BERLIN – Many countries are the worst in more than a decade in an index released Tuesday, serving as barometers of corruption in the public sector around the world, from major forces such as the US and France to authoritarian states such as Russia and Venezuela. They were showing a show.
Transparency International, which compiled the annual corruption recognition index, found that 47 of the 180 people surveyed since starting to use current methodologies in the 2012 global rankings, had lowest scores last year. did. The corruption levels remain surprisingly high, and efforts to reduce them are surprisingly high. ”
The group also pointed to global risks to efforts to combat climate change from corruption. He said the lack of transparency and accountability mechanisms increases the risk of climate funds being embezzled or misused, while “over-impact” from the private sector often prevents ambitious policies from being approved.
The organization measures public sector corruption perceptions according to 13 data sources, including the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, and private risk and consulting companies. We rank 180 countries and territories on a scale, ranging from 0 “very corrupt” to 100 “very clean”.
The global average remains unchanged at 43 since 2023, with more than two-thirds of those under 50 scoring, he said it was transparent and international. Denmark took first place with unchanged 90 points, followed by 88 Finland and 84 Singapore.
South Sudan slipped to the bottom of the index with just eight points, displaced Somalia, but the score in the latter country fell to nine. Then Venezuela was 10 and Syria was 12.
The US slid from 69 points to 65 points, and from 24th to 28th. Transparency International pointed to criticism of its judicial division. The U.S. Supreme Court said it adopted the first code of ethics in 2023. “However, serious questions remain about the lack of meaningful objective enforcement mechanisms and the strength of the new rules themselves.”
Other declining Western countries include France, taking 4 points to 67th and 25th to 5th. Germany will place 75th and 6th to 15th place. It was linked to Canada. Canada fell one point, three places.
Mexico dropped five points to 26 as the judiciary failed to take action in major corruption cases, Transparent International said.
“Former President Andre Manuel Lopez Obrador, despite his promise to tackle corruption and return stolen assets to people, his six-year term ended without convictions or recovered assets. ” he added.
In Europe, Slovakia dropped five points to 49 in the first year of Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government. “Many reforms have eroded anti-corruption checks and bypassed public consultations.”
Russia, which has already fallen sharply in recent years, dropped another four points to 22 last year. Transparency International noted that Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was “more established authoritarianism.” Ukraine said its score was immersed in 1 point at 35, but “progress is making independence in the judicial independence and high levels of corruption prosecution.”
In the Middle East and North Africa, the situation of anti-corruption efforts remained “devastated” as political leaders benefited from wealth and concluded their dissenting opinions, and as political leaders exercised near-accused control. I stated. However, he said, “unexpected opportunities are also emerging” in the wake of the collapse of Syrian government president Bashar Assad, for example. Sub-Saharan Africa had an average score of 33 for all regions.
In Asia and the Pacific, governments “still have not delivered anti-corruption pledges,” Transparency International said.
