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].

2016 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	Sweden	10	12	11	1	7
2	New Zealand	15	18	6	3	5
3	Estonia	17	19	8	5	16
4	Hong Kong	17	12	28	21	13
5	Norway	19	25	5	2	1
6	Ireland	22	17	11	31	8
7	Netherlands	24	25	8	27	3
8	Singapore	25	1	34	39	38
9	Finland	26	18	32	34	19
10	Denmark	27	26	10	34	3
11	Japan	27	31	14	16	16
12	Canada	28	28	20	30	13
13	Georgia	28	16	20	21	41
14	Switzerland	29	26	34	35	17
15	United Kingdom	31	30	31	35	21
16	Iceland	33	31	35	40	20
17	Austria	33	32	34	38	24
18	Australia	34	40	22	25	9
19	Luxembourg	34	28	32	43	22
20	United States	34	41	15	15	13
21	Mauritius	34	36	16	30	27
22	Latvia	34	37	18	21	28
23	Portugal	34	37	25	34	16
24	Germany	34	36	17	39	7
25	Lithuania	35	36	31	37	20
26	France	35	37	20	37	18
27	Chile	36	38	28	33	26
28	South Korea	37	43	8	21	20
29	Poland	39	39	23	44	21
30	United Arab Emirates	39	18	38	58	36
31	Belgium	40	39	31	47	20
32	Slovenia	40	42	32	41	21
33	Israel	41	47	15	30	14
34	North Macedonia	41	38	25	34	47
35	Panama	42	29	37	53	39
36	Italy	42	44	19	43	21
37	Slovak Republic	43	49	17	32	16
38	Barbados	44	39	36	51	33
39	Bahrain	44	33	17	58	31
40	Qatar	45	36	39	54	40
41	Czech Republic	46	52	26	34	20
42	Romania	46	52	22	32	27
43	Cyprus	46	50	8	45	13
44	Bulgaria	47	52	18	30	30
45	Botswana	48	48	9	45	34
46	Tunisia	48	38	41	58	45
47	Malaysia	48	19	22	62	64
48	Oman	48	44	38	55	43
49	Belarus	48	43	27	49	52
50	Uruguay	49	58	23	31	18
51	Spain	49	55	36	45	19
52	Croatia	49	52	15	41	38
53	Marshall Islands	50	48	35	55	37
54	Vanuatu	50	50	22	33	52
55	Brunei Darussalam	50	52	24	53	25
56	Tonga	50	51	35	53	37
57	Hungary	51	53	36	53	29
58	Colombia	51	50	19	44	50
59	South Africa	51	54	14	42	39
60	Peru	51	57	28	32	34
61	Thailand	51	50	33	51	48
62	St. Kitts and Nevis	51	52	37	55	33
63	Micronesia	51	50	35	55	42
64	Armenia	52	53	51	39	53
65	Liechtenstein	52	58	38	50	21
66	Jordan	53	46	40	53	59
67	Senegal	53	48	16	51	56
68	San Marino	54	55	36	56	35
69	Costa Rica	54	58	19	47	30
70	Rwanda	54	30	25	59	71
71	Bhutan	54	48	40	59	54
72	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	54	57	36	53	36
73	Dominican Republic	54	54	34	57	42
74	Bolivia	54	53	29	49	55
75	Andorra	55	59	37	52	26
76	Serbia	55	60	31	42	35
77	Grenada	55	57	37	56	34
78	Kiribati	55	53	35	57	50
79	Turkey	55	47	23	59	56
80	Indonesia	55	61	33	29	44
81	Ecuador	55	56	68	50	45
82	Dominica	56	58	37	55	37
83	Malta	56	61	34	53	29
84	Zambia	56	49	33	60	58
85	Nicaragua	57	57	35	55	53
86	Guatemala	57	49	42	63	56
87	Antigua and Barbuda	57	61	38	54	35
88	Montenegro	57	58	50	61	42
89	Namibia	57	58	24	58	42
90	Puerto Rico	57	60	36	56	35
91	Morocco	58	50	40	66	54
92	Monaco	58	61	37	55	37
93	Bermuda	58	59	36	56	45
94	Russian Federation	58	63	31	41	45
95	Palau	58	62	35	55	31
96	Tuvalu	58	60	37	57	40
97	Maldives	58	59	35	58	47
98	Seychelles	58	60	35	55	45
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59	61	50	57	46
100	Guyana	59	58	34	61	48
101	Lesotho	59	55	37	61	59
102	Cape Verde	59	62	39	54	43
103	Mexico	59	55	32	63	58
