Corruption Perceptions Index: Difference between revisions

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The 2024 CPI, published in February 2025, currently ranks 180 countries "on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)" based on the situation between 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024.

[[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Singapore]], [[New Zealand]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Norway]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Sweden]], (alsomtalmost all scoring above 80 over the last thirteen years), are perceived as the least corrupt nations in the world — ranking consistently high among international [[financial transparency]] — while the most apparently corrupt is [[South Sudan]] (scoring 8), along with [[Somalia]] (9) and [[Venezuela]] (10).<ref name="ti_2023">{{cite web |title=CPI 2024 |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2024 |access-date=14 February 2025 |publisher=[[Transparency International]]}}</ref>

Although the CPI is currently the most widely used indicator of corruption globally, it is worth emphasizing that there are some limitations. First, the CPI does not distinguish between individual types of corruption (some are not even included in the index) and people's perceptions do not necessarily correspond to the actual level of corruption. To get a more comprehensive picture, the CPI should be used alongside other assessments. Furthermore, the CPI is better suited for analyzing long-term trends, as perceptions tend to change slowly.<ref>Andy McDevitt. (2016). ''How-to guide for corruption assessment tools (2nd edition)''. U4 operated by Transparency International.</ref>