Corruptibility Index — 2022

Last reviewed 1 February 2023

The Corruptibility Index lists countries in order of their increasing degrees of corruptibility.

The rankings in the table below begin with the highest ranking of 1 meaning lowest level of corruption through to 180 meaning the highest level of corruption; this includes corruption in business, the police force and politics, etc. The list captures the informed views of businesspeople, analysts and experts in countries around the world.

Country

Rank

CPI score 2022

ISO3 code

Region

Denmark

1

90

DNK

WE/EU

Finland

2

87

FIN

WE/EU

New Zealand

2

87

NZL

AP

Norway

4

84

NOR

WE/EU

Singapore

5

83

SGP

AP

Sweden

5

83

SWE

WE/EU

Switzerland

7

82

CHE

WE/EU

Netherlands

8

80

NLD

WE/EU

Germany

9

79

DEU

WE/EU

Ireland

10

77

IRL

WE/EU

Luxembourg

10

77

LUX

WE/EU

Hong Kong

12

76

HKG

AP

Australia

13

75

AUS

AP

Canada

14

74

CAN

AME

Estonia

14

74

EST

WE/EU

Iceland

14

74

ISL

WE/EU

Uruguay

14

74

URY

AME

Belgium

18

73

BEL

WE/EU

Japan

18

73

BEL

WE/EU

United Kingdom

18

73

GBR

WE/EU

France

21

72

FRA

WE/EU

Austria

22

71

AUT

WE/EU

Seychelles

23

70

SYC

SSA

United States of America

24

69

USA

AME

Bhutan

25

68

BTN

AP

Taiwan

25

68

TWN

AP

Chile

27

67

CHL

AME

United Arab Emirates

27

67

ARE

MENA

Barbados

29

65

BRB

AME

Bahamas

30

64

BHS

AME

Israel

31

63

ISR

MENA

Korea, South

31

63

KOR

AP

Lithuania

33

62

LTU

WE/EU

Portugal

33

62

PRT

WE/EU

Botswana

35

60

BWA

SSA

Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

35

60

CPV

SSA

St Vincent and the Grenadines

35

60

VCT

AME

Spain

35

60

ESP

WE/EU

Latvia

39

59

LVA

WE/EU

Qatar

40

58

QAT

MENA

Czech Republic (Czechia)

