TRACE Matrix

TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix

TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix

The TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix (TRACE Matrix) measures business bribery risk in 194 jurisdictions, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions. The overall country risk score is a combined and weighted score of four domains: Business Interactions with Government; Anti-Bribery Deterrence and Enforcement; Government and Civil Service Transparency; and Capacity for Civil Society Oversight, including the role of the media. The domain scores are derived from nine subdomains. The TRACE Matrix was originally developed in 2014 in collaboration with RAND Corporation. It is updated annually by TRACE.


The TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix is no longer being updated as of 2025.
Previous editions remain available for reference.


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“Assessment of country risk is fundamental to developing an effective compliance program and risk-based due diligence procedures.”

Charles Duross,

Partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP and former Deputy Chief in the Fraud Section in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice



“Assessment of country risk is fundamental to developing an effective compliance program and risk-based due diligence procedures.”

Charles Duross

Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP and former Deputy Chief in the Fraud Section in the Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

“In my experience, there is nothing else on the market that gauges risk with the accuracy and simplicity of the TRACE Risk Matrix. It is a critical part of our risk assessment process at Accenture.”

Daniel Seltzer

Senior Director of Anticorruption and Government Compliance, Accenture

2024 RESULTS

Full table (excluding subdomain scores) and rankings:

Although the resulting index can be used to rank countries by their composite scores, it is also possible to view the results for specific risk factors. This allows compliance professionals to tailor their practices appropriately and make better resource allocation decisions. This table does not include subdomain scores.

