Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 - Executive Summary

CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2018 6 CORRUPTION AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY Every dot in this graphic represents a country’s CPI score. The numbers in the circles represent the average CPI score for that political system. TURKEY HUNGARY -29 -16 -8 -9 CHANGE IN DEMOCRACY RATING 2012-2018 CHANGE IN DEMOCRACY RATING 2012-2018 CHANGE IN CPI SCORE 2012-2018 CHANGE IN CPI SCORE 2012-2018 Delia Ferreira Rubio, chair of Transparency International * From Freedom House The following countries have experienced a decline in both the health of their democracies* and control of corruption : Beating corruption is crucial to healthy democracy. There are no full democracies that score below 50 on the CPI. Similarly, very few countries that have autocratic characteristics score higher than 50. 0 FULL DEMOCRACY CPI 2018 DEMOCRACY INDEX 2018 (ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT) CORRUPTION UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY FLAWED DEMOCRACY HYBRID REGIME CPI SCORE CPI SCORE AUTOCRATIC REGIME 25 50 75 100 41 /100 46 /100 “Our research makes a clear link between having a healthy democracy and successfully fighting public sector corruption. Corruption is much more likely to flourish where democratic foundations are weak and, as we have seen in many countries, where undemocratic and populist politicians capture democratic institutions and use them to their advantage.” 75 49 34 30