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].

2019 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	New Zealand	4	1	11	1	8
2	Norway	7	13	8	1	1
3	Denmark	7	9	1	16	1
4	Sweden	8	13	11	1	6
5	Finland	9	15	9	5	4
6	United Kingdom	11	15	14	4	10
7	Netherlands	12	17	8	5	10
8	Canada	14	22	13	6	7
9	Germany	15	21	13	11	8
10	Hong Kong	16	6	14	11	38
11	Iceland	17	22	10	13	17
12	Singapore	17	7	6	12	47
13	Luxembourg	17	25	5	10	19
14	Estonia	18	23	16	16	11
15	United States	18	26	22	7	11
16	Austria	18	25	11	12	14
17	Australia	18	25	17	10	14
18	Switzerland	18	23	11	24	8
19	France	21	30	22	8	19
20	Belgium	22	35	15	15	12
21	Ireland	22	24	21	25	17
22	Portugal	24	33	19	22	13
23	South Korea	24	25	27	20	24
24	Lithuania	25	35	26	21	9
25	Japan	25	27	24	30	18
26	Taiwan	26	29	25	34	12
27	Georgia	26	16	37	31	31
28	Israel	27	45	23	10	16
29	United Arab Emirates	31	7	20	46	64
30	Monaco	31	54	23	14	11
31	Chile	31	42	27	22	25
32	Slovenia	32	47	30	23	17
33	Andorra	33	44	32	29	20
34	Czech Republic	34	47	24	32	19
35	Italy	34	48	37	19	22
36	Uruguay	34	53	24	28	14
37	Costa Rica	34	52	25	32	12
38	Liechtenstein	35	69	16	12	11
39	Cyprus	36	51	30	31	19
40	Poland	37	48	35	32	26
41	Spain	38	45	37	35	29
42	Latvia	38	48	23	53	16
43	San Marino	38	57	20	34	22
44	Malta	39	52	33	36	22
45	Kosovo	40	45	31	41	34
46	Slovak Republic	40	58	34	32	18
47	Tuvalu	40	37	46	69	11
48	Oman	40	37	34	30	58
49	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41	43	39	45	35
50	Jamaica	41	56	45	30	22
51	Puerto Rico	41	54	41	49	11
52	Bhutan	41	47	10	48	44
53	Marshall Islands	42	36	33	72	28
54	Dominica	42	47	40	38	39
55	South Africa	42	65	33	24	27
56	Qatar	43	33	34	53	55
57	Bahrain	43	44	26	30	65
58	Malaysia	43	42	31	41	53
59	Mauritius	43	45	33	58	31
60	Montenegro	43	59	30	36	31
61	St. Lucia	43	46	37	59	28
62	Greece	44	58	44	37	24
63	St. Kitts and Nevis	44	45	47	57	26
64	Antigua and Barbuda	44	51	55	40	30
65	Croatia	45	62	36	35	30
66	Barbados	45	58	41	51	19
67	Grenada	46	46	57	53	30
68	Romania	46	64	32	42	27
69	Rwanda	46	36	36	50	68
70	Botswana	46	53	36	44	43
71	Colombia	46	62	52	26	34
72	Namibia	47	59	34	44	35
73	Senegal	47	51	51	47	36
74	Armenia	47	40	53	59	43
75	Macau	47	75	14	38	30
76	Cape Verde	47	56	38	48	38
77	Bulgaria	47	59	47	42	33
78	India	48	57	48	41	38
79	Azerbaijan	48	41	43	44	67
80	Ghana	48	62	43	49	24
81	Bahamas	48	67	30	52	23
82	Panama	48	55	63	46	27
83	Samoa	48	54	35	63	31
84	Thailand	48	47	48	39	60
85	North Macedonia	49	52	46	43	50
86	Tonga	49	56	48	50	36
87	Seychelles	49	71	29	39	35
88	Fiji	49	57	47	48	39
89	Peru	50	65	49	42	31
90	Indonesia	50	59	52	49	35
91	Jordan	51	48	49	43	67
92	Micronesia	51	46	52	77	35
93	Saudi Arabia	51	45	43	52	69
94	Vanuatu	51	57	27	66	43
95	Albania	52	64	51	41	41
96	Hungary	52	57	47	51	47
97	Kenya	52	65	49	44	40
98	Cayman Islands	52	86	19	34	33
99	Tunisia	52	63	57	51	32
100	Brazil	53	74	55	34	31
101	Argentina	53	77	49	38	26
102	Palau	53	72	50	53	20
103	Philippines	54	65	50	46	43
104	Burkina Faso	54	65	53	50	38
105	Serbia	54	65	44	50	44
106	Guatemala	55	60	55	60	39
107	Zambia	55	66	36	50	53
