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

Public Sector Ethics & Integrity Systems

The capacity to prevent corruption before it needs punishing: asset declarations, conflict-of-interest management, lobbying transparency and political-finance regulation run as one integrity system.
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World mean
8.0
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–18
middle half 5.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.22
round 1 ±1.03 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Denmark, Finland, 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 3
Advanced 18
Established 16
Transitional 42
Foundational 58
Nascent 46
Inception 14

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

Others in Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Anti-Corruption Institutions & Enforcement7.91–18Singapore