Happiness Driver: Low Corruption

Contribution of perceived low corruption to the happiness score. World Happiness Report, 2019–2025.

Source: World Happiness Report (Gallup World Poll) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: ladder pts Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
0.1
0.00pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 147 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
146
±0.5pp band

Low-corruption contribution

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2019–2025.

0.10.10.10.20.2 2019202020212022202320242025
Europe & Central AsiaAmericasMiddle East & North AfricaEast Asia & PacificAdvanced / otherSub-Saharan AfricaSouth Asia

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇴🇲 Oman 0.2 +0.19pp
🇯🇲 Jamaica 0.1 +0.06pp
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 +0.05pp
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 0.3 +0.04pp
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 0.1 +0.03pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇩🇿 Algeria 0.1 -0.11pp
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 0.1 -0.05pp
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 0.3 -0.03pp
🇪🇪 Estonia 0.4 -0.03pp
🇫🇷 France 0.2 -0.02pp

By group

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Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00pp
South Asia 0.00pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe & Central Asia 42 0.2 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 13 0.2 0.00pp
Advanced / other 13 0.2 0.00pp
Americas 23 0.1 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 17 0.1 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 33 0.1 0.00pp
South Asia 6 0.1 0.00pp

Happiness Driver: Low Corruption — full ranking

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147 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityLow-corruption contributionChange
1🇸🇬 Singapore0.5-0.01pp
2🇫🇮 Finland0.5-0.01pp
3🇩🇰 Denmark0.5-0.01pp
4🇨🇭 Switzerland0.5-0.02pp
5🇸🇪 Sweden0.4-0.02pp
6🇳🇿 New Zealand0.4-0.01pp
7🇳🇴 Norway0.4-0.01pp
8🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR of China0.4+0.01pp
9🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.4-0.02pp
10🇮🇪 Ireland0.4-0.02pp
11🇪🇪 Estonia0.4-0.03pp
12🇳🇱 Netherlands0.3+0.01pp
13🇩🇪 Germany0.3-0.00pp
14🇹🇯 Tajikistan0.3-0.01pp
15🇨🇦 Canada0.3-0.00pp
16🇧🇪 Belgium0.3-0.01pp
17🇦🇺 Australia0.3+0.01pp
18🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.3-0.03pp
19🇸🇻 El Salvador0.3+0.02pp
20🇦🇹 Austria0.3+0.00pp
21🇳🇮 Nicaragua0.3+0.01pp
22🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.3+0.04pp
23🇹🇿 Tanzania0.3+0.01pp
24🇱🇾 Libya0.2+0.03pp
25🇧🇯 Benin0.2+0.01pp
26🇫🇷 France0.2-0.02pp
27🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.2-0.01pp
28🇸🇴 Somalia0.2+0.03pp
29🇻🇳 Viet Nam0.2+0.03pp
30🇯🇵 Japan0.2+0.00pp
31🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0.2+0.02pp
32🇮🇱 Israel0.2+0.00pp
33🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0.2+0.01pp
34🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.2-0.01pp
35🇺🇾 Uruguay0.2-0.00pp
36🇴🇲 Oman0.2—
37🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.2+0.00pp
