UK tumbles in global corruption index

The UK dropped seven places down the global corruption league table – the biggest slide among the world’s leading economies – following a string of political and public spending scandals


CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX IN G20 COUNTRIES*
Change in ranking points 2021-22

Score Rank
75 Australia (13)
69 U.S. (24)
63 South Korea (31) 
72 France (21)
31 Mexico (126)
74 Canada (14)
40 India (85)
73 Japan (18)
45 China (65)
56 Italy (41)
38 Argentina (94)
38 Brazil (94)
43 South Africa (72)
28 Russia (137)
79 Germany (9)
36 Turkey (101)
51 Saudi Arabia (54)
34 Indonesia (110)
73 UK (18)

Countries graded on scale of 0-100 – 100 being least corrupt 

Jan 2023: UK premier Rishi Sunak fires Tory party chairman over tax affairs in latest political scandal

UK: Scores 73 in 2022, down from 78 in 2021 - dropping rank from 11 to 18 out of 180 nations

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*Excludes EU, which is also member of G20


Sources: Transparency International, Bloomberg 
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