Surveys show that corruption is worse than in many countries for more than a decade.

Berlin – Many countries have performed the worst in more than a decade in the index released on Tuesday, a barometer of global public sector corruption, from leading powers such as the United States and France to authoritarian countries such as Russia and Venezuela.

The level of corruption in the compilation of the annual Corruption Indices Index remains alarming, working to reduce their staggering pace.”

The organization also points to global risks from corruption to combat Climate change. It said that the lack of transparency and accountability mechanisms increases the risk of misappropriation or abuse of climate funds, and that “inappropriate influence” in the private sector often hinders the approval of ambitious policies.

The organization measures perceptions of public sector corruption based on 13 data sources, including the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, and private risk and consulting firms. It ranks 180 countries and regions in scale with a scale of “highly corrupt” 0 to “very clean” 100.

Transparent International Transparent International Transparent International Transparent International said that starting from the age of 43 in 2023, the global average has remained unchanged, with more than two-thirds of countries scoring below 50. Denmark ranked first with a constant 90 points, followed by Finland, 88 and Singapore’s 84 points. New Zealand dropped from third to fourth, down to 83 points.

South Sudan slipped to the bottom of the index with just 8 points, allowing Somalia to replace Somalia, although the latter country's score fell to 9 points. Following closely behind is Venezuela, with 10 and 12 Syria.

The United States slipped from 69:00 to 65:00 from 24th to 28th. International transparency points to criticism of its judiciary. It noted that the U.S. Supreme Court adopted the first code of ethics in 2023, but “serious problems remain about the lack of meaningful, objective enforcement mechanisms and the strength of the new rules themselves.”

Other Western countries' declines include France, which dropped four points to 67 points and five positions to 25th. And Germany, down 3 points to 75 points, with six positions at 15 places. It tied with Canada, which dropped one point and three positions.

Transparent International Transparent International said Mexico dropped 26 points from 26 points as the judiciary failed to take action in major corruption cases.

It added: “While former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised to deal with corruption and return stolen assets to the people, his six-year term has no convictions without any convictions in his six-year term or recovered assets.”

In Europe, Slovakia dropped to 49 points in the first year of Prime Minister Robert Fico's administration, “as many reforms erode anti-corruption inspections and bypass public consultation.”

Russia has fallen sharply in recent years, down 4 points last year to 22 points. Transparent International pointed out Moscow's full invasion of Ukraine In February 2022, “further deep-rooted”. It said that while Ukraine dropped 35 points, it “has made great progress in judicial independence and high-level corruption prosecution.”

The group said the situation in anti-corruption efforts “stay bleak” in the Middle East and North Africa as political leaders pay nearly eroding control while benefiting from wealth and weakening dissent. But it said “also an unforeseen opportunity,” after President Bashar Assad's government collapsed in Syria. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest average score at 33.

Transparency International Transparency International said that in Asia and the Pacific, the government “still not fulfill its anti-corruption commitments.”