Revealed: The most (and least) corrupt countries in the world, 2024

Despina WilsonSpecial ReportsFebruary 15, 2024

The CEOWORLD magazine’s Corruption Perception Rankings for 2024 show that Finland is the least corrupt country in the world, followed by New Zealand and Denmark. Points such as bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of state funds, and the effectiveness of public sector anti-corruption efforts are considered to calculate the level of corruption perceived in a country. A score of 0 indicates high levels of corruption perception, while a 100 indicates no corruption is perceived in the respective country.

Singapore ranked the 4th least corrupt country globally, followed by Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and Ireland. The United Kingdom came 21st and the United States 23rd. At the other end, Somalia (again) finished at the bottom of the pile, with just 45.14 points. Venezuela, Syria, and South Sudan did a little better.

China has been ranked 76th with a score of 76.8, behind India, the world’s most populous country, ranked 66th at 80.67. Some other notable countries that were ranked include Japan (12th), Australia (18th), France (19th), Taiwan (26th), Israel (30th), Canada (39th), and Italy (41st).

The most (and least) corrupt countries in the world, 2024

Rank	Country	Score	Region	GDP (nominal)	GDP (nominal) per capita	GDP (PPP)	GDP (PPP) per capita
1	Finland	97.93	Europe	305,689	54,507	335,760	59,869
2	New Zealand	97.84	Oceania	249,415	48,072	279,183	53,809
3	Denmark	97.31	Europe	420,800	71,402	441,754	74,958
4	Singapore	97.19	Asia	497,347	87,884	786,870	133,108
5	Norway	96.93	Europe	546,768	99,266	452,964	82,236
6	Switzerland	96.89	Europe	905,684	102,865	788,335	89,537
7	Netherlands	96.82	Europe	1,092,748	61,770	1,297,024	73,317
8	Sweden	96.47	Europe	597,110	55,216	715,995	66,209
9	Germany	96.38	Europe	4,429,838	52,824	5,720,000	66,038
10	Ireland	96.17	Europe	589,569	112,248	722,929	137,638
11	Estonia	96.11	Europe	41,799	30,998	60,997	45,236
12	Japan	95.64	Asia	4,230,862	33,950	6,710,000	52,120
13	Luxembourg	94.94	Europe	89,095	135,605	94,152	143,304
14	Belgium	94.35	Europe	627,511	53,657	769,682	65,813
15	Uruguay	93.92	Americas	76,244	21,378	103,372	28,984
16	Iceland	93.91	Europe	30,570	78,837	27,078	69,833
17	Austria	93.81	Europe	526,182	58,013	626,458	69,069
18	Australia	93.35	Oceania	1,687,713	63,487	1,780,000	64,675
19	France	93.18	Europe	3,049,016	46,315	4,010,000	58,765
20	Seychelles	93.13	Africa	2,085	20,890	4,175	41,829
21	United Kingdom	92.47	Europe	3,332,059	48,912	3,980,000	56,836
22	Barbados	92.16	Americas	6,220	21,442	5,436	18,738
23	United States	92	Americas	26,949,643	80,412	27,970,000	80,412
24	Hong Kong (China)	91.87	Asia	385,546	51,168	548,999	72,861
25	United Arab Emirates	91.67	Asia	509,179	50,602	895,166	88,962
26	Taiwan	91.53	Asia	751,930	32,339	1,685,358	72,485
