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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 Global Corruption Report is one of Transparency International's flagship publications, bringing together experts from all over the world to discuss and analyze corruption in a specific sector. Reports have focused on corruption in climate change , the private sector , water and the judiciary. [ 1 ]
The Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International is the largest survey in the world tracking public opinion on corruption. [1] It surveys 114,000 people in 107 countries on their view of corruption.
The level of corruption in a given country can be measured by the Corruption Perception Index (CPU) which measured the degree to which public power is perceived to be exploited for private gain. CPI ranges from 0 to 100, where an index of 0 signifies a highly corrupt state, and an index of 100 signifies a corruption-free state. [21]
Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, which scored 180 countries on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"), gave Lebanon a score of 24. When ranked by score, Lebanon ranked 149th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [3]
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]
On Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, Ethiopia scored 38 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Ethiopia ranked 94th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.
A widely known example is Transparency International (TI), which issues annually a Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) - ranking more than 150 countries according to perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys and other specialised reports such as Global Corruption Barometer and Bribe Payers Index.