Most Corrupt Countries 2024

[LiberalArkie]

Introducing the Corruption Perceptions Index

In an effort to shine a light on corruption and initiate changes for the better, the organization Transparency.org has created the Corruption Perceptions Index, which uses expert assessments and surveys to rank countries based upon their perceived levels of corruption. Initially launched in 1995, the CPI defines corruption as “the misuse of public power for private benefit.”

The 2022 CPI (released January 2023) ranked 180 countries on a scale from 0 to 100. The lower the score, the more corrupt a country is considered to be.

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Transparency.org's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries by perceived corruption levels; introduced in 1995, it defines corruption as misuse of public power for private gain.
The top three most corrupt countries in the 2022 CPI were Somalia (12), Syria and South Sudan (tied at 13), followed by Venezuela (14).
A separate 2023 Best Countries ranking from U.S. News, BAV Group, and Wharton School listed Russia, Iran, and Colombia as the top three most corrupt nations.

The Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries in the World (2022 Corruption Perceptions Index):

Somalia 11
Venezuela 13
Syria 13
South Sudan 13
Yemen 16
North Korea 17
Haiti 17
Nicaragua 17
Equatorial Guinea 17
Turkmenistan 18



What Are the Least Corrupt Countries in the World?

On the other hand, the CPI report's least corrupt countries for 2021 and 2022 have been Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and Sweden.


Note: USA is 69. 1 notch above UAE

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-corrupt-countries

[lark]

1. 69 and falling fast, such a shameful time for this country.

That half the people approve is just a total indictment of us and shows hate has such a big place in the right wingers pseudo hearts.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Here is the list ... really unformatted, but here it is