27	Chile	91.28	Americas	344,400	17,254	597,520	29,935
28	Bahamas	91.05	Americas	13,876	34,371	18,146	44,950
29	South Africa	90.85	Africa	380,906	6,191	997,444	16,211
30	Israel	90.24	Asia	521,688	53,196	537,140	54,771
31	Lithuania	90	Europe	79,427	28,482	137,328	49,245
32	Portugal	89.81	Europe	276,432	26,879	465,131	45,227
33	Latvia	89.54	Europe	46,668	24,929	76,550	40,892
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	89.21	Americas	1,039	9,360	1,980	17,840
35	Spain	89.13	Europe	1,582,054	33,090	2,510,000	50,472
36	Botswana	89.08	Africa	20,756	7,758	51,886	19,394
37	Qatar	88.37	Asia	235,500	81,968	328,134	114,210
38	Czech Republic	88.36	Europe	335,243	30,475	539,318	49,025
39	Canada	88.03	Americas	2,117,805	53,247	2,470,000	59,813
40	Dominica	87.83	Americas	697	9,356	1,069	14,348
41	Italy	87.73	Europe	2,186,082	37,146	3,290,000	54,259
42	Slovenia	87.02	Europe	68,394	32,350	108,683	51,407
43	Costa Rica	86.71	Americas	85,590	16,213	141,527	26,809
44	Saint Lucia	86.39	Americas	2,469	13,572	3,452	18,973
45	Poland	85.96	Europe	842,172	22,393	1,712,629	45,538
46	Slovakia	84.87	Europe	133,044	24,471	229,584	42,228
47	Cyprus	84.79	Asia	32,032	34,791	49,655	53,931
48	Georgia	84.52	Asia	30,023	8,165	82,210	22,357
49	Greenland	84.36	Americas	3273	57,116	2,413	41,800
50	Rwanda	84.21	Africa	13,927	1,032	42,346	3,137
51	Fiji	83.92	Oceania	5,511	6,025	15,152	16,564
52	Saudi Arabia	83.85	Asia	1,069,437	32,586	2,390,000	68,453
53	Malta	83.59	Europe	20,311	38,715	33,303	63,481
54	Mexico	83.57	Africa	14,819	11,752	37,012	29,349
55	Croatia	83.45	Europe	80,185	20,877	164,672	42,873
56	Malaysia	83.19	Asia	430,895	13,034	1,225,927	37,083
57	Greece	83.05	Europe	242,385	23,173	416,969	39,864
58	Namibia	82.99	Africa	12,647	4,786	30,663	11,603
59	Vanuatu	82.02	Oceania	1,166	3,492	981	2,940
60	Armenia	81.98	Asia	24,540	8,283	58,497	19,745
61	Jordan	81.94	Asia	50,022	4,851	132,092	12,809
62	Kuwait	81.8	Asia	159,687	32,215	256,593	51,765
63	Bhutan	81.75	Asia	2,686	3,500	10,969	14,297
64	Montenegro	81.54	Europe	7,058	11,338	17,431	28,002
65	Romania	80.99	Europe	350,414	18,413	780,797	41,029
66	India	80.67	Asia	3,732,224	2,612	14,260,000	9,183
67	Bulgaria	80.41	Europe	103,099	16,087	216,499	33,780
68	São Tomé and Príncipe	80	Africa	674	2,905	962	4,147
69	Jamaica	79.26	Americas	18,761	6,831	35,690	12,995
70	Benin	79.24	Africa	19,940	1,449	59,241	4,305
71	Ghana	78.48	Africa	76,628	2,329	227,189	6,905
72	Oman	78.2	Asia	108,282	21,266	200,295	39,336
73	Senegal	77.74	Africa	31,141	1,715	78,547	4,325
74	Solomon Islands	77.64	Oceania	1,690	2,285	1,783	2,411
75	Bahrain	77.23	Asia	44,994	28,464	95,973	60,715
76	China	76.8	Asia	17,700,899	12,541	35,004,000	23,309
77	Cuba	76.42	Americas	633442	56,495	137,000	12,300
78	Hungary	76.22	Europe	203,829	21,075	421,683	43,601
79	Moldova	76.1	Europe	16,000	6,411	42,217	16,916
80	North Macedonia	75.26	Europe	15,801	7,672	44,055	21,391
