Corruption Perception by Country

The Corruption Perception by Country ranking evaluates nations based on their progress in reducing corruption, ranking those with the greatest improvements higher to reflect advances in transparency, accountability, and governance.

Ranking summary

Egypt tops the rankings in Corruption Perception Index, recording an increase from 30 to 35. Barbados follows with a gain from 65 to 69, while Cabo Verde rounds out the top three, rising from 60 to 64.
Across all 178 countries, the average year-over-year change was +0 pts with a median change of +0 pts.
Overall, 55 countries improved in this area while 61 worsened. Click on a country to open the full country scorecard and see how it performs across a range of key indicators.

Rank ⇵	Country ⇵	Most Recent Year ⇵	Previous Year ⇵	Change ⇵
1	Egypt	35 (2023)	30 (2022)	+5.00 pts
2	Barbados	69 (2023)	65 (2022)	+4.00 pts
3	Cabo Verde	64 (2023)	60 (2022)	+4.00 pts
4	Kuwait	46 (2023)	42 (2022)	+4.00 pts
5	Zambia	37 (2023)	33 (2022)	+4.00 pts
6	Burundi	20 (2023)	17 (2022)	+3.00 pts
7	Côte d'Ivoire	40 (2023)	37 (2022)	+3.00 pts
8	Dominican Republic	35 (2023)	32 (2022)	+3.00 pts
9	Algeria	36 (2023)	33 (2022)	+3.00 pts
10	Gambia	37 (2023)	34 (2022)	+3.00 pts
11	Kazakhstan	39 (2023)	36 (2022)	+3.00 pts
12	Moldova	42 (2023)	39 (2022)	+3.00 pts
13	Malaysia	50 (2023)	47 (2022)	+3.00 pts
14	Ukraine	36 (2023)	33 (2022)	+3.00 pts
15	Bulgaria	45 (2023)	43 (2022)	+2.00 pts
16	Canada	76 (2023)	74 (2022)	+2.00 pts
17	Estonia	76 (2023)	74 (2022)	+2.00 pts
18	Lesotho	39 (2023)	37 (2022)	+2.00 pts
19	North Macedonia	42 (2023)	40 (2022)	+2.00 pts
20	Pakistan	29 (2023)	27 (2022)	+2.00 pts
21	Rwanda	53 (2023)	51 (2022)	+2.00 pts
22	Tanzania	40 (2023)	38 (2022)	+2.00 pts
23	Uzbekistan	33 (2023)	31 (2022)	+2.00 pts
24	Albania	37 (2023)	36 (2022)	+1.00 pts
25	United Arab Emirates	68 (2023)	67 (2022)	+1.00 pts
26	Armenia	47 (2023)	46 (2022)	+1.00 pts
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35 (2023)	34 (2022)	+1.00 pts
28	Cameroon	27 (2023)	26 (2022)	+1.00 pts
29	Congo	22 (2023)	21 (2022)	+1.00 pts
30	Colombia	40 (2023)	39 (2022)	+1.00 pts
31	Comoros	20 (2023)	19 (2022)	+1.00 pts
32	Costa Rica	55 (2023)	54 (2022)	+1.00 pts
33	Cyprus	53 (2023)	52 (2022)	+1.00 pts
34	Czech Republic	57 (2023)	56 (2022)	+1.00 pts
35	Dominica	56 (2023)	55 (2022)	+1.00 pts
36	Guinea	26 (2023)	25 (2022)	+1.00 pts
37	Guinea-Bissau	22 (2023)	21 (2022)	+1.00 pts
38	Grenada	53 (2023)	52 (2022)	+1.00 pts
39	Libya	18 (2023)	17 (2022)	+1.00 pts
40	Luxembourg	78 (2023)	77 (2022)	+1.00 pts
41	Latvia	60 (2023)	59 (2022)	+1.00 pts
42	Montenegro	46 (2023)	45 (2022)	+1.00 pts
43	Mauritius	51 (2023)	50 (2022)	+1.00 pts
44	Nigeria	25 (2023)	24 (2022)	+1.00 pts
45	Nepal	35 (2023)	34 (2022)	+1.00 pts
46	Philippines	34 (2023)	33 (2022)	+1.00 pts
47	Saudi Arabia	52 (2023)	51 (2022)	+1.00 pts
