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Corruption Perceptions Index

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CPI 2020: Global highlights

News • 28.01.2021

Not only does corruption undermine the global health response to COVID-19, but it also contributes to a continuing crisis of democracy.
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CPI 2020: Five cases of trouble at the top
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Five corruption cases of foreign bribery or money laundering in "clean" countries

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Why fighting corruption matters in times of COVID-19
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2020: Research analysis

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The CPI Explained

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Like previous years, more than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year’s CPI, with an average score of just 43. The data shows that despite some progress, most countries still fail to tackle corruption effectively.

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