41

56

CZE

WE/EU

Georgia

41

56

GEO

ECA

Italy

41

56

ITA

WE/EU

Slovenia

41

56

SVN

WE/EU

Dominica

45

55

DMA

AME

Poland

45

55

POL

WE/EU

Saint Lucia

45

55

LCA

AME

Costa Rica

48

54

CRI

AME

Fiji

49

53

FJI

AP

Slovakia

49

53

SVK

WE/EU

Cyprus

51

52

CYP

WE/EU

Greece

51

52

GRC

WE/EU

Grenada

51

52

GRD

AME

Malta

54

51

MLT

WE/EU

Rwanda

54

51

RWA

SSA

Saudi Arabia

54

51

SAU

MENA

Croatia

57

50

HRV

WE/EU

Mauritius

57

50

MUS

SSA

Namibia

59

49

NAM

SSA

Vanuatu

60

48

VUT

AP

Jordan

61

47

JOR

MENA

Malaysia

61

47

MYS

AP

Armenia

63

46

ARM

ECA

Romania

63

46

ROU

WE/EU

China

65

45

CHN

AP

Cuba

65

45

CUB

AME

Montenegro

65

45

MNE

ECA

Sao Tome and Principe

65

45

STP

SSA

Bahrain

69

44

BHR

MENA

Jamaica

69

44

JAM

AME

Oman

69

44

OMN

MENA

Benin

72

43

BEN

SSA

Bulgaria

72

43

BGR

WE/EU

Ghana

72

43

GHA

SSA

Senegal

72

43

SEN

SSA

South Africa

72

43

ZAF

SSA

Burkina Faso

77

42

BFA

SSA

Hungary

77

42

HUN

WE/EU

Kuwait

77

42

KWT

MENA

Solomon Islands

77

42

SLB

AP

Timor-Leste

77

42

TLS

AP

Trinidad and Tobago

77

42

TTO

AME

Vietnam

77

42

VNM

AP

Kosovo

84

41

KSV

ECA

Guyana

85

40

GUY

AME

India

85

40

IND

AP

Maldives

85

40

MDV

AP

North Macedonia

85

40

MKD

ECA

Suriname

85

40

SUR

AME

Tunisia

85

40

TUN

MENA

Belarus

91

39

BLR

ECA

Colombia

91

39

COL

AME

Moldova

91

39

MDA

ECA

Argentina

94

38

ARG

AME

Brazil

94

38

BRA

AME

Ethiopia

94

38

ETH

SSA

Morocco

94

38

MAR

MENA

Tanzania

94

38

TZA

SSA

Côte d’Ivoire

99

37

CIV

SSA

Lesotho

99

37

LSO

SSA

Albania

101

36

ALB

ECA

Ecuador

101

36

ECU

AME

Kazakhstan

101

36

KAZ

ECA

Panama

101

36

PAN

AME

Peru

101

36

PER

AME

Serbia

101

36

SRB

ECA

Sri Lanka

101

36

LKA

AP

Thailand

101

36

THA

AP

Turkey

101

36

TUR

ECA

Bosnia and Herzegovina

110

34

BIH

ECA

Gambia

110

34

GMB

SSA

Indonesia

110

34

IDN

AP

Malawi

110

34

MWI

SSA

Nepal

110

34

NPL

AP

Sierra Leone

110

34

SLE

SSA

Algeria

116

33

DZA

MENA

Angola

116

33

AGO

SSA

El Salvador

116

33

SLV

AME

Mongolia

116

33

MNG

AP

Philippines

116

33

PHL

AP

Ukraine

116

33

UKR

ECA

Zambia

116

33

ZMB

SSA

Dominican Republic

123

32

DOM

AME

Kenya

123

32

KEN

SSA

Niger

123

32

NER

SSA

Bolivia

126

31

BOL

AME

Laos

126

31

LAO

AP

Mexico

126

31

MEX

AME

Uzbekistan

126

31

UZB

ECA

Djibouti

130

30

DJI

SSA

Egypt

130

30

EGY

MENA

Eswatini

130

30

SWZ

SSA

Mauritania

130

30

MRT

SSA

Papua New Guinea

130

30

PNG

AP

Togo

130

30

TGO

SSA

Gabon

136

29

GAB

SSA

Mali

137

28

MLI

SSA

Paraguay

137

28

PRY

AME

Russia

137

28

RUS

ECA

Kyrgyzstan

140

27

KGZ

ECA

Pakistan

140

27

PAK

AP

Cameroon

142

26

CMR

SSA

Liberia

142

26

LBR

SSA

Madagascar

142

26

MDG

SSA

Mozambique

142

26

MOZ

SSA

Uganda

142

26

UGA

SSA

Bangladesh

147

25

BGD

AP

Guinea

147

25

GIN

SSA

Iran

147

25

IRN

MENA

Afghanistan

150

24

AFG

AP

Cambodia

150

24

KHM

AP

Central African Republic

150

24

CAF

SSA

Guatemala

150

24

GTM

AME

Lebanon

150

24

LBN

MENA

Nigeria

150

24

NGA

SSA

Tajikistan

150

24

TJK

ECA

Azerbaijan

157

23

AZE

ECA

Honduras

157

23

HND

AME

Iraq

157

23

IRQ

MENA

Myanmar

157

23

MMR

AP

Zimbabwe

157

23

ZWE

SSA

Eritrea

162

22

ERI

SSA

Sudan

162

22

SDN

SSA

Congo (Congo-Brazzaville Republic)

164

21

COG

SSA

Guinea-Bissau

164

21

GNB

SSA

Democratic Republic of the Congo

166

20

COD

SSA

Chad

167

19

TCD

SSA

Comoros

167

19

COM

SSA

Nicaragua

167

19

NIC

AME

Turkmenistan

167

19

TKM

ECA

Burundi

171

17

BDI

SSA

Equatorial Guinea

171

17

GNQ

SSA

Haiti

171

17

HTI

AME

Korea, North

171

17

PRK

AP

Libya

171

17

LBY

MENA

Yemen

176

16

YEM

MENA

Venezuela

177

14

VEN

AME

South Sudan

178

13

SSD

SSA

Syria

178

13

SYR

MENA

Somalia

180

12

SOM

SSA

*The above content is taken from the Corruptions Perceptions Index 2022, provided by Transparency International and licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0.

Key to region areas:

  • AP — Asia Pacific

  • WE/EU — Western Europe

  • AME — Americas

  • MENA — Middle East and North Africa

  • SSA — Sub-Saharan Africa

  • ECA — Europe and Central Asia.