The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt ...

When countries face economic crisis that is further compounded by poor governance, corruption and the mismanagement of public funds, it’s people who pay the price. Marginalised communities and groups ...

Donations and other income enable TI to fight corruption. TI needs to secure the funding necessary to undertake its vital work. Secure and diverse funding enables TI to maintain its independence, ...

A government launching a competitive tender, a company setting up operations abroad, a politician raising funds to campaign for office – these are just a few of the areas where corruption can breed.

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Editor's note: In April 2026, ten years after the Panama Papers, Transparency International has published a full assessment of what changed and what didn't. Panama Papers: 10 years on, the promises ...

Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 highlights deep-rooted corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa, where misuse of public funds and weak accountability continue… ...

180 countries. 180 scores. How does your country measure up in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index? It is imperative that urgent action is taken to root out corruption so that meaningful climate ...

Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing and fighting it was ...

The 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) shows that corruption is a dangerous problem in every part of the world, but change for the better is happening in many countries. Research also reveals ...

Political integrity means exercising political power consistently in the public interest. However, defining exactly what constitutes the public interest is both difficult and contestable. At minimum, ...