Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 - Executive Summary

87 /100 87 /100 9 /100 15 /100 13 /100 86 /100 85 /100 85 /100 85 /100 12 /100 16 /100 DENMARK SINGAPORE NEW ZEALAND SOMALIA SWEDEN YEMEN SYRIA FINLAND SOUTH SUDAN SWITZERLAND VENEZUELA TOP COUNTRIES BOTTOM COUNTRIES GLOBAL AVERAGE 180 179 178 177 176 06 05 04 03 02 01 0 100 0 100 The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and business people. It uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year’s CPI, with an average score of just 43. Similar to previous years, the data shows that despite some progress, a majority of countries are still failing to tackle public sector corruption effectively. The top countries are New Zealand and Denmark, with scores of 87 each, followed by Finland (86), Singapore (85), Sweden (85) and Switzerland (85). Governments must urgently address the corrupting role of big money in political party financing and the undue influence it exerts on our political systems. Delia Ferreira Rubio Chair Transparency International Photo: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell https://flic.kr/p/H4VYaw CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The bottom countries are Somalia, South Sudan and Syria with scores of 9, 12 and 13, respectively. These countries are closely followed by Yemen (15), Venezuela (16), Sudan (16), Equatorial Guinea (16) and Afghanistan (16). CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2019 7