Global Corruption Tracker

Real-time governance and anti-corruption intelligence for 195+ countries. Aggregates World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), GDELT corruption news trends, OFAC sanctions programs, and US State Department travel advisories into a single corruption risk score (0-100).

Purpose

This Actor analyzes governance quality and corruption risk indicators for any country by combining data from:

• World Bank WGI - Control of Corruption, Government Effectiveness, Rule of Law, Regulatory Quality estimates
• GDELT Project - Real-time corruption and bribery news mentions (past 30 days)
• US Treasury OFAC - Active sanctions programs (country-level)
• US State Department - Travel advisories with corruption/crime context

Produces a single Corruption Risk Score (0-100) where:

• 0-25 = Low corruption risk (strong governance)
• 26-50 = Moderate corruption risk
• 51-75 = Elevated corruption risk
• 76-100 = Critical corruption risk (weak governance, active sanctions, negative news trends)

Input

Required

• countryCode (string) — Two-letter ISO country code (e.g., NG, DK, US)

Output

{
  "query": {
    "countryCode": "NG"
  },
  "worldBankWGI": {
    "controlOfCorruption": -1.12,
    "governmentEffectiveness": -0.95,
    "regulatoryQuality": -0.87,
    "ruleOfLaw": -1.10
  },
  "gdelt": {
    "newsCount30d": 1250,
    "averageTone": -5.2,
    "topHeadlines": [
      {
        "title": "Nigeria corruption scandal unfolds",
        "url": "https://...",
        "date": "20240408"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ofac": {
    "activeSanctionsPrograms": 0,
    "isActivelySanctioned": false
  },
  "stateDept": {
    "advisoryLevel": 2,
    "levelLabel": "Exercise Increased Caution"
  },
  "corruptionRiskScore": 85,
  "dataAvailability": {
    "worldBankWGI": true,
    "gdelt": true,
    "ofac": true,
    "stateDept": true
  },
  "successfulSourceCount": 4,
  "sources": [...],
  "disclaimer": "...",
  "timestamp": "2024-04-08T15:30:00Z"
}

Examples

Basic Usage

{
  "countryCode": "NG"
}

Additional Examples

{
  "countryCode": "DK"
}

Data Coverage

195+ countries supported via World Bank WGI. GDELT covers real-time news for all countries.

Country	WGI	GDELT	OFAC	State Dept
Nigeria (NG)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Denmark (DK)	✅	✅	✅	✅
United States (US)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Russia (RU)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Syria (SY)	✅	✅	✅	✅

Pricing

• $0.20 per country corruption analysis (Pay-per-Event model)
• Billed only when analysis completes successfully
• No charge if all sources fail

⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

This Actor aggregates publicly available governance and anti-corruption data from:

• The World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (CC-BY 4.0)
• The GDELT Project (CC-BY 4.0)
• US Treasury OFAC Sanctions (Public Domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
• US Department of State Travel Advisories (Public Domain)

NOT legal, compliance, defamation, or investment advice. Historical data aggregation only.

• Does NOT accuse specific individuals or entities of corruption
• Does NOT constitute legal findings or official determinations
• Does NOT replace official FCPA/UK Bribery Act compliance procedures
• Users must perform independent due diligence per applicable laws
• All data reflects publicly available statistical aggregates

All source data is redistributed under the original license terms with attribution. Data retrieved in real-time; not cached or stored by this Actor.

Attribution:

• "Data source: The World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (CC BY 4.0)"
• "Data source: The GDELT Project (CC BY 4.0)"
• "Data source: US Treasury OFAC (Public Domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105)"
• "Data source: US Department of State (Public Domain)"

Technical Details

• Runtime: Node.js 18+
• Timeout: 120 seconds per country
• Memory: ~128MB per run
• Concurrent API calls: 4 (parallel fetch)
• Source availability: 4 international government/institutional APIs

Support

For issues or questions, please contact the developer. Data accuracy is subject to source API availability and update frequency.

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Last updated: 2026-04-08

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