Denmark 90 90 88 88
Finland 87 87 88 85
New Zealand 85 87 88 88
Norway 84 84 85 84
Singapore 83 83 85 85
Sweden 82 83 85 85
Switzerland 82 82 84 85
Netherlands 79 80 82 82
Germany 78 79 80 80
Luxembourg 78 77 81 80
Ireland 77 77 74 72
Canada 76 74 74 77
Estonia 76 74 74 75
Australia 75 75 73 77
Hong Kong 75 76 76 77
Japan 73 73 73 74
Belgium 73 73 73 76
Uruguay 73 74 73 71
Iceland 72 74 74 75
United Kingdom 71 73 78 77
France 71 72 71 69
Austria 71 71 74 76
Seychelles 71 70 70 66
United States 69 69 67 67
Barbados 69 65 65 64
United Arab Emirates 68 67 69 71
Bhutan 68 68 68 68
Taiwan 67 68 68 65
Chile 66 67 67 67
Cape Verde 64 60 58 58
Bahamas 64 64 64 63
South Korea 63 63 62 61
Israel 62 63 59 60
Portugal 61 62 62 61
Lithuania 61 62 61 60
Spain 60 60 61 62
Latvia 60 59 59 57
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 60 60 59 59
Botswana 59 60 55 60
Qatar 58 58 63 63
Czech Republic 57 56 54 54
Italy 56 56 56 53
Slovenia 56 56 57 60
Dominica 56 55 55 55
Costa Rica 55 54 58 57
Saint Lucia 55 55 56 56
Poland 54 55 56 56
Slovakia 54 53 52 49
Rwanda 53 51 53 54
Georgia 53 56 55 56
Cyprus 53 52 53 57
Grenada 53 52 53 53
Saudi Arabia 52 51 53 53
Fiji 52 53 55
Mauritius 51 50 54 53
Malta 51 51 54 53
Malaysia 50 47 48 51
Croatia 50 50 47 47
Greece 49 52 49 50
Namibia 49 49 49 51
Vanuatu 48 48 45 43
Armenia 47 46 49 49
Romania 46 46 45 44
Jordan 46 47 49 49
Kuwait 46 42 43 42
Montenegro 46 45 46 45
Bulgaria 45 43 42 44
Sao Tome and Principe 45 45 45 47
Jamaica 44 44 44 44
Ghana 43 43 43 43
Senegal 43 43 43 45
Benin 43 43 42 41
Oman 43 44 52 54
Timor Leste 43 42 41 40
Solomon Islands 43 42 43 42
China 42 45 45 42
Cuba 42 45 46 47
Hungary 42 42 43 44
Moldova 42 39 36 34
North Macedonia 42 40 39 35
Bahrain 42 44 42 42
Trinidad and Tobago 42 42 41 40
Vietnam 41 42 39 36
South Africa 41 43 44 44
Burkina Faso 41 42 42 40
Tanzania 40 38 39 38
Colombia 40 39 39 39
Ivory Coast 40 37 36 36
Tunisia 40 40 44 44
Guyana 40 40 39 41
Suriname 40 40 39 38
India 39 40 40 40
Kazakhstan 39 36 37 38
Lesotho 39 37 38 41
Maldives 39 40 40 43
Morocco 38 38 39 40
Ethiopia 37 38 39 38
Argentina 37 38 38 42
Zambia 37 33 33 33
Belarus 37 39 41 47
Albania 37 36 35 36
Gambia 37 34 37 37
Brazil 36 38 38 38
Algeria 36 33 33 36
Ukraine 36 33 32 33
Serbia 36 36 38 38
Egypt 35 30 33 33
Thailand 35 36 35 36
Nepal 35 34 33 33
Dominican Republic 35 32 30 28
Sierra Leone 35 34 34 33
Panama 35 36 36 35
Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 34 35 35
Indonesia 34 34 38 37
Philippines 34 33 33 34
Turkey 34 36 38 40
Sri Lanka 34 36 37 38
Malawi 34 34 35 30
Ecuador 34 36 36 39
Angola 33 33 29 27
Uzbekistan 33 31 28 26
Peru 33 36 36 38
Mongolia 33 33 35 35
Niger 32 32 31 32
Mexico 31 31 31 31
Kenya 31 32 30 31
Togo 31 30 30 29
El Salvador 31 33 34 36
Mauritania 30 30 28 29
Eswatini 30 30 32 33
Djibouti 30 30 30 27
Pakistan 29 27 28 31
Bolivia 29 31 30 31
Papua New Guinea 29 30 31 27
Mali 28 28 29 30
Laos 28 31 30 29
Paraguay 28 28 30 28
Gabon 28 29 31 30
Cameroon 27 26 27 25
Russia 26 28 29 30
Uganda 26 26 27 27
Guinea 26 25 25 28
Kyrgyzstan 26 27 27 31
Nigeria 25 24 24 25
Mozambique 25 26 26 25
Madagascar 25 26 26 25
Liberia 25 26 29 28
Bangladesh 24 25 26 26
Iran 24 25 25 25
Zimbabwe 24 23 23 24
Lebanon 24 24 24 25
Central African Republic 24 24 24 26
Iraq 23 23 23 21
Guatemala 23 24 25 25
Honduras 23 23 23 24
Azerbaijan 23 23 30 30
Cambodia 22 24 23 21
Republic of the Congo 22 21 21 19
Guinea Bissau 22 21 21 19
Eritrea 21 22 22 21
DR Congo 20 20 19 18
Myanmar 20 23 28 28
Sudan 20 22 20 16
Afghanistan 20 24 16 19
Chad 20 19 20 21
Burundi 20 17 19 19
Tajikistan 20 24 25 25
Comoros 20 19 20 21
Turkmenistan 18 19 19 19
Libya 18 17 17 17
North Korea 17 17 16 18
Haiti 17 17 20 18
Nicaragua 17 19 20 22
Equatorial Guinea 17 17 17 16
Yemen 16 16 16 15
Venezuela 13 14 14 15
Syria 13 13 13 14
South Sudan 13 13 11 12
Somalia 11 12 13 12
Brunei 60

[DeepWinter]

4. Thanks!

So the US is #24 out of 195. Top 15% is still decent, all things considered.

[LiberalArkie]

5. Well not really, The US and Barbados have a score of 69.

But there is no 70 but 4 with a score of 71

Estonia, Hong Kong and Uruguay have a better score than the US has

Japan has a score of 73 while South Korea has a score of 63 a notch better than Israel.

Really interesting when you deep dive.

[DeepWinter]

6. South Korea

Has long had a problem with government/big business ties being sketchy at best. Exposing politicans on the take is a national hobby.

[LiberalArkie]

8. Yea, I enjoy S. Korean and Thai politics.

Several years (if memory serves me correctly) a big building collapsed and the CEO's and officers of the construction company were found at fault and thrown in prison. I was totally amazed and wondered what if we could do that in the U.S.?

[harumph]

3. wonder what the 2025 list will look like

[Mosby]

7. They left Palestine off the list

Wonder why.