TI Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI

South Africa’s rank of 69 puts it on a par with Bulgaria, Hungary, Jamaica,

Romania and Tunisia. It falls into the group of countries surveyed which have been stuck in place for many years, and is one of the 66% of countries whose score remained below 50. This suggests a failure of government e orts to make real inroads against the root causes of corruption.

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 32/100

AVERAGE REGIONAL SCORE

In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the lowest average score of 32 (global average was 43), the top countries were Seychelles (66), Botswana (60), and Cabo Verde (58). At the bottom are Sudan (16) and Somalia and South Sudan (12 each). The latter two sit also at the bottom of the global table.

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TABLE

COUNTRY SCORE

Seychelles

66 Botswana 60 Cabo Verde 58 Rwanda 54 Mauritius 53 Namibia 51 Sao Tome and Principe 47 Senegal 45 South Africa 44 Ghana 43 RANK

27 35 41 49 52 57 63 67 69 75