{"id":204081,"date":"2022-01-31T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=204081"},"modified":"2022-01-27T04:40:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T04:40:48","slug":"corruption-perceptions-index-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/corruption-perceptions-index-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Perceptions Index 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Click on any country in the map or index to see its full score.<\/a><\/p>\n

The world at a standstill<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Jan 2022 – <\/em>This year\u2019s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that corruption levels are at a worldwide standstill.<\/p>\n

The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of\u202fpublic sector corruption<\/a>. The results are given on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).<\/p>\n

This year, the global\u202faverage\u202fremains unchanged for the tenth year\u202fin a row, at just 43 out of a possible 100 points. Despite multiple commitments, 131 countries have made no significant progress against corruption in the last decade. Two-thirds of countries score below 50, indicating that they have serious corruption problems, while 27 countries are at their lowest score ever.<\/p>\n

Trouble at the top, COVID-19 and human rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

As anti-corruption efforts stagnate worldwide, human rights and democracy are also under assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is no coincidence. Our latest analysis<\/a> shows that protecting human rights is crucial in the fight against corruption: countries with well-protected civil liberties generally score higher on the CPI, while countries who violate civil liberties tend to score lower.<\/p>\n

The global COVID-19 pandemic has also been used in many countries as an excuse to curtail basic freedoms and side-step important checks and balances<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In authoritarian contexts where control rests with a few, social movements are the last remaining check on power. It is the collective power held by ordinary people from all walks of life that will ultimately deliver accountability.<\/p>\n

Daniel Eriksson<\/strong> Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International Secretariat<\/p>\n

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Many high-scoring countries with relatively \u201cclean\u201d public sectors also continue to enable transnational corruption \u2013 with consequences for their own corruption levels.<\/p>\n

CPI 2021: Highlights and insights <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is an urgent need to accelerate the fight against corruption if we are to halt human rights abuses and democratic decline across the globe.<\/p>\n

CPI 2021: Trouble at the top <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2021 CPI shows that top-scoring countries\u2019 complacency has been detrimental not only to global anti-corruption efforts but also to their own affairs.<\/p>\n

CPI 2021: Corruption, human rights and democracy <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Corruption enables both human rights abuses and democratic decline. In turn, these factors lead to higher levels of corruption, setting off a vicious cycle.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happening around the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While corruption takes vastly different forms from country to country, this year\u2019s scores reveal that all regions of the globe are at a standstill when it comes to fighting public sector corruption.<\/p>\n

At the top of the CPI, countries in Western Europe and the European Union continue to wrestle with transparency and accountability in their response to COVID-19, threatening the region\u2019s clean image. In parts of Asia Pacific, the Americas, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, increasing restrictions on accountability measures and basic civil freedoms allow corruption to go unchecked. Even historically high-performing countries are showing signs of decline.<\/p>\n

In the Middle East and North Africa, the interests of a powerful few continue to dominate the political and private sphere, and the limitations placed on civil and political freedoms are blocking any significant progress. In Sub-Saharan Africa, armed conflict, violent transitions of power and increasing terrorist threats combined with poor enforcement of anti-corruption commitments rob citizens of their basic rights and services.<\/p>\n

Check out the latest corruption wins, scandals and predictions for each region of the world.<\/p>\n

TO READ FULL REPORT Go to Original \u2013 transparency.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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