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].

2022 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	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
45	Andorra	36	58	18	25	22
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

TRACE Matrix

TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix

Charles Duross,

Charles Duross

Daniel Seltzer

2022 RESULTS

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