Singapore has a score of 84 this year, with a change of 1 since last year, meaning it ranks 3 out of 180 countries Find out about key corruption issues in singapore in cpi 2024 for asia pacific Leaders failing to stop corruption amid an escalating climate crisis The cpi ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) The top scorers are singapore (84), new zealand (83) and australia (77) Afghanistan (17), myanmar (16) and north korea (15) have the lowest scores
Recent findings from transparency international highlight how funds from corrupt officials in africa often flow into financial centres that score highly on the cpi. Top and bottom performers for the seventh year in a row, denmark heads the ranking, with a score of 90 Finland and singapore take the second and third spots, with scores of 88 and 84, respectively. After years of stagnation, the 2024 average score for the region has dropped by one point to 44. Corruption continues to plague eastern europe and central asia, scoring one of the lowest averages on the 2024 corruption perceptions index at 35/100. Cpi 2024 reveals urgent need for transparency to safeguard billions at risk.
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