Rank Country
Risk Score
 Domain 1: Interactions with Government Domain 2: Anti-bribery Deterrence and Enforcement Domain 3: Governmental and Civil Service Transparency Domain 4: Capacity for Civil Oversight
1 Norway
 7 4 9 13 3
2 Switzerland
 10 4 14 20 8
3 Sweden
 11 18 7 1 10
4 Denmark
 12 25 5 4 1
5 Australia
 13 10 17 13 17
6 United Kingdom
 13 7 21 16 17
7 Finland
 14 28 1 4 8
8 Estonia
 14 18 13 10 12
9 Canada
 14 9 24 18 13
10 Japan
 15 1 18 26 26
11 United States
 16 6 37 17 19
12 Iceland
 18 14 22 20 20
13 Germany
 18 30 10 11 10
14 Ireland
 19 26 21 13 10
15 Netherlands
 19 28 15 11 13
16 New Zealand
 19 28 15 9 17
17 Luxembourg
 20 27 20 13 14
18 Lithuania
 22 29 18 16 17
19 Liechtenstein
 23 32 24 18 11
20 Belgium
 23 37 17 14 12
21 South Korea
 24 19 36 22 25
22 Taiwan
 25 30 28 29 11
23 Latvia
 25 32 24 20 20
24 Austria
 26 33 22 27 17
25 Singapore
 28 19 24 22 52
26 Slovenia
 28 39 19 23 20
27 France
 29 41 27 20 16
28 Uruguay
 30 43 21 24 17
29 Puerto Rico
 30 49 35 9 13
30 Spain
 30 41 24 21 24
31 Czech Republic
 31 40 37 25 16
32 Costa Rica
 31 46 22 29 14
33 Italy
 33 42 27 31 21
34 Slovak Republic
 33 36 41 32 22
35 Chile
 34 45 34 26 21
36 Portugal
 34 46 31 28 20
37 Hong Kong
 34 18 38 37 58
38 Barbados
 34 36 33 44 23
39 Dominica
 35 29 39 39 38
40 Seychelles
 36 42 38 27 31
41 Israel
 36 37 44 35 28
42 Poland
 36 31 41 42 34
43 Cyprus
 36 43 34 34 26
44 Georgia
 36 35 46 32 35
45 Malta
 36 42 38 31 29
46 Samoa
 37 41 25 48 26
47 Jamaica
 37 41 45 39 22
48 Croatia
 37 39 43 39 27
49 St. Lucia
 37 34 28 55 31
50 Greece
 38 45 44 33 25
51 St. Kitts and Nevis
 38 43 35 45 23
52 Bulgaria
 38 41 45 35 31
53 Armenia
 39 36 50 41 33
54 Bhutan
 39 40 40 32 42
55 South Africa
 39 43 53 36 24
56 Antigua and Barbuda
 39 42 35 46 30
57 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
 39 42 32 45 33
58 Montenegro
 39 42 36 41 35
59 Botswana
 40 43 38 45 30
61 Trinidad and Tobago
 40 45 50 42 24
62 Romania
 41 43 38 46 33
63 Cape Verde
 41 48 37 38 36
64 Bahamas
 42 45 43 49 28
65 Tonga
 42 45 29 56 32
66 Indonesia
 42 41 59 42 34
67 Grenada
 42 45 31 59 29
68 Nepal
 43 38 52 49 38
69 Jordan
 43 28 53 50 55
70 Micronesia
 43 53 25 57 23
71 Namibia
 43 44 50 52 29
72 North Macedonia
 44 47 41 49 34
73 Moldova
 44 47 50 41 39
74 Mauritius
 44 48 42 54 30
75 East Timor
 45 49 47 50 30
76 Ghana
 45 52 45 49 28
77 Kosovo
 45 49 47 42 39
78 United Arab Emirates
 45 24 54 50 71
79 San Marino
 45 76 19 29 23
80 Vanuatu
 45 60 37 38 31
81 Malaysia
 45 41 58 45 44
82 Argentina
 46 62 47 42 23
83 Fiji
 47 47 57 51 35
84 Panama
 47 53 52 48 31
85 Senegal
 47 52 45 52 35
86 Dominican Republic
 47 54 58 48 27
87 Maldives
 47 44 54 52 44
88 Albania
 47 52 42 51 39
89 Thailand
 47 33 59 61 52
90 Colombia
 48 52 55 45 38
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 48 44 57 53 44
92 Belize
 48 46 49 68 33
93 Peru
 49 58 54 44 33
94 Kuwait
 49 42 59 57 46
95 Tunisia
 49 48 59 53 40
96 Marshall Islands
 49 76 25 48 19
97 Sao Tome and Principe
 49 55 46 50 41
98 Suriname
 50 59 54 49 31
99 Mongolia
 50 58 56 46 36
100 Sri Lanka
 50 52 63 51 37
101 Kiribati
 50 72 34 49 23
102 Gambia
 50 50 56 62 35
103 Brazil
 51 61 57 46 32
104 Tanzania
 51 50 58 51 48
105 Sierra Leone
 51 53 58 55 39
106 Serbia
 51 48 64 52 47
107 Lesotho
 51 56 52 52 42
108 Hungary
 52 43 61 62 50
109 Ukraine
 52 57 59 49 41
110 Palau
 52 85 25 47 16
111 Philippines
 52 50 75 49 44
112 Benin
 52 56 40 63 43
113 Solomon Islands
 52 61 42 56 40
114 Zambia
 52 57 60 48 44
115 Brunei Darussalam
 53 50 62 52 53
116 Malawi
 53 61 55 56 35
117 Kazakhstan
 53 48 60 50 62
118 Kenya
 54 57 67 57 36
119 Mexico
 54 59 68 46 44
120 Ecuador
 54 62 59 52 39
121 Paraguay
 54 62 64 51 38
122 Guyana
 55 63 60 51 40
123 Vietnam
 55 48 56 56 65
124 Burkina Faso
 55 56 58 58 49
125 Morocco
 56 48 67 65 52
126 India
 56 63 60 47 49
127 Rwanda
 56 51 58 52 68
128 Togo
 56 49 62 77 45
129 Oman
 56 43 72 59 67
130 Turkey
 56 43 66 65 65
131 Saudi Arabia
 57 37 71 64 77
132 Lebanon
 57 55 75 66 41
133 Honduras
 57 64 70 52 43
134 Uzbekistan
 57 50 67 58 64
135 Niger
 58 55 57 77 45
136 Madagascar
 58 62 61 62 46
137 El Salvador
 58 58 63 65 49
138 Eswatini
 59 48 70 62 66
139 Guatemala
 59 60 74 61 45
140 Ivory Coast
 59 67 57 57 48
141 Pakistan
 59 57 68 65 51
142 China
 59 48 64 55 81
143 Kyrgyz Republic
 60 62 67 56 54
144 Bolivia
 60 69 58 62 42
145 Guinea
 60 54 68 71 54
146 Liberia
 61 71 63 62 40
147 Bangladesh
 61 59 65 59 64
148 Papua New Guinea
 61 71 54 66 44
149 Qatar
 61 56 69 57 70
150 Uganda
 62 63 74 59 55
151 Djibouti
 62 54 72 68 64
152 Mozambique
 63 67 64 65 54
153 Bahrain
 63 57 79 58 69
154 Guinea-Bissau
 64 64 66 73 53
155 Nigeria
 64 73 66 66 44
156 Azerbaijan
 64 47 87 65 78
157 Zimbabwe
 64 66 70 61 60
158 Ethiopia
 64 64 65 66 63
159 Egypt
 65 55 67 68 78
160 Iraq
 66 74 74 64 47
161 Russian Federation
 66 58 77 62 76
162 Algeria
 67 75 57 65 61
163 Myanmar
 67 56 69 75 78
164 Central African Republic
 67 60 90 75 57
165 Laos
 68 59 69 69 81
166 Angola
 68 76 67 65 57
167 Tajikistan
 69 57 79 73 80
168 Sudan
 70 57 90 79 69
169 Cameroon
 70 77 81 66 55
170 Cambodia
 70 63 80 75 72
171 Gabon
 70 82 73 70 48
172 Mali
 71 85 67 66 53
173 Belarus
 71 66 67 70 83
174 Somalia
 71 64 86 83 62
175 Burundi
 71 59 88 86 68
176 Chad
 72 62 87 90 60
177 Comoros
 72 80 66 81 51
178 Mauritania
 72 77 78 78 52
179 Haiti
 72 79 75 75 56
180 Nicaragua
 74 63 75 82 84
181 Cuba
 75 81 69 67 75
182 Libya
 75 83 73 80 59
183 Eritrea
 76 50 92 94 94
184 Dem. Rep. of the Congo
 77 85 80 81 55
185 Iran
 78 82 75 69 81
186 Afghanistan
 78 73 90 80 77
187 Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)
 79 82 83 87 62
188 Venezuela
 80 80 81 88 70
189 South Sudan
 81 74 88 94 76
190 Equatorial Guinea
 84 87 91 86 71
191 Yemen
 84 76 100 100 71
192 Syria
 86 86 100 77 84
193 Turkmenistan
 88 96 85 74 88
194 North Korea
 92 100 93 70 100