# Media Advisory: Corruption Perceptions Index to be launched on 25 January 2017

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/media-advisory-corruption-perceptions-index-to-be-launched-on-25-january-20
Type: Press release
Published: 2017-01-18
Updated: 2020-04-07

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18 January 2017

Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation fighting corruption worldwide, will release its 22nd annual *Corruption Perceptions Index* on Wednesday, **25 January 2017** **at 5am Berlin time (4am GMT)**.

This year’s index ranks 176 countries/territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The index draws on 13 surveys covering expert assessments and views of businesspeople. The *Corruption Perceptions Index* is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption, offering a yearly snapshot of the relative degree of corruption by ranking countries from all over the globe. For more information click here: www.transparency.org/research/cpi/overview.

**Corruption Perceptions Index 2016
25 January 2017
available online as of 4.00 GMT
at** [**www.transparency.org**](http://www.transparency.org)

Supporting material will be available and individual interviews may be arranged in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish from Berlin, and in many other languages from our national chapters around the world.

**For any press enquiries please contact**

E: press@transparency.org
T: +49 30 3438 20 666