Sweden Finland
Norway
R u s s i a n
F e d e r a t i o n
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Denmark
Czech Republic Slovak Republic Slovenia Croatia Ukraine Kazakhstan Serbia Austria Hungary Moldova nce Bosnia and Herzegovina Mongolia Switzerland Romania FYR Macedonia Italy Montenegro Bulgaria Uzbekistan Georgia Kyrgyz Republic Kosovo Armenia Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Albania Greece Turkey Tajikistan Cyprus San Syrian Marino Islamic Republic Tunisia Lebanon Arab Rep. of Iran Afghanistan C h i Malta Iraq Israel Kuwait Jordan Pakistan West Bank and Gaza Nepal Bhutan eria Bahrain Libya Saudi Arabia Arab Rep. of Egypt United Arab Bangladesh Qatar India Emirates Myanmar Oman Germany Belgium
Poland
Belarus
Niger
Eritrea
Sudan
Chad
Rep. of Yemen
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea Congo Gabon
Uganda Rwanda Dem. Rep. of Congo Burundi
N. Mariana Islands (US) Philippines
Guam (US)
Brunei Darussalam
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Palau
Malaysia
Kenya
Federated States of Micronesia
Singapore Nauru
Indonesia
Tanzania Angola
Sri Lanka Somalia
Japan
Lao P.D.R. Vietnam Cambodia
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Rep. of Korea
n a
Thailand
Djibouti Nigeria
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Zambia Malawi
Papua New Guinea
Seychelles Comoros
Solomon Islands
Mayotte (Fr)
Zimbabwe Mozambique Madagascar Namibia Botswana Réunion (Fr)
Fiji
Vanuatu
Mauritius
A u s t r a l i a
Tuvalu
American Samoa (US)
Timor-Leste
Samoa Tonga
New Caledonia (Fr)
Swaziland South Africa
Lesotho
New Zealand
Upper percentile range 93 92 86 80 80 76 75 72 72 70
Facts
Internet links
Eleven Sub-Saharan African countries rank in the 50th percentile or higher in the Worldwide Governance Indicators measure of control of corruption.
World Bank—Worldwide Governance Indicators
www.govindicators.org
World Bank— Enterprise Surveys
www.enterprisesurveys.org
World Bank— Doing Business
www.doingbusiness.org
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)— Democratic Governance
www.undp.org/governance
Transparency International
www.transparency.org
World Bank—Public Sector Governance
www.worldbank.org/ publicsector
There is a positive correlation between higher levels of income and lower levels of corruption. Nine out of 10 countries in the ranking table are upper-middle-income economies. Only Rwanda is a low-income economy. Three key principles for promoting good governance include transparency, accountability, and participation. Participation implies that people have rights that are recognized and they have a voice in the decisions that affect them.
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