1.
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2022
ECONOMY
In data
Perception of corruption in the public sector 2022
Source: Círculo de Empresarios based onTransparency
International, 2023.
COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST
PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION*
2/3
of 180 countries
35th
POSITION OF SPAIN IN
GLOBAL RANKING
with 60 points
AVERAGE SCORE
WESTERN EUROPE
& EU
66 points
23 points better than the global
average
Perception in Spain
SPAIN, WITH 60 POINTS, IS 35TH IN THE GLOBAL RANKING AND 18TH AMONG THE 31 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ANALYZED
GLOBAL
AVERAGE SCORE
43 points
out of 100
The global average for the degree of corruption in the public sector remains at 43 points out of 100
IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF UNCERTAINTY, COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT ADDRESS THEIR CORRUPTION PROBLEMS AGGRAVATE THEIR
EFFECTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO DEMOCRATIC DECLINE
* Score < 50 out of 100, where 100 indicates the lowest level of perception of corruption
Score 180 countries and average score by region
Americas
43
Sub-Saharan
Africa
32
Western Europe
& EU
66
Middle East
& North Africa
38
Eastern Europe
& Central Asia
32
Asia
Pacific
45
World Top 10
Denmark
1st
Finland
N. Zealand
Norway
Singapore
Sweden
Switzerland
Netherlands
Germany
Ireland
2nd
2nd
4th
5th
5th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Luxembourg
10th
90
87
87
84
83
83
82
80
79
77
77
0 50 100
Global average
43
Global
43
European countries leading the Top 10 of the lowest
perceived corruption
In the last decade, corruption perception levels stagnated or worsened
in 86% of the countries analyzed
No. of countries by change in corruption perception level
25 31
124
Improvement Worsening Stagnation
In the last 5 years only 5 countries have significantly reduced their
corruption perception levels
Score
2018
2019
2018 2019
2018
2020
2019
2018
2018 2018
+14
+11 +9
+7
+6
-5
-6
-6
-7 -7
15
25
35
45
55
65
75
85
Angola
Maldives
Vietnam
Moldova
South
Korea
Austria
Malaysia
Pakistan
Canada
United
Kingdom
Baseline CPI
CPI 2022
Worsening →
← Improvement
Corruption perception is below its pre-pandemic level in the UK,
Spain and Germany
Score
Ranking CPI 2022
35th
Score
60 points
34% population
↓
▲corruption
last year
(acoording to Global
Corruption Barometer)
Spain
Position in global
ranking
30
32
34
35
2019
2020
2021
2022
60
61
62
62
53
56
59
62
65
68
71
74
77
80
2022
2021
2020
2019
Germany
UK
France
Spain
Italy
Low
High
Perception of corruption