38🇲🇷 Mauritania0.2-0.01pp
39🇮🇸 Iceland0.2+0.01pp
40🇹🇼 Taiwan Province of China0.2-0.01pp
41🇵🇱 Poland0.2+0.01pp
42🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire0.2+0.01pp
43🇱🇦 Lao PDR0.2+0.01pp
44🇯🇴 Jordan0.2+0.01pp
45🇰🇲 Comoros0.2+0.01pp
46🇧🇭 Bahrain0.2+0.00pp
47🇰🇼 Kuwait0.20.00pp
48🇪🇸 Spain0.2-0.01pp
49🇲🇿 Mozambique0.2-0.01pp
50🇨🇳 China0.2+0.01pp
51🇬🇪 Georgia0.2-0.01pp
52🇲🇲 Myanmar0.2-0.00pp
53🇺🇸 United States0.2-0.01pp
54🇦🇲 Armenia0.2-0.01pp
55🇰🇷 Republic of Korea0.1+0.01pp
56🇹🇬 Togo0.1-0.01pp
57🇲🇼 Malawi0.1+0.01pp
58🇲🇪 Montenegro0.1+0.00pp
59🇸🇿 Eswatini0.1+0.01pp
60🇷🇺 Russian Federation0.1+0.01pp
61🇻🇪 Venezuela0.1+0.02pp
62🇦🇫 Afghanistan0.1-0.00pp
63🇲🇽 Mexico0.1+0.01pp
64🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.1-0.00pp
65🇲🇺 Mauritius0.1-0.00pp
66🇮🇷 Iran0.1+0.00pp
67🇮🇳 India0.1+0.00pp
68🇨🇬 Congo0.1-0.00pp
69🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.1+0.00pp
70🇧🇷 Brazil0.1-0.01pp
71🇲🇹 Malta0.1+0.00pp
72🇹🇩 Chad0.1+0.01pp
73🇲🇬 Madagascar0.1-0.00pp
74🇳🇪 Niger0.1-0.02pp
75🇱🇹 Lithuania0.1-0.01pp
76🇩🇿 Algeria0.1-0.11pp
77🇸🇳 Senegal0.1+0.02pp
78🇲🇾 Malaysia0.1+0.00pp
79🇾🇪 Yemen0.1+0.00pp
80🇸🇮 Slovenia0.1-0.01pp
81🇲🇱 Mali0.1-0.01pp
82🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.1-0.01pp
83🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan0.1+0.05pp
84🇬🇳 Guinea0.1+0.00pp
85🇿🇲 Zambia0.1-0.01pp
86🇹🇷 Türkiye0.1-0.00pp
87🇱🇻 Latvia0.1+0.01pp
88🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.1-0.00pp
89🇪🇬 Egypt0.1-0.01pp
90🇷🇸 Serbia0.1-0.01pp
91🇵🇭 Philippines0.1-0.01pp
92🇭🇷 Croatia0.1+0.03pp
93🇵🇸 State of Palestine0.1+0.01pp
94🇬🇹 Guatemala0.1+0.01pp
95🇰🇪 Kenya0.1+0.02pp
96🇧🇼 Botswana0.1+0.01pp
97🇬🇦 Gabon0.1+0.01pp
98🇰🇭 Cambodia0.1+0.01pp
99🇨🇱 Chile0.1+0.00pp
100🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.1-0.05pp
101🇲🇦 Morocco0.1-0.01pp
102🇪🇨 Ecuador0.1+0.02pp
103🇮🇶 Iraq0.1+0.01pp
104🇽🇰 Kosovo0.1-0.00pp
105🇯🇲 Jamaica0.1+0.06pp
106🇨🇿 Czechia0.1-0.00pp
107🇭🇳 Honduras0.1+0.00pp
108🇧🇿 Belize0.1-0.00pp
109🇦🇷 Argentina0.1-0.01pp
110🇳🇵 Nepal0.1-0.02pp
111🇵🇰 Pakistan0.1+0.02pp
112🇹🇳 Tunisia0.1+0.02pp
113🇨🇾 Cyprus0.1+0.03pp
114🇱🇸 Lesotho0.1-0.00pp
115🇮🇹 Italy0.1-0.00pp
116🇱🇷 Liberia0.1-0.00pp
117🇨🇩 DR Congo0.1+0.01pp
118🇸🇰 Slovakia0.1-0.01pp
119🇬🇷 Greece0.1+0.00pp
120🇿🇦 South Africa0.1+0.02pp
121🇦🇱 Albania0.1+0.00pp
122🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.1+0.03pp
123🇵🇾 Paraguay0.1-0.00pp
124🇳🇦 Namibia0.1+0.00pp
125🇱🇧 Lebanon0.1+0.02pp
126🇭🇺 Hungary0.1-0.00pp
127🇨🇲 Cameroon0.1-0.00pp
128🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.10.00pp
129🇨🇴 Colombia0.10.00pp
130🇲🇳 Mongolia0.1-0.00pp
131🇺🇬 Uganda0-0.01pp
132🇵🇦 Panama00.00pp
133🇬🇲 Gambia0-0.00pp
134🇧🇴 Bolivia0-0.01pp
135🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova00.00pp
136🇳🇬 Nigeria0+0.01pp
137🇬🇭 Ghana0+0.01pp
138🇷🇴 Romania0+0.02pp
139🇮🇩 Indonesia0-0.01pp
140🇵🇹 Portugal0-0.00pp
141🇹🇭 Thailand0-0.01pp
142🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0+0.02pp
143🇲🇰 North Macedonia0+0.01pp
144🇵🇪 Peru0-0.01pp
145🇺🇦 Ukraine0-0.01pp
146🇧🇬 Bulgaria0+0.00pp
147🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0-0.00pp