
CPI 2022 for Middle East & North Africa: Corruption fuels ongoing conflict
News •
As corruption, authoritarianism and insecurity fuel each other, the region is in decline.
You are using an outdated browser. Most of this website should still work, but after upgrading your browser it will look and perform better.
We don’t currently have a national chapter in your country. For more information and resources on our anti-corruption corruption work, please visit the End Corruption and Library sections.
2022 Rank
157/180
2022 Score
23/100
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.
News •
As corruption, authoritarianism and insecurity fuel each other, the region is in decline.
News •
The region is struggling to achieve tangible results against corruption – no country has registered a significant improvement on the CPI in the last decade. Private interests…
News •
The MENA region is still perceived as highly corrupt, with little progress made towards controlling corruption.
News •
With the same average score of 39 as last year, there is little progress in improving control of corruption in the Middle East and North Africa region. With a score of 71, the…