corruption, 2017, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Control of Corruption, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.30386994.5152
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.19595692.3384
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.18166792.0502
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.17009491.8168
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.16938491.8024
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.14972591.4059
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.11511590.7077
8SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.11397290.6847
9LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe2.01505588.6894
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.88346886.0351
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.86884685.7401
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.82528584.8615
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.82087084.7724
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.82067184.7684
=15American SamoaASMPolynesia1.79480384.2466
=15MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.79480384.2466
17AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.79416784.2337
18Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.70243782.3834
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.57227379.7578
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.56353879.5816
21JapanJPNEastern Asia1.47818677.8599
22BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.44917577.2747
23BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.44123877.1146
24FranceFRAWestern Europe1.35935175.4628
25UruguayURYSouth America1.34777075.2292

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Switzerland2.303869
  2. 2Denmark2.195956
  3. 3Finland2.181667
  4. 4Norway2.170094
  5. 5New Zealand2.169384

Lowest

  1. 207South Sudan-1.752416
  2. 206Somalia-1.724027
  3. 205Guinea-Bissau-1.661126
  4. 204Equatorial Guinea-1.635221
  5. 203Libya-1.610239

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.160581. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Control of Corruption (0–100)

    HighestSwitzerland94.5152

    LowestSouth Sudan12.6938

    Middle country: 44.8035

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 87 · 120rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • American Samoa1.172662 → 1.794803+0.622141
  • Samoa0.191544 → 0.616450+0.424906
  • Gambia-0.917342 → -0.560506+0.356835
  • Tonga-0.585679 → -0.232631+0.353048
  • Bhutan1.168212 → 1.449175+0.280963

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 200 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 5 countries share 1.170415. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2017). Control of Corruption, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/control-of-corruption/2017

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07Questions

Control of Corruption, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest control of corruption in Control of Corruption, 2017?

Switzerland, at 2.303869, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Control of Corruption, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Control of Corruption, 2017 cover?

207.

Where can I download Control of Corruption, 2017?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Control of Corruption, 2017 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Control of Corruption, 2025.

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