By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent
GLOBAL corruption levels “remain alarmingly high” and are fueling climate breakdown, according to Transparency International.
The German-based nonprofit released its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 180 countries based on perceived public sector corruption based on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt).
The study reflects the views of experts and business people. It draws from data taken into account 13 different surveys and assessments from 12 different institutions, including the World Bank and research groups such as the Economist Intelligence Unit. More details on how the list is calculated are available here.
The latest index ranked Denmark as number one, or the ‘cleanest’ country in the world, while South Sudan was bottom, being the most corrupt.
The Top 10 ‘cleanest’ countries, with scores included, are:
- Denmark – 90
- Finland – 88
- Singapore – 84
- New Zealand – 83
- Luxembourg – 81
- Norway – 81
- Switzerland – 81
- Sweden – 80
- Netherlands – 78
- Australia, Iceland, Ireland – 77
The Bottom 10 are:
- South Sudan – 8
- Somalia – 9
- Venezuela – 10
- Syria – 12
- Yemen – 13
- Libya – 13
- Eritrea – 13
- Equatorial Guinea – 13
- Nicaragua – 14
- Sudan, North Korea – 15
Transparency International said the 2024 report has exposed “serious corruption levels across the globe”, with more than two-thirds of countries scoring below 50 out of 100.
“The global average on the index has remained unchanged at 43, highlighting the need for urgent action against corruption and warning of a critical global obstacle to implementing successful climate action,” the organization said.
The full list is available to view here.
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