Governments’ perceived commitment to tackling public-sector corruption declined sharply in 2025, according to a new report from Transparency International, which shows a decade-low global score and long-standing leaders slipping in the rankings.
The 2025 edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index released on Tuesday evaluates 182 countries and territories based on perceived public-sector corruption, aggregating expert assessments and surveys of business executives. Using a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), the index found a global average score of 42 — the lowest in at least ten years — and a shrinking number of countries at the top of the scale.
