Italy · Control of corruption (World Bank indicator)
Perceived use of public power for private gain: petty and grand corruption, capture of the state by elites and private interests. Aggregate estimate of perceptions (surveys, NGOs, analysts), in standard deviations: about −2.5 to +2.5, 0 = world average; higher = better.· Aggregate of perception sources (surveys, NGOs, analysts)· Comparable across countries and years, but each value carries a margin of error: small year-to-year moves are often not significant
0.58score
2025
+6.9 %vs 2024
min −0.03 2014max +0.78 2000
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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators· Data 2025
Estimate, about −2.5 to +2.5 (0 = world average)Aggregate of perception sources (surveys, NGOs, analysts)Upd. 09/2026
10th highest of 19 countries · 0.58 score · World Bank 2025 — Rank on the harmonised series (World Bank), the same for every country: its value may differ from the national figure shown above.