108	Belarus	55	47	45	59	72
109	Mongolia	55	72	42	54	35
110	Russian Federation	55	57	54	52	57
111	Sri Lanka	55	62	54	57	44
112	Dominican Republic	55	66	58	52	38
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55	74	49	37	46
114	Aruba	55	81	45	47	25
115	Trinidad and Tobago	56	65	65	65	23
116	Nepal	56	60	58	54	49
117	Moldova	56	67	48	52	45
118	Sao Tome and Principe	56	55	64	66	44
119	Paraguay	57	62	62	52	48
120	El Salvador	57	64	59	62	38
121	Kuwait	57	80	36	42	46
122	Ukraine	57	74	54	50	36
123	Turkey	57	53	51	55	71
124	Maldives	57	65	56	45	55
125	Mexico	57	69	56	46	47
126	Kazakhstan	58	58	50	52	68
127	Togo	58	53	58	72	53
128	Papua New Guinea	58	70	51	59	40
129	Benin	58	61	62	67	42
130	Uganda	58	72	48	45	55
131	Morocco	58	56	60	59	61
132	Kyrgyz Republic	59	71	59	53	42
133	Suriname	59	66	48	75	37
134	China	59	47	56	59	80
135	Bermuda	59	97	22	61	14
136	Solomon Islands	59	72	18	81	42
137	Gambia	59	55	58	56	71
138	Ivory Coast	59	66	62	58	48
139	Niger	60	54	59	69	61
140	Guyana	60	74	57	60	36
141	Lebanon	60	75	55	56	40
142	Brunei Darussalam	60	61	43	65	63
143	Eswatini	60	55	37	75	70
144	Cuba	60	65	60	48	64
145	Lesotho	60	58	48	80	54
146	Ecuador	60	75	53	51	49
147	Belize	60	72	46	72	38
148	Mali	61	70	55	60	50
149	East Timor	61	71	56	64	43
150	Malawi	61	74	56	60	42
151	Honduras	61	64	63	66	53
152	Guinea	62	64	60	73	46
153	Mauritania	62	70	57	59	55
154	Pakistan	62	77	56	48	54
155	Mozambique	62	68	60	55	61
156	Kiribati	63	79	46	73	36
157	Tanzania	63	71	58	58	56
158	Myanmar	64	69	61	70	54
159	Sierra Leone	65	78	53	61	52
160	Vietnam	65	66	51	62	75
161	Egypt	65	66	51	63	76
162	Nigeria	65	81	58	58	49
163	Algeria	66	77	53	67	53
164	Djibouti	66	51	51	86	82
165	Liberia	66	83	48	68	46
166	Bolivia	66	83	69	60	41
167	Comoros	66	54	80	85	60
168	Afghanistan	66	80	69	54	52
169	Iran	67	73	55	58	74
170	Haiti	68	79	55	71	54
171	Cameroon	68	72	71	66	61
172	Nicaragua	69	73	69	75	56
173	Gabon	70	86	68	52	61
174	Sudan	70	60	63	86	80
175	Tajikistan	71	72	65	64	80
176	Ethiopia	71	73	59	61	85
177	Syria	72	86	47	63	71
178	Bangladesh	72	86	63	60	64
179	Madagascar	72	81	72	74	53
180	Zimbabwe	72	75	62	76	67
181	Uzbekistan	73	69	66	76	79
182	Iraq	73	78	62	82	62
183	Laos	75	70	67	79	85
184	Guinea-Bissau	75	72	74	93	65
185	Angola	76	89	61	78	63
186	Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)	77	84	73	79	63
187	Central African Republic	78	78	82	88	65
188	Eritrea	79	54	84	100	99
189	Cambodia	79	92	68	80	63
190	Burundi	79	64	80	88	98
191	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	82	92	80	76	70
192	Equatorial Guinea	82	76	86	90	82
193	Turkmenistan	82	89	53	81	92
194	Libya	82	91	70	84	74
195	Chad	84	88	87	85	74
196	Venezuela	85	100	78	78	71
197	Yemen	85	86	75	93	85
198	North Korea	86	70	100	89	100
199	South Sudan	92	95	81	97	89
200	Somalia	94	96	88	98	90

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TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix

Charles Duross,

Charles Duross

Daniel Seltzer

2019 RESULTS

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