Soft/Governance & Integrity/Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption Institutions & Enforcement

The capacity to investigate and convict the powerful: anti-corruption bodies with mandate, independence and resources, and the enforcement record that makes the mandate real.
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World mean
7.9
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–18
middle half 5.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.32
round 1 ±1.09 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Singapore

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1
Advanced 17
Established 23
Transitional 39
Foundational 57
Nascent 44
Inception 16

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
3 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇺🇸United States Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.87
16 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.00
20 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
23 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
25 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 13 Established ±0.43
26 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.50
27 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.87
28 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.00
29 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
30 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 13 Established ±0.43
31 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 12 Established ±0.00
35 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
36 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
37 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.43
38 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
43 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
44 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.71
45 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
46 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
52 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
53 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
55 🇲🇹Malta Europe 10 Transitional ±1.30
56 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
57 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.87
58 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 10 Transitional ±1.09
59 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.87
62 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.87
63 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.71
65 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
66 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 9 Transitional ±0.83
69 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
71 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
73 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
75 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.83
78 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
80 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 9 Transitional ±1.09
81 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
82 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
83 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
84 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
95 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 7 Foundational ±0.83
98 🇧🇯Benin Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
105 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇷🇺Russia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
108 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
111 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.83
112 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
119 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
124 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
131 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
133 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
134 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
135 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
136 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
137 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
138 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
142 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
146 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
158 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
159 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
164 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
170 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
171 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
185 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
189 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
196 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00

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