Control Of Corruption

North America Ranking

(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Canada	1.6	2020	1	1.77
2	Bermuda	1.31	2020	2	1.24
3	United States	1.07	2020	3	1.22
4	Costa Rica	0.7	2019	4	0.55
5 ↑	Panama	-0.51	2020	6	-0.55
6 ↓	Ecuador	-0.54	2020	5	-0.49
7	El Salvador	-0.59	2020	7	-0.56
8 ↑	Mexico	-0.85	2020	9	-0.83
9 ↓	Honduras	-0.86	2020	8	-0.81
10	Guatemala	-1.1	2020	10	-0.9
11	Nicaragua	-1.25	2020	11	-1.1

Definition of Control Of Corruption

The index for Control of Corruption captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests.