
CPI 2020: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest performing region on the CPI, underscoring a need for urgent action.
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2020 Rank
160/180
2020 Score
21/100
Since its inception in 1995, the Corruption Perceptions Index, Transparency International’s flagship research product, has become the leading global indicator of public sector corruption. The index offers an annual snapshot of the relative degree of corruption by ranking countries and territories from all over the globe. In 2012, Transparency International revised the methodology used to construct the index to allow for comparison of scores from one year to the next.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest performing region on the CPI, underscoring a need for urgent action.
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