Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 - Executive Summary

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 06:01 CET, 28 JANUARY 2020 GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS This year’s CPI shows corruption is more pervasive in countries least equipped to handle the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises. The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Like previous years, more than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year’s CPI, with an average score of just 43. The data shows that despite some progress, most countries still fail to tackle corruption effectively. In addition to earning poor scores, nearly half of all countries have been stagnant on the CPI for almost a decade. These countries have failed to move the needle in any significant way to improve their score and combat public sector corruption. AVERAGE REGIONAL SCORE AVERAGE REGIONAL SCORE HIGHEST SCORING REGION LOWEST SCORING REGION SINCE 2018 SINCE 2018 66 /100 32 /100 WESTERN EUROPE & EUROPEAN UNION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL 6