48	Solomon Islands	43 (2023)	42 (2022)	+1.00 pts
49	Sierra Leone	35 (2023)	34 (2022)	+1.00 pts
50	Slovakia	54 (2023)	53 (2022)	+1.00 pts
51	Seychelles	71 (2023)	70 (2022)	+1.00 pts
52	Chad	20 (2023)	19 (2022)	+1.00 pts
53	Togo	31 (2023)	30 (2022)	+1.00 pts
54	Timor-Leste	43 (2023)	42 (2022)	+1.00 pts
55	Zimbabwe	24 (2023)	23 (2022)	+1.00 pts
56	Angola	33 (2023)	33 (2022)	+0.00 pts
57	Australia	75 (2023)	75 (2022)	+0.00 pts
58	Austria	71 (2023)	71 (2022)	+0.00 pts
59	Azerbaijan	23 (2023)	23 (2022)	+0.00 pts
60	Belgium	73 (2023)	73 (2022)	+0.00 pts
61	Benin	43 (2023)	43 (2022)	+0.00 pts
62	Bahamas	64 (2023)	64 (2022)	+0.00 pts
63	Brunei	60 (2020)	60 (2019)	+0.00 pts
64	Bhutan	68 (2023)	68 (2022)	+0.00 pts
65	Central African Republic	24 (2023)	24 (2022)	+0.00 pts
66	Switzerland	82 (2023)	82 (2022)	+0.00 pts
67	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20 (2023)	20 (2022)	+0.00 pts
68	Djibouti	30 (2023)	30 (2022)	+0.00 pts
69	Denmark	90 (2023)	90 (2022)	+0.00 pts
70	Spain	60 (2023)	60 (2022)	+0.00 pts
71	Finland	87 (2023)	87 (2022)	+0.00 pts
72	Ghana	43 (2023)	43 (2022)	+0.00 pts
73	Equatorial Guinea	17 (2023)	17 (2022)	+0.00 pts
74	Guyana	40 (2023)	40 (2022)	+0.00 pts
75	Honduras	23 (2023)	23 (2022)	+0.00 pts
76	Croatia	50 (2023)	50 (2022)	+0.00 pts
77	Haiti	17 (2023)	17 (2022)	+0.00 pts
78	Hungary	42 (2023)	42 (2022)	+0.00 pts
79	Indonesia	34 (2023)	34 (2022)	+0.00 pts
80	Ireland	77 (2023)	77 (2022)	+0.00 pts
81	Iraq	23 (2023)	23 (2022)	+0.00 pts
82	Italy	56 (2023)	56 (2022)	+0.00 pts
83	Jamaica	44 (2023)	44 (2022)	+0.00 pts
84	Japan	73 (2023)	73 (2022)	+0.00 pts
85	South Korea	63 (2023)	63 (2022)	+0.00 pts
86	Lebanon	24 (2023)	24 (2022)	+0.00 pts
87	Saint Lucia	55 (2023)	55 (2022)	+0.00 pts
88	Morocco	38 (2023)	38 (2022)	+0.00 pts
89	Mexico	31 (2023)	31 (2022)	+0.00 pts
90	Mali	28 (2023)	28 (2022)	+0.00 pts
91	Malta	51 (2023)	51 (2022)	+0.00 pts
92	Mongolia	33 (2023)	33 (2022)	+0.00 pts
93	Mauritania	30 (2023)	30 (2022)	+0.00 pts
94	Malawi	34 (2023)	34 (2022)	+0.00 pts
95	Namibia	49 (2023)	49 (2022)	+0.00 pts
96	Niger	32 (2023)	32 (2022)	+0.00 pts
97	Norway	84 (2023)	84 (2022)	+0.00 pts
98	North Korea	17 (2023)	17 (2022)	+0.00 pts
99	Paraguay	28 (2023)	28 (2022)	+0.00 pts
100	Qatar	58 (2023)	58 (2022)	+0.00 pts
101	Romania	46 (2023)	46 (2022)	+0.00 pts
102	Senegal	43 (2023)	43 (2022)	+0.00 pts
103	Singapore	83 (2023)	83 (2022)	+0.00 pts
104	Serbia	36 (2023)	36 (2022)	+0.00 pts
105	South Sudan	13 (2023)	13 (2022)	+0.00 pts
106	Sao Tome and Principe	45 (2023)	45 (2022)	+0.00 pts
107	Suriname	40 (2023)	40 (2022)	+0.00 pts
108	Slovenia	56 (2023)	56 (2022)	+0.00 pts
109	Eswatini	30 (2023)	30 (2022)	+0.00 pts
110	Syria	13 (2023)	13 (2022)	+0.00 pts
111	Trinidad and Tobago	42 (2023)	42 (2022)	+0.00 pts
112	Tunisia	40 (2023)	40 (2022)	+0.00 pts
113	Uganda	26 (2023)	26 (2022)	+0.00 pts
114	United States	69 (2023)	69 (2022)	+0.00 pts
