Corruption Perceptions Index 2021

This year, the top countries are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand, each with a score of 88. Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany complete the top 10. South Sudan, Syria and Somalia remain at the bottom of the index. Countries experiencing armed conflict or authoritarianism tend to earn the lowest scores, including Venezuela, Yemen, North Korea, Afghanistan, Libya, Equatorial Guinea and Turkmenistan. Overall, the CPI shows that control of corruption has stagnated or worsened in 86 per cent of countries over the last decade. 25 23 131 COUNTRIES IMPROVED COUNTRIES DECLINED COUNTRIES STAYED THE SAME MOST SIGNIFICANT FIVE-YEAR MOVERS CPI SCORE CHANGES, 2012-2021 Countries that the underlying data sources largely agree improved or declined, over the period 2017 to 2021. A full list of all statistically significant changes is available in the CPI 2021 dataset. Number of countries that the underlying data sources largely agree improved or declined, over the period 2012 to 2021, for all 179 countries with data available. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 CPI SCORE CPI 2021 CPI 2017 CPI GLOBAL AVERAGE +10 ANGOLA +14 ARMENIA +4 ETHIOPIA +5 MOLDOVA +8 SOUTH KOREA -6 HONDURAS -6 NICARAGUA +6 UZBEKISTAN -4 VENEZUELA -8 CANADA CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2021 7