GLOBAL CORRUPTION LEVELS REMAIN HIGH, WITH CLEAN-UP EFFORTS STAGNATING SAYS TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CORRUPTION LEVELS REMAIN HIGH, WITH CLEAN-UP EFFORTS STAGNATING SAYS TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
February 5th, 2024
Transparency International’s 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) (1) released on Tuesday (January 30) has concluded 122 of 180 countries worldwide scored below 50 on perceived levels of public sector corruption from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). This number shows how “corruption levels remain stagnant globally” – as the same number was reported last year (2022). Furthermore, more than 80% of the world’s population lives in countries scoring less than the global average for over a decade, which was 43.
TI concluded that only 28 countries ...
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