Berlin – Many countries have shown the worst show for more than a decade in the index released on Tuesday, which serves as a barometer of corruption of the public sector worldwide, from leading powers such as the US and France, to authoritarian countries such as Russia and Venezuela.
Transparency International, which collected an annual corruption index, found that last year, 47 countries from the 180s interrogated IT corruption level remain anxious, and their efforts are being fired. ”
The group also pointed to world risks from corruption to effort to fight Change climate. It states that the lack of transparency and accountability mechanisms increases the risk of climate funds, while “excessive influence” often interferes with the approval of ambitious policy.
The organization measures the perception of the public sector corruption in accordance with 13 data sources, including the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and private risks and consulting companies. It occupies 180 countries and territories scale from “very corrupt” 0 to “very pure” 100.
The average World War I remained unchanged since 2023 at the age of 43, and more than two -thirds of the countries have gained less than 50, Transparency International said. Denmark took first place with a constant 90 points, followed by Finland with 88 and Singapore from 84. New Zealand decreased from third to fourth, having drawn two points to 83.
South Sudan slid into the bottom of the index only with eight points, displacing Somalia, although the number of the last country decreased to nine. They were followed by Venezuela with 10 and Syria with 12.
The US slid from 69 points to 65 and from 24th to 28th. Transparency International showed criticism of its judicial industry. It stated that the US Supreme Court adopted its First Ethical Code in 2023, but “there remain serious issues regarding the lack of significant, objective mechanisms for compulsory implementation and the force of new rules.”
Other Western countries included France, which reduced four points to 67 and five places to 25; And Germany, decreased by three points to 75 and six places to 15. It is associated with Canada, which was down one and three places.
Mexico reduced five points to 26 as the judicial system did not take corruption in major cases, Transparency International said.
“Despite the promises of former President Andres Manuel Lopez rite of fight against corruption and return the stolen assets to the people, his six-year term ended without any beliefs and updated assets,” he added.
In Europe, Slovakia lowered five points to 49 in the first full year of Prime Minister Robert Fika, “when many reforms blur inspections against corruption and treat public consultations.”
In recent years, Russia, which has already dropped significantly, has spilled four more points by 22 last year. Transparency International noted it noted Moscow is a full -scale invasion of Ukraine In February 2022, “further enshrined authoritarianism”. It states that Ukraine, while its number fell by one point to 35, “makes success in judicial independence and high -level corruption.”
In the Middle East and North Africa, the situation with anti -corruption efforts “remains gloomy” because political leaders are providing almost free control, using wealth and clamping in disagreement, the group said. But it states that “unforeseen opportunities also arise” – for example, after the fall of the government of President Bashar Assad in Syria. Subhari Africa had the lowest grade score in any region, 33 years old.
In the Asia-Pacific region, governments “still do not fulfill the duties of combating corruption,” Transparency International said.