These Are The Least (And Most) Corrupt Countries In The World, 2019

Emma LondonStats GateJanuary 24, 2020

Denmark once again considered the world’s least corrupt nation, that’s according to Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Together with New Zealand, Denmark received 87 points, followed by Finland at 86 and Singapore, Switzerland, and Sweden at 85 points.

The United Kingdom came 12th and the United States 23rd. The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived (not actual) levels of public sector corruption, using a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

The world’s 16 largest economies, the so-called trillion-dollar club, had opposite fortunes, with the United States dropping two-level to No. 23, Japan dropping two places to No. 20, China dropping 7 places, while India dropping two places. India is now tied with China for the 80th.

At the other end, Somalia (again) finished at the bottom of the pile, with just nine points. South Sudan (12), Syria (13) and Yemen (15) did a little better.

Least Corrupt Countries In The World, 2019

Rank 2019	Country	Score 2019	Rank 2018	Rank 2017
1	Denmark	87	2	1
1	New Zealand	87	1	2
3	Finland	86	3	3
4	Singapore	85	3	3
4	Sweden	85	3	6
4	Switzerland	85	3	6
7	Norway	84	7	3
8	Netherlands	82	8	8
9	Germany	80	9	8
9	Luxembourg	80	11	12
11	Iceland	78	14	13
12	Australia	77	9	8
12	Austria	77	11	8
12	Canada	77	13	13
12	United Kingdom	77	14	16
16	Hong Kong	76	14	13
17	Belgium	75	17	16
18	Estonia	74	18	19
18	Ireland	74	18	21
20	Japan	73	18	20
21	United Arab Emirates	71	23	21
21	Uruguay	71	23	23
23	France	69	22	16
23	United States	69	21	23
25	Bhutan	68	25	26
26	Chile	67	27	26
27	Seychelles	66	28	36
28	Taiwan	65	31	29
29	Bahamas	64	29	28
30	Barbados	62	25	25
30	Portugal	62	30	29
30	Qatar	62	33	29
30	Spain	62	41	42
34	Botswana	61	34	34
35	Brunei	60	31	32
35	Israel	60	34	32
35	Lithuania	60	36	34
35	Slovenia	60	38	38
39	South Korea	59	41	40
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	59	45	51
41	Cape Verde	58	36	36
41	Cyprus	58	38	42
41	Poland	58	45	48
44	Costa Rica	56	48	38
44	Czech Republic	56	41	40
44	Georgia	56	38	42
44	Latvia	56	41	46
48	Dominica	55	45	42
48	Saint Lucia	55	50	48
50	Malta	54	51	46
51	Grenada	53	48	48
51	Italy	53	53	52
51	Malaysia	53	53	54
51	Rwanda	53	58	57
51	Saudi Arabia	53	61	62
56	Mauritius	52	52	53
56	Namibia	52	56	54
56	Oman	52	53	68
59	Slovakia	50	57	54
60	Cuba	48	58	59
60	Greece	48	67	59
60	Jordan	48	61	62
63	Croatia	47	60	57
64	Sao Tome and Principe	46	64	64
64	Vanuatu	46	64	71
66	Argentina	45	67	64
66	Belarus	45	67	66
66	Montenegro	45	70	68
66	Senegal	45	85	85
70	Hungary	44	61	59
70	Romania	44	64	66
70	South Africa	44	73	71
70	Suriname	44	73	77
74	Bulgaria	43	70	68
74	Jamaica	43	77	71
74	Tunisia	43	73	74
77	Armenia	42	70	85
77	Bahrain	42	99	103
77	Solomon Islands	42	105	107
80	Benin	41	87	77
80	China	41	73	81
80	Ghana	41	78	81
80	India	41	78	81
80	Morocco	41	85	85
85	Burkina Faso	40	78	74
85	Guyana	40	78	74
85	Indonesia	40	78	77
85	Kuwait	40	78	85
85	Lesotho	40	93	91
85	Trinidad and Tobago	40	89	96
91	Serbia	39	87	77
91	Turkey	39	78	81
93	Ecuador	38	89	91
93	Sri Lanka	38	105	91
93	Timor-Leste	38	114	117
96	Colombia	37	99	96
96	Ethiopia	37	99	103
96	Gambia	37	114	107
96	Tanzania	37	117	107
96	Vietnam	37	93	130
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36	93	85
101	Kosovo	36	89	91
101	Panama	36	93	96
101	Peru	36	99	96
101	Thailand	36	105	96
106	Albania	35	99	91
106	Algeria	35	105	96
106	Brazil	35	93	103
106	Cote d'Ivoire	35	105	103
106	Egypt	35	93	107
106	North Macedonia	35	105	112
106	Mongolia	35	105	117
113	El Salvador	34	89	85
113	Kazakhstan	34	105	96
113	Nepal	34	99	111
113	Philippines	34	105	112
113	Eswatini	34	124	122
113	Zambia	34	124	122
119	Sierra Leone	33	129	130
120	Moldova	32	114	112
120	Niger	32	117	117
120	Pakistan, Islamic Republic of	32	117	122
123	Bolivia	31	132	112
123	Gabon	31	124	117
123	Malawi	31	120	122
126	Azerbaijan	30	124	122
126	Djibouti	30	152	122
126	Kyrgyzstan	30	120	130
126	Ukraine	30	132	135
130	Guinea	29	124	112
130	Laos	29	129	117
130	Maldives	29	120	122
130	Mali	29	132	130
130	Mexico	29	132	135
130	Myanmar	29	138	135
130	Togo	29	138	148
137	Dominican Republic	28	120	122
137	Kenya	28	129	135
137	Lebanon	28	132	135
137	Liberia	28	138	135
137	Mauritania	28	138	135
137	Papua New Guinea	28	138	143
137	Paraguay	28	144	143
137	Russia	28	144	143
137	Uganda	28	149	151
146	Angola	26	138	130
146	Bangladesh	26	132	135
146	Guatemala	26	144	143
146	Honduras	26	149	143
146	Iran	26	144	148
146	Mozambique	26	158	153
146	Nigeria	26	165	167
153	Cameroon	25	144	148
153	Central African Republic	25	152	153
153	Comoros	25	149	156
153	Tajikistan	25	158	157
153	Uzbekistan	25	152	161
158	Madagascar	24	152	155
158	Zimbabwe	24	160	157
160	Eritrea	23	157	165
161	Nicaragua	22	152	151
162	Cambodia	20	161	161
162	Chad	20	165	165
162	Iraq	20	168	169
165	Burundi	19	170	157
165	Congo	19	165	161
165	Turkmenistan	19	161	167
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18	161	157
168	Guinea Bissau	18	161	161
168	Haiti	18	170	171
168	Libya	18	172	171
172	Korea, North	17	176	171
173	Afghanistan	16	168	169
173	Equatorial Guinea	16	172	171
173	Sudan	16	172	175
173	Venezuela	16	172	177
177	Yemen	15	176	175
178	Syria	13	178	178
179	South Sudan	12	178	179
180	Somalia	9	180	180

Within the QUAD countries, Australia was ranked 12th, followed by Japan at 20th, the United States at 23rd, and India at 80th. The four QUAD countries represent over 1,850 million or 1.37 billion people. The QUAD members are known for their significant influence on international affairs; all are members of G20. As of 2018, these five nations have a combined nominal GDP of US$30 trillion and an estimated combined GDP (PPP) of around US$40 trillion.

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Emma London is the Associate Editor at CEOWORLD magazine. She covers lists, rankings, economy, geopolitics, global banking, fintech, digitization of money, and the future of finance for CEOWORLD magazine. She’s also a member of the Board of Directors at the Global Business Policy Institute. Prior to that, Emma was the ultra-high net worth (UHNW) valuations subject matter expert at CEOWORLD magazine, mentoring research teams in valuations’ techniques, and was involved in product development for ultra high net worth (UHNW) and high net worth (HNW) dossier creation, currently heading research operations at the Global Business Policy Institute. She can be reached on email emma-london@ceoworld.biz. You can follow her on Twitter at @ceoworld.

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