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The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector [1] corruption, as assessed by experts and business executives. [2] The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
The level of corruption perception is measured instead. This metric evaluates the (dis)honesty of political and economic institutions in the country. The numbers are indicators of the corruption perception index, which shows estimates of the level of perception of corruption by experts and entrepreneurs on a one-hundred-point scale.
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. It is a composite index – a combination of polls – drawing on corruption-related data collected by a variety of reputable institutions. The CPI reflects the views of observers from around the world. [32]
The Corruption Perceptions Index is the best known of these metrics, though it has drawn much criticism [77] [79] [80] and may be declining in influence. [81] In 2013 Transparency International published a report on the "Government Defence Anti-corruption Index". This index evaluates the risk of corruption in countries' military sector. [82]
Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2023 ranked Japan in the 16th position with a score of 73, a ranking it has maintained since 2021. [2] The Corruption Perceptions Index scores the public sector of 180 countries on a scale from scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean").
In Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, which scored 180 countries on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"), Maldives scored 39. When ranked by score, Maldives ranked 93rd among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [9]
In countries like China, as much as half the national gross domestic product comes from public-sector investments. But in the U.S., consumption is king. About 70% of the U.S. GDP is the result of...
[1] On Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, Ethiopia scored 37 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Ethiopia ranked 99th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [2]