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Bulgaria Corruption Control

Bulgaria's corruption control fell to -0.14 points in 2023, down from -0.16 points in 2022, according to World Bank. This represents a decrease of 12.5% (0.02) from the previous year. Bulgaria has corruption control higher than the global median (-0.14 points vs median -0.23 points). Compared with the median in Europe, Bulgaria is lower (-0.14 points vs regional median 0.70 points) and ranks 36th out of 46 countries in Europe.

Bulgaria's political stability index rose to 0.34 points in 2023, up from 0.31 points in 2022.

Yearly Historical Data (1996-2023)

(in -2.5 (weak control) to 2.5 (strong control))
Year Corruption Control
2023 -0.14
2022 -0.16
2021 -0.26
2020 -0.32
2019 -0.18
2018 -0.19
2017 -0.2
2016 -0.26
2015 -0.35
2014 -0.3
2013 -0.33
2012 -0.28
2011 -0.27
2010 -0.24
2009 -0.23
2008 -0.27
2007 -0.23
2006 -0.11
2005 0.02
2004 0.07
2003 -0.09
2002 -0.17
2000 -0.18
1998 -0.18
1996 -0.36
Bulgaria Corruption Control : Definition
Corruption Control is defined as a perception-based index for the reporting year that captures views on public-sector corruption; scale and interpretation depend on the underlying data source for Bulgaria.