US EditionTransparency International warns of rising corruption in democracies as U.S. posts weakest score yet
Transparency International's 2025 index shows a global average score at its lowest in over a decade, with 122 of 182 countries scoring below 50, signaling widespread corruption challenges.
- The CPI 2025 shows on Feb 10, Transparency International said the US' score fell to 64, its lowest under the current methodology, ranking 29th.
- TI attributed the fall to the use of public office to target civil society, US aid cuts, and weakening enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, TI said.
- The index shows the global average score hit 42, only five countries scored above 80, and 122 of 182 nations and territories scored below 50.
- The report warns such trends risk poor public services, fiscal crises, and channeling billions, including European Union funds, to cronies, TI said.
- Notably, 31 countries showed improvement, including Estonia and Ukraine , where civil-society mobilisation and anti‑corruption efforts are making progress.
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Democracies’ anti-corruption efforts slipping: Survey
Most countries have failed to improve perceptions of public corruption within their borders over the last decade, a new survey found. Transparency International, a Berlin-based anti-corruption advocacy group, ranked 182 countries from across the globe on the basis of perceived public sector corruption in their latest annual survey for 2025. Only 31 of these countries…
Transparency International is seeing corruption rise globally, according to the NGO's annual ranking. The Netherlands remains in eighth place among the top ten least corrupt countries.
Survey says democracies’ anti-corruption efforts are slipping and raises concern about the U.S.
Established democracies’ efforts against public-sector corruption appear to be flagging, according to a survey released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of perceived corruption worldwide. It raised concern about developments in the United States and the impact elsewhere of U.S. funding cuts.
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