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1 CORRUPTIONPERCEPTIONSINDEX2019 Transparency International is a global movement with one vision: a world in which government, business, civil society and the daily lives of people are free of CORRUPTION . With more than 100 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, we are leading the fight against CORRUPTION to turn this vision into reality.# effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this report. All information was believed to be correct as of January 2020. Nevertheless, Transparency International cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of its use for other purposes or in other : 978-3-96076-134-12020 Transparency International. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY-ND DE. Quotation permitted. Please contact Transparency International regarding derivatives 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS2-3 Map and results4-5 Executive summary Recommendations6-8 Global highlights9-11 Political integrityTransparency in campaign financePolitical decision-making12-13 Americas United StatesBrazil14-15 Asia Pacific IndonesiaPapua New Guinea16-17 Eastern Europe & Central Asia ArmeniaKosovo18-19 Middle East & North Africa TunisiaSaudi Arabia20-21 Sub-Saharan Africa AngolaGhana22-23 Western Europe & European UnionMaltaEstonia24-25 trouble at the top26 Methodology 27-29 Endnotes180 DOESYOUR COUNTRYMEASURE UP?

2 The perceived levels of public sector CORRUPTION in 180 countries/territories around the States of America2368 Bhutan2567 Chile2666 Seychelles2765 Taiwan2864 Bahamas2962 Barbados3062 Portugal3062 Qatar3062 Spain3061 Botswana3460 Brunei Darussalam3560 Israel3560 Lithuania3560 Slovenia3559 Korea, South3959 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3958 Cabo Verde4158 Cyprus4158 Poland4156 Costa Rica4445 Montenegro6645 Senegal6644 Hungary7044 Romania7044 South Africa7044 Suriname7043 Bulgaria7443 Jamaica7443 Tunisia7442 Armenia7742 Bahrain7742 Solomon Islands7741 Benin8041 China8041 Ghana8041 India8041 Morocco8040 Burkina Faso8540 Guyana8540 Indonesia8540 Kuwait8540 Lesotho8540 Trinidad and Tobago8587 Denmark187 New Zealand186 Finland385 Singapore485 Sweden485 Switