Control of Corruption fell to -1.54 standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5) in 2024, from -1.50 standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5) in 2023.

Extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as "capture" of the state by elites and private interests. Expressed as a standardised score approximately in the range -2.5 (worst) to +2.5 (best).

Latest value: -1.54 standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5) (2024)

Coverage: 1996–2024 · Frequency: annual · 26 observations

Source: World Governance Indicators

Recent observations

Period	Value — standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5)
1996	-0.97
1998	-1.19
2000	-1.20
2002	-1.58
2003	-1.52
2004	-1.40
2005	-1.56
2006	-1.27
2007	-1.29
2008	-1.17
2009	-1.09
2010	-1.26
2011	-1.30
2012	-1.35
2013	-1.28
2014	-1.43
2015	-1.45
2016	-1.47
2017	-1.42
2018	-1.44
2019	-1.46
2020	-1.45
2021	-1.49
2022	-1.51
2023	-1.50
2024	-1.54

Sector: BX

Methodology

Coverage Six measures of how a country is governed, published by the World Bank at info.worldbank.org. Each aggregates more than 30 underlying sources, among them household and firm surveys, expert assessments, NGO ratings and commercial risk services, using a model that weights each source by how closely it agrees with the others.