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As of 2025, the United States scores 65 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean") according to Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index. When ranked by score, the United States ranks 28th among the 180 countries in the index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector ...
Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California. A study published by the University of Illinois Chicago in 2022 ranked Illinois as the second most corrupt state in the nation, with 4 out of the last 11 governors serving time in prison. [3]
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".
Louisiana was ranked the worst state to live in, according to a report by WalletHub. Find out what other states are part of the list. The 10 worst states to live in, ranked
Crime, climate drive Louisiana's ranking as most dangerous state in America.
Florida maintained its ranking from 2023. The Sunshine State ranked the fourth worst state for emergency preparedness and was also in the bottom 10 in the financial (44th), road (41st), and ...
A fragile state has several attributes. Common indicators include a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; and sharp economic decline. [1]
These 10 states are America’s worst places to live in 2022, according to CNBC’s ‘Top States for Business.’ Arizona. Texas. Oklahoma. South Carolina. Missouri. Louisiana. New Mexico ...