TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) paints a grim picture of the state of corruption worldwide. While most countries have made little to no progress in tackling corruption in nearly a decade, more than two-thirds of countries score below 50. Our analysis shows corruption not only undermines the global health response to COVID-19, but contributes to a continuing crisis of democracy.
2020 proved to be one of the worst years in recent history, with the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effects. The health and economic impact on individuals and communities worldwide has been catastrophic. More than 90 million people were
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infected, and nearly 2 million people lost their lives around the world.1
insidious effects of corruption undermining a fair and equitable global response.
As the past tumultuous year has shown, COVID-19 is not just a health and economic crisis, but a corruption crisis as well, with countless lives lost due to the
Reports of corruption during COVID-192 have reverberated across the globe.
100
COUNTRIES SCORED
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THE CPI USES A SCALE FROM 0 TO 100
The CPI scores 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and businesspeople.
100 is very clean and 0 is highly corrupt
2/3 OF COUNTRIES SCORE BELOW
THE AVERAGE SCORE IS
50
/100
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43
/100