Control of corruption in Europe

44 countries in Europe, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
93.6 /100
Denmark
Median country
63.7 /100
half above, half below
Range
28.2 to 93.6
Russia - Denmark

How to read it

Across 44 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Denmark (93.6 /100) and the lowest in Russia (28.2 /100).

The median country is at 63.7 /100: half are above, half below.

Control of Corruption (CC) captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is used for private gain, including both petty and grand corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to…

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Control of corruption over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Denmark93.6
2Finland91.2
3Switzerland88.1
4Sweden87.5
5Norway87.0
6Luxembourg86.9
7Netherlands85.9
8Iceland84.8
9Liechtenstein83.4
10Germany81.9
11Estonia81.1
12United Kingdom78.9
13Ireland78.5
14Belgium75.6
15Austria74.3
16France73.1
17Andorra71.8
18Monaco71.8
19San Marino71.8
20Lithuania68.6
21Poland65.2
22Czechia63.8
23Portugal63.6
24Latvia63.6
25Spain61.2
26Slovenia60.7
27Italy59.8
28Greece53.1
29Malta51.6
30Croatia50.6
31Montenegro49.6
32Slovakia49.2
33Hungary48.1
34Romania48.0
35Moldova42.9
36Kosovo42.8
37Bulgaria42.2
38North Macedonia42.0
39Albania42.0
40Bosnia and Herzegovina38.4
41Belarus36.5
42Serbia35.9
43Ukraine34.1
44Russia28.2
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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