104	Bahamas	59	64	38	56	33
105	Samoa	59	63	36	54	38
106	Kosovo	60	67	20	35	41
107	Paraguay	60	63	46	61	36
108	Sao Tome and Principe	60	61	37	60	53
109	Jamaica	61	66	34	56	32
110	Togo	61	52	34	65	64
111	Cayman Islands	61	63	37	59	44
112	Honduras	61	60	30	64	47
113	Papua New Guinea	61	63	35	55	56
114	Fiji	62	64	37	60	45
115	Aruba	63	61	34	71	38
116	Saudi Arabia	63	60	29	65	56
117	Solomon Islands	63	61	34	63	57
118	Macau	63	65	38	59	46
119	Greece	64	73	24	50	25
120	Gambia	64	46	37	66	78
121	Kazakhstan	65	68	22	51	52
122	Cuba	65	65	38	63	56
123	Azerbaijan	65	67	32	55	58
124	Albania	65	72	33	39	47
125	El Salvador	65	65	58	72	46
126	Comoros	65	64	37	65	60
127	Suriname	66	70	36	62	40
128	North Korea	66	62	38	66	66
129	Niger	66	53	34	70	74
130	China	66	58	25	58	77
131	Turkmenistan	66	62	39	68	66
132	Benin	67	66	37	65	61
133	Ukraine	67	72	56	56	49
134	Trinidad and Tobago	67	73	38	59	33
135	Djibouti	67	53	37	67	78
136	Madagascar	67	66	40	68	60
137	Mongolia	68	76	29	45	44
138	Guinea-Bissau	68	66	36	64	69
139	St. Lucia	68	75	36	56	34
140	Burkina Faso	68	61	37	77	62
141	Argentina	69	83	15	35	23
142	Eswatini	69	63	36	70	72
143	Mozambique	70	70	39	67	63
144	Moldova	70	80	25	42	38
145	Ghana	70	74	32	68	42
146	East Timor	70	74	30	67	46
147	Somalia	71	66	72	80	54
148	Kyrgyz Republic	71	75	50	37	71
149	Lebanon	71	72	57	76	44
150	Equatorial Guinea	71	65	40	73	73
151	Philippines	71	77	42	49	62
152	Zimbabwe	72	62	31	79	71
153	Sri Lanka	72	65	40	85	51
154	Sierra Leone	72	67	33	74	73
155	Laos	72	69	35	75	68
156	Belize	73	80	40	64	39
157	Iran	73	76	37	69	55
158	Algeria	73	74	40	76	52
159	Nepal	73	77	36	64	58
160	Egypt	74	70	31	79	63
161	Ethiopia	74	74	29	53	76
162	Haiti	74	75	36	70	63
163	Mauritania	74	77	38	65	60
164	Mali	74	74	38	69	68
165	Malawi	74	76	14	49	70
166	Pakistan	74	74	29	64	71
167	Brazil	74	91	14	27	25
168	Iraq	75	75	48	72	67
169	Tajikistan	75	75	14	64	71
170	Tanzania	76	79	36	67	61
171	Sudan	76	70	39	75	79
172	Uganda	76	81	25	48	68
173	Kuwait	76	86	39	61	37
174	Kenya	76	79	19	65	63
175	Vietnam	77	59	39	89	81
176	Afghanistan	78	82	11	62	58
177	Uzbekistan	78	74	53	84	68
178	India	78	86	39	47	58
179	Libya	78	83	37	70	55
180	Ivory Coast	79	84	38	65	60
181	Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)	80	84	31	70	60
182	Cameroon	81	81	32	81	67
183	Bangladesh	81	87	25	64	60
184	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	83	86	37	70	75
185	Eritrea	85	80	37	74	90
186	Gabon	85	92	36	75	45
187	Venezuela	85	87	32	80	59
188	Burundi	85	84	46	85	77
189	Central African Republic	86	89	39	70	75
190	Liberia	87	95	31	64	61
191	Chad	87	88	39	81	78
192	Syria	88	94	38	71	68
193	South Sudan	90	96	38	70	70
194	Myanmar	92	89	45	97	78
195	Cambodia	92	92	60	93	80
196	Guinea	92	98	42	72	74
197	Yemen	93	86	100	85	100
198	Angola	96	100	67	90	77
199	Nigeria	97	98	33	100	60

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TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix

Charles Duross,

Charles Duross

Daniel Seltzer

2016 RESULTS

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