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The TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix is no longer being updated as of 2025.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

2022 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
 4 4 5 6 2
2 New Zealand
 8 2 10 11 13
3 Sweden
 9 16 9 1 6
4 Switzerland
 10 5 14 17 9
5 Denmark
 11 23 1 8 1
6 United Kingdom
 12 6 19 16 15
7 Australia
 13 10 13 13 18
8 Finland
 14 26 7 5 6
9 Japan
 14 1 14 28 24
10 Canada
 15 10 20 21 15
11 Germany
 17 29 5 11 11
12 Iceland
 17 12 19 27 16
13 Netherlands
 18 27 10 12 12
14 Estonia
 18 22 19 14 14
15 Ireland
 18 26 16 13 11
16 United States
 19 8 37 26 20
17 Luxembourg
 19 26 18 14 13
18 South Korea
 21 18 31 19 22
19 Liechtenstein
 21 30 20 15 13
20 Belgium
 22 36 10 13 12
21 Singapore
 23 8 17 22 55
22 Taiwan
 25 31 23 26 13
23 Lithuania
 25 30 29 21 19
24 Austria
 26 32 17 30 18
25 Latvia
 28 33 33 22 20
26 Uruguay
 28 44 10 24 16
27 Puerto Rico
 29 47 32 11 12
28 Hong Kong
 30 12 35 37 51
29 Portugal
 30 38 26 29 20
30 France
 31 42 32 21 19
31 Spain
 31 40 23 26 24
32 Italy
 31 41 26 28 21
33 Georgia
 33 30 41 34 30
34 Israel
 33 35 33 33 28
35 Chile
 33 47 29 26 19
36 Costa Rica
 33 53 18 29 13
37 Czech Republic
 33 41 32 34 20
38 Dominica
 34 29 37 40 36
39 Greece
 34 41 38 31 23
40 Slovak Republic
 34 42 39 34 18
41 Slovenia
 35 44 27 33 25
42 Malta
 35 42 30 35 28
43 Cyprus
 36 45 30 35 24
44 Barbados
 36 39 33 44 24
46 Poland
 37 32 40 43 36
47 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
 37 41 28 43 30
48 St. Lucia
 37 33 25 60 30
49 Jamaica
 38 43 43 43 19
50 Armenia
 38 36 48 44 28
51 Montenegro
 38 36 45 42 34
52 Antigua and Barbuda
 39 42 31 46 30
53 Bhutan
 39 39 34 38 43
54 St. Kitts and Nevis
 39 43 31 52 24
55 South Africa
 39 43 57 38 22
56 Croatia
 39 42 47 41 28
57 Trinidad and Tobago
 40 47 43 46 21
58 Seychelles
 40 51 36 32 33
59 Bahamas
 41 44 42 51 23
60 Cape Verde
 42 49 35 38 36
61 Lesotho
 42 35 49 51 41
62 Grenada
 42 45 30 59 28
63 Romania
 42 48 34 50 29
64 Micronesia
 42 53 21 57 22
65 Jordan
 43 27 52 50 57
66 Tonga
 43 43 32 57 35
67 Botswana
 44 52 34 49 30
68 Vanuatu
 44 54 31 42 36
69 Namibia
 44 45 48 55 28
70 Indonesia
 44 44 60 46 32
71 Bulgaria
 44 50 49 42 33
72 Samoa
 45 57 21 53 30
73 Mauritius
 45 52 39 54 27
74 North Macedonia
 45 47 46 52 35
75 San Marino
 45 75 26 29 22
76 Tunisia
 45 50 51 48 31
77 Argentina
 46 62 44 40 23
78 Senegal
 46 52 47 51 29
79 United Arab Emirates
 46 24 53 52 74
80 East Timor
 46 50 47 52 32
81 Dominican Republic
 46 52 57 48 26
82 Malaysia
 46 42 56 49 45
83 Ghana
 47 57 46 52 24
84 Panama
 47 52 56 48 31
85 Thailand
 47 32 57 61 55
86 India
 48 50 54 45 43
87 Peru
 48 60 50 44 29
88 Kosovo
 48 51 49 53 38
89 Hungary
 48 41 59 55 48
90 Fiji
 48 47 61 50 41
91 Moldova
 48 50 64 46 38
92 Albania
 49 52 50 54 39
93 Sao Tome and Principe
 50 57 44 51 41
94 Nepal
 50 49 61 57 38
95 Kiribati
 50 76 21 52 22
96 Mongolia