81	Trinidad and Tobago	75.23	Americas	27,887	19,622	43,658	30,719
82	Burkina Faso	74.82	Africa	20,785	888	62,788	2,683
83	Kosovo	74.69	Europe	10,469	5,912	27,918	15,767
84	South Korea	74.59	Asia	1,709,232	33,147	3,006,000	56,709
85	Vietnam	73.63	Asia	433,356	4,316	1,434,211	14,285
86	Colombia	73.58	Americas	363,835	6,976	1,016,124	19,482
87	Guyana	73.33	Americas	16,329	20,565	48,514	61,099
88	Suriname	72.86	Americas	3,539	5,667	11,435	18,311
89	Tanzania	72.53	Africa	84,033	1,327	227,725	3,595
90	Tunisia	71.69	Africa	51,271	4,191	162,097	13,249
91	Kazakhstan	71.65	Asia	259,292	12,968	654,050	32,712
92	Lesotho	71.22	Africa	2,373	1,110	6,915	3,235
93	Morocco	70.9	Africa	147,343	3,980	385,337	10,408
94	Argentina	70.14	Americas	621,833	13,297	1,239,515	26,506
95	Albania	70.06	Europe	23,032	8,057	55,928	19,566
96	Belarus	69.65	Europe	68,864	7,477	221,186	24,017
97	Ethiopia	69.44	Africa	155,804	1,473	393,297	3,719
98	Gambia	68.96	Africa	2,388	903	7,502	2,837
99	Zambia	68.87	Africa	29,536	1,486	83,687	4,068
100	Algeria	68.68	Africa	224,107	4,875	628,990	13,682
101	Brazil	68.62	Americas	2,126,809	10,413	4,260,000	20,079
102	Serbia	68.39	Europe	75,015	11,301	173,075	26,074
103	Ukraine	68.32	Europe	173,413	5,225	474,773	14,304
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.31	Europe	26,945	7,778	68,012	19,634
105	Dominican Republic	67.99	Americas	120,629	11,249	273,703	25,523
106	Egypt	67.83	Africa	398,397	3,770	1,920,000	17,123
107	Panama	67.17	Americas	82,348	18,493	190,306	42,738
108	Sierra Leone	66.9	Africa	3,519	415	17,784	2,097
109	Thailand	66.29	Asia	512,193	7,298	1,578,452	22,491
110	Ecuador	66.15	Americas	118,686	6,500	242,579	13,285
111	Indonesia	66.07	Asia	1,417,387	5,109	4,720,000	15,834
112	Malawi	65.94	Africa	13,176	580	37,919	1,668
113	Philippines	65.07	Asia	435,675	3,859	1,278,624	11,326
114	Türkiye	64.92	Asia	1,154,600	13,384	3,810,000	41,888
115	Angola	64.65	Africa	93,796	2,550	260,323	7,077
116	Mongolia	64.63	Asia	18,782	5,348	52,989	15,088
117	Peru	64.55	Americas	264,636	7,669	548,465	15,894
118	Uzbekistan	64.34	Asia	90,392	2,509	371,646	10,316
119	Niger	64	Africa	17,073	631	42,739	1,579
120	El Salvador	63.98	Americas	35,339	5,558	74,505	11,717
121	Kenya	62.16	Africa	112,749	2,188	338,964	6,577
122	Mexico	61.88	Americas	1,811,468	13,804	3,420,000	24,976
123	Togo	61.63	Africa	9,111	1,004	25,103	2,768
124	Djibouti	61.5	Africa	3,873	3,761	7,193	6,985
125	Eswatini	61.23	Africa	4,648	3,995	13,797	11,859
126	Mauritania	60.23	Africa	10,357	2,338	33,414	7,542
127	Bolivia	60.12	Americas	46,796	3,858	125,428	10,340
128	Papua New Guinea	59.56	Oceania	31,692	2,581	41,785	3,403
129	Gabon	59.46	Africa	19,319	8,832	41,922	19,165
130	Laos	58.99	Asia	14,244	1,879	74,205	9,787
131	Mali	58.55	Africa	21,309	913	61,625	2,639
132	Paraguay	58.33	Americas	44,142	5,843	117,349	15,533
133	Cameroon	58.17	Africa	49,262	1,722	133,335	4,661
134	Guinea	57.9	Africa	23,205	1,543	48,750	3,241