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	60 (2023)	60 (2022)	+0.00 pts
116	Vanuatu	48 (2023)	48 (2022)	+0.00 pts
117	Yemen	16 (2023)	16 (2022)	+0.00 pts
118	Argentina	37 (2023)	38 (2022)	-1.00 pts
119	Burkina Faso	41 (2023)	42 (2022)	-1.00 pts
120	Bangladesh	24 (2023)	25 (2022)	-1.00 pts
121	Botswana	59 (2023)	60 (2022)	-1.00 pts
122	Chile	66 (2023)	67 (2022)	-1.00 pts
123	Germany	78 (2023)	79 (2022)	-1.00 pts
124	Eritrea	21 (2023)	22 (2022)	-1.00 pts
125	Ethiopia	37 (2023)	38 (2022)	-1.00 pts
126	Fiji	52 (2023)	53 (2022)	-1.00 pts
127	France	71 (2023)	72 (2022)	-1.00 pts
128	Gabon	28 (2023)	29 (2022)	-1.00 pts
129	Guatemala	23 (2023)	24 (2022)	-1.00 pts
130	India	39 (2023)	40 (2022)	-1.00 pts
131	Iran	24 (2023)	25 (2022)	-1.00 pts
132	Israel	62 (2023)	63 (2022)	-1.00 pts
133	Jordan	46 (2023)	47 (2022)	-1.00 pts
134	Kenya	31 (2023)	32 (2022)	-1.00 pts
135	Kyrgyzstan	26 (2023)	27 (2022)	-1.00 pts
136	Liberia	25 (2023)	26 (2022)	-1.00 pts
137	Lithuania	61 (2023)	62 (2022)	-1.00 pts
138	Madagascar	25 (2023)	26 (2022)	-1.00 pts
139	Maldives	39 (2023)	40 (2022)	-1.00 pts
140	Mozambique	25 (2023)	26 (2022)	-1.00 pts
141	Netherlands	79 (2023)	80 (2022)	-1.00 pts
142	Oman	43 (2023)	44 (2022)	-1.00 pts
143	Panama	35 (2023)	36 (2022)	-1.00 pts
144	Papua New Guinea	29 (2023)	30 (2022)	-1.00 pts
145	Poland	54 (2023)	55 (2022)	-1.00 pts
146	Portugal	61 (2023)	62 (2022)	-1.00 pts
147	Somalia	11 (2023)	12 (2022)	-1.00 pts
148	Sweden	82 (2023)	83 (2022)	-1.00 pts
149	Thailand	35 (2023)	36 (2022)	-1.00 pts
150	Turkmenistan	18 (2023)	19 (2022)	-1.00 pts
151	Uruguay	73 (2023)	74 (2022)	-1.00 pts
152	Venezuela	13 (2023)	14 (2022)	-1.00 pts
153	Vietnam	41 (2023)	42 (2022)	-1.00 pts
154	Bahrain	42 (2023)	44 (2022)	-2.00 pts
155	Belarus	37 (2023)	39 (2022)	-2.00 pts
156	Bolivia	29 (2023)	31 (2022)	-2.00 pts
157	Brazil	36 (2023)	38 (2022)	-2.00 pts
158	Ecuador	34 (2023)	36 (2022)	-2.00 pts
159	United Kingdom	71 (2023)	73 (2022)	-2.00 pts
160	Iceland	72 (2023)	74 (2022)	-2.00 pts
161	Cambodia	22 (2023)	24 (2022)	-2.00 pts
162	Sri Lanka	34 (2023)	36 (2022)	-2.00 pts
163	Nicaragua	17 (2023)	19 (2022)	-2.00 pts
164	New Zealand	85 (2023)	87 (2022)	-2.00 pts
165	Russia	26 (2023)	28 (2022)	-2.00 pts
166	Sudan	20 (2023)	22 (2022)	-2.00 pts
167	El Salvador	31 (2023)	33 (2022)	-2.00 pts
168	Türkiye	34 (2023)	36 (2022)	-2.00 pts
169	South Africa	41 (2023)	43 (2022)	-2.00 pts
170	China	42 (2023)	45 (2022)	-3.00 pts
171	Cuba	42 (2023)	45 (2022)	-3.00 pts
172	Georgia	53 (2023)	56 (2022)	-3.00 pts
173	Greece	49 (2023)	52 (2022)	-3.00 pts
174	Laos	28 (2023)	31 (2022)	-3.00 pts
175	Myanmar	20 (2023)	23 (2022)	-3.00 pts
176	Peru	33 (2023)	36 (2022)	-3.00 pts
177	Afghanistan	20 (2023)	24 (2022)	-4.00 pts
178	Tajikistan	20 (2023)	24 (2022)	-4.00 pts

Source: World Bank. Only countries with complete data (both points within the past 10 years) are shown.