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Headline data

Corruption Perceptions Index
Year Value
2012 57
2013 56
2014 55
2015 60
2016 55
2017 56
2018 54
2019 54
2020 53
2021 54
2022 51
2023 51
2024 46

Source: Transparency International

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Unit of Measurement: Index

Footnote: Notes: 1. This is a composite index based on a combination of surveys and assessments of corruption from 13 different sources and scores and ranks countries based on how corrupt a country’s public sector is perceived to be. 2. A score of 0 represents a very high level of corruption and a score of 100 represents a very clean country.

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Indicator

Indicator 16.5.1: Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials, during the previous 12 months
Target

Target 16.5: Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
Metadata update

2024-07-29
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Related indicators

Indicator 16.5.2: Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials during the previous 12 months

Indicator 16.4.1: Total value of inward and outward illicit financial flows (in current United States dollars)

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Data last updated Apr 16, 2025
Metadata last updated Mar 26, 2025
Organisation

Transparency International
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