United States
OECD member since 1960
This set of indicators covers countries’ strategic frameworks on anti-corruption. These could consist of a single strategy or be spread across multiple strategies, but all strategies must be adopted at the highest level of government (council of ministers/cabinet, president or parliament/congress). Data for OECD members was published in 2021 and 2024 with information relating to 2020 and 2023, respectively. Data for non-OECD countries was published in 2024, with information relating to 2023.
| ARG | AUS | AUT | BRA | CAN | CHL | CRI | CZE | DNK | EST | FIN | FRA | GRC | IRL | JPN | KOR | LVA | LTU | LUX | MEX | NLD | NOR | PER | POL | PRT | SVK | SVN | ESP | SWE | TUR | UKR | USA | ARG | AUS | AUT | BRA | CAN | CHL | CRI | CZE | DNK | EST | FIN | FRA | GRC | IRL | JPN | KOR | LVA | LTU | LUX | MEX | NLD | NOR | PER | POL | PRT | SVK | SVN | ESP | SWE | TUR | UKR | USA | OECD_AVG | OECD_AVG | APAC_AVG | APAC_AVG | EU27_AVG | EU27_AVG | Eurasia_AVG | Eurasia_AVG | LAC_AVG | LAC_AVG | BEST | BEST | BEST | ALL_AVG | ALL_AVG | ALL_AVG | OECD_ACC_AVG | OECD_ACC_AVG | OECD_PARTNER_AVG | OECD_PARTNER_AVG |
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| 90 | 70 | 40 | 90 | 100 | 70 | 100 | 60 | 50 | 100 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 90 | 30 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 70 | 100 | 90 | 70 | 40 | 90 | 100 | 70 | 100 | 60 | 50 | 100 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 90 | 30 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 70 | 100 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 60 | 60 | 81.7 | 81.7 | 70 | 70 | 81.7 | 81.7 | 100 | 70 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 79.7 | 73.3 | 73.3 | 70 | 70 |
List of indicators for Effectiveness of internal control and risk management
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Top performing and underperforming criteria in United States
This table shows the criteria within this dataset where the selected country performs the most above and below average. OECD countries are compared to the OECD average and partner countries are compared to the partner country average. Only criteria fulfilled by less than 40% of countries are shown as leading, and only criteria fulfilled by more than 40% of countries are shown as lagging.
Guidelines on assessing integrity risks have been issued within the last 5 years by the CHU or the central function for IC to all public sector institutions implementing IC. | 32% of OECD countries fulfill | 6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading | |
The SAI has conducted a review of the IC or IA system within the past 5 years. | 32% of OECD countries fulfill | 3% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading | |
The regulatory framework requires external quality assessments of IA activity to be performed no less than once in 5 years by an independent party. | 34% of OECD countries fulfill | 6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading | |
A central function develops the IA system. | 50% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
A central function promotes IA methodologies based on international standards. | 50% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
The regulatory framework prohibits or establishes cooling-off periods for internal audit staff to audit operations for which they have previously been responsible to avoid any perceived conflict of interest. | 42% of OECD countries fulfill | 6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging |
One central government body (CHU) develops the IC and IA systems. | 39% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
A central function develops the IC system. | 50% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
A central function develops the IA system. | 50% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
The CHU promotes IC and IA methodologies based on international standards. | 39% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
A central function promotes IC methodologies based on international standards. | 50% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
A central function promotes IA methodologies based on international standards. | 50% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Lagging | |
The CHU has conducted a government-wide review on the IC and IA systems, annually during the last 3 years. | 26% of OECD countries fulfill | 6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
The central function has conducted a government-wide review of the IC system, annually during the last 3 years. | 29% of OECD countries fulfill | 6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
The central function has conducted a government-wide review of the IA system, annually during the last 3 years. | 34% of OECD countries fulfill | 9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
The CHU or the central IA function co-ordinates training and certification of internal auditors. | 21% of OECD countries fulfill | 6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | ||
Guidelines on assessing integrity risks have been issued within the last 5 years by the CHU or the central function for IC to all public sector institutions implementing IC. | 32% of OECD countries fulfill | 6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill | Leading |