 51 60 56 48 33
97 Rwanda
 51 40 55 54 64
98 Belize
 51 46 51 77 34
99 Solomon Islands
 51 61 41 59 32
100 Serbia
 51 48 64 54 45
101 Maldives
 51 49 53 62 43
102 Burkina Faso
 51 58 55 58 31
103 Ukraine
 52 58 62 49 36
104 Brazil
 52 63 54 48 34
105 Gambia
 52 50 59 67 37
106 Ecuador
 53 64 55 47 36
107 Suriname
 53 61 56 58 30
108 Benin
 53 56 40 68 40
109 Colombia
 53 63 53 46 41
110 Brunei Darussalam
 53 48 62 54 54
111 Kuwait
 53 57 56 50 46
112 Malawi
 53 63 52 57 31
113 Sri Lanka
 53 54 61 61 39
114 Philippines
 54 55 75 47 43
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 54 57 55 58 42
116 Mexico
 54 62 69 41 42
117 El Salvador
 54 57 52 64 40
118 Sierra Leone
 54 62 61 56 35
119 Marshall Islands
 54 85 21 56 21
120 Palau
 55 93 21 48 16
121 Guyana
 55 63 58 55 38
122 Paraguay
 55 61 65 56 36
123 Tanzania
 55 59 50 55 52
124 Kazakhstan
 56 51 62 53 65
125 Kenya
 56 58 69 61 40
126 Vietnam
 56 50 56 59 65
127 Turkey
 57 43 66 66 67
128 Oman
 57 45 71 60 68
129 Eswatini
 58 50 69 58 65
130 Lebanon
 58 57 79 68 36
131 Uzbekistan
 58 48 69 63 64
132 Niger
 58 57 58 74 45
133 Kyrgyz Republic
 58 62 69 59 44
134 Zambia
 59 59 70 57 52
135 Papua New Guinea
 59 70 53 62 39
136 Bolivia
 59 70 58 61 37
137 Guatemala
 59 62 73 63 42
138 China
 59 45 62 60 83
139 Liberia
 61 70 63 65 38
140 Morocco
 61 60 69 65 52
141 Guinea
 61 57 69 76 47
142 Russian Federation
 61 57 74 59 61
143 Madagascar
 61 68 61 65 45
144 Ethiopia
 62 61 64 64 60
145 Azerbaijan
 62 50 66 67 77
146 Mozambique
 62 68 63 64 50
147 Uganda
 62 65 71 62 52
148 Guinea-Bissau
 62 64 68 71 47
149 Qatar
 63 60 61 59 72
150 Sudan
 63 52 88 75 55
151 Ivory Coast
 63 72 61 66 47
152 Zimbabwe
 64 66 68 64 56
153 Bangladesh
 64 67 65 62 60
154 Togo
 64 66 66 79 45
155 Honduras
 64 67 74 65 52
156 Nigeria
 64 73 65 70 43
157 Saudi Arabia
 65 54 68 69 77
158 Pakistan
 65 65 66 79 49
159 Myanmar
 65 56 66 81 65
160 Djibouti
 65 55 75 73 70
161 Egypt
 67 57 68 75 76
162 Angola
 67 75 66 69 52
163 Iraq
 68 74 75 73 46
164 Laos
 68 60 69 68 81
165 Algeria
 68 77 63 68 56
166 Gabon
 69 80 73 70 44
167 Belarus
 69 66 66 73 74
168 Tajikistan
 70 57 76 83 74
169 Bahrain
 70 68 81 63 73
170 Cameroon
 70 77 81 67 54
171 Mali
 71 84 73 74 42
172 Nicaragua
 71 63 75 87 66
173 Burundi
 71 60 88 82 70
174 Afghanistan
 72 71 83 82 57
175 Cuba
 72 75 67 67 77
176 Mauritania
 73 78 80 81 52
177 Haiti
 73 83 84 78 45
178 Central African Republic
 74 79 91 77 51
179 Comoros
 74 86 65 82 51
180 Libya
 76 85 74 84 52
181 Eritrea
 76 50 99 95 89
182 Cambodia
 77 75 84 81 71
183 Dem. Rep. of the Congo
 77 86 81 84 51
184 Iran
 77 83 73 70 76
185 Chad
 78 77 89 94 56
186 Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)
 78 82 84 84 63
187 Somalia
 79 73 95 95 62
188 South Sudan
 80 75 93 88 71
189 Yemen
 82 75 88 100 72
190 Venezuela
 82 82 84 98 66
191 Syria
 88 91 100 79 82
192 Equatorial Guinea
 88 93 92 91 73
193 Turkmenistan
 88 98 85 74 88
194 North Korea
 93 100 96 73 100