Economic/Financial Strength/Financial Regulation & Integrity

Financial Integrity & Illicit Finance Control

The capacity to police the flows: anti-money-laundering and counter-financing machinery, beneficial ownership transparency and the enforcement capability that makes financial sanctions bite.
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World mean
8.0
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–18
middle half 5.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.39
round 1 ±1.26 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
United States

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 25
Transitional 35
Foundational 53
Nascent 54
Inception 12

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 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.83
2 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
3 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.83
4 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±1.23
5 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.71
6 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.83
7 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.71
11 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.83
12 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.83
14 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
19 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.00
20 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.00
24 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±1.00
25 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
29 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
32 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±0.71
33 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.00
34 🇨🇱Chile Americas 12 Established ±0.43
35 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
36 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
37 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
38 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
39 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.50
42 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
43 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
45 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
46 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
47 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.71
48 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
52 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
57 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
58 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
62 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.83
63 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
64 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
71 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.83
72 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.71
73 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
78 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
79 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
80 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
82 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
84 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
85 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
86 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
88 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇷🇺Russia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
94 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
95 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 8 Foundational ±0.71
96 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
98 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
100 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
101 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇧🇿Belize Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
103 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
104 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
106 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
113 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
116 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
118 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
120 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
123 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
129 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
133 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
135 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
136 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
147 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
148 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
150 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
155 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
164 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
165 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
171 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
179 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.83
180 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
186 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
189 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
196 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43

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