135	Kyrgyzstan	57.87	Asia	12,681	1,830	44,623	6,438
136	Russia	57.66	Europe	1,862,470	13,006	5,230,000	35,310
137	Uganda	57.29	Africa	52,390	1,163	145,157	3,222
138	Liberia	56.71	Africa	4,347	800	9,718	1,789
139	Madagascar	56.62	Africa	15,763	530	56,754	1,907
140	Mozambique	56.21	Africa	21,936	647	53,710	1,584
141	Nigeria	56.15	Africa	390,002	1,755	1,365,903	6,148
142	Central African Republic	56.06	Africa	2,760	539	5,678	1,109
143	Iran	55.24	Asia	366,438	4,234	1,810,000	19,942
144	Lebanon	55.17	Asia	37945	3,283	72,370	11,794
145	Zimbabwe	54.44	Africa	32,424	2,006	44,448	2,750
146	Azerbaijan	54.38	Asia	77,392	7,530	192,146	18,694
147	Guatemala	54.25	Americas	102,765	5,407	201,365	10,595
148	Maldives	54.24	Asia	6,977	17,559	14,740	37,094
149	Honduras	53.35	Americas	33,992	3,245	75,030	7,163
150	Iraq	53.07	Asia	297,695	5,883	508,973	11,742
151	Nepal	52.82	Asia	41,339	1,353	150,800	4,934
152	Cambodia	52.03	Asia	30,943	1,916	98,319	6,087
153	Congo	51.99	Africa	14,407	2,858	27,994	5,552
154	Bangladesh	51.93	Asia	446,349	2,621	1,476,870	8,673
155	Guinea Bissau	51.39	Africa	1,991	1,028	5,981	3,088
156	Eritrea	51.32	Africa	2255	644	5224	1,629
157	Afghanistan	50.66	Asia	14,939	443	80,912	1,991
158	Burundi	50.65	Africa	3,190	246	11,551	890
159	Chad	50.46	Africa	12,596	703	32,375	1,807
160	Sri Lanka	49.59	Asia	74404	3,342	319,523	14,267
161	Comoros	49.43	Africa	1,364	1,377	3,432	3,464
162	DR Congo	48.92	Africa	67,512	675	150,883	1,510
163	Pakistan	48.81	Asia	340,636	1,471	1,568,427	6,773
164	Myanmar	48.75	Asia	74,861	1,381	277,767	5,124
165	Sudan	48.55	Africa	25,569	534	172,651	3,605
166	Tajikistan	48.15	Asia	11,816	1,180	53,679	5,361
167	Libya	47.98	Africa	40,194	5,872	166,887	24,382
168	Turkmenistan	47.69	Asia	81,822	12,934	126,132	19,939
169	Equatorial Guinea	47.3	Africa	10,041	6,502	28,356	18,362
170	Haiti	47.07	Americas	25,986	2,125	38,952	3,186
171	North Korea	46.57	Asia	16750	654	40,000	1,700
172	Nicaragua	46.48	Americas	17,353	2,599	51,022	7,642
173	Yemen	46.36	Asia	21,045	618	69,963	2,053
174	South Sudan	45.61	Africa	6,267	417	7,143	476
175	Syria	45.52	Asia	19719	537	50,280	6,374
176	Venezuela	45.37	Americas	92,210	3,474	211,926	7,985
177	Somalia	45.14	Africa	11,515	717	32,078	1,998

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I am a senior editor and data journalist at CEOWORLD magazine. My job involves using infographics to report on news topics related to business and policy, with a global perspective. I hold a master's degree in journalism and have worked for newspapers and reporting projects in both the US and the UK, giving me a unique transatlantic perspective. I believe that data can enhance coverage of all news topics. As a contributor, I plan cover a wide range of issues, such as gender equality, climate change, labor, and immigration, using relevant statistics and insightful visualizations.

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