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.

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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

The 2024 TRACE Matrix information pack includes:

2024 Country Risk Scores
2024 Country Risk Score Comparison
2024 Matrix Map
Guide to Country Reports
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Informational One Pager
Methodology Report

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According to this year's data, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Syria, Equatorial Guinea and Yemen present the highest commercial bribery risk, while Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark present the lowest.

This year’s edition includes an updated selection of datapoints to ensure the TRACE Matrix is based on the most recent available information. To learn more, download the 2024 Methodology Report.

“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

Read the press release. For press inquiries, contact Kseniya Husak at [email protected].

2024 RESULTS

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
60	Andorra	40	62	22	27	25
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

TRACE Matrix

TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix

Charles Duross,

Charles Duross

Daniel Seltzer

2024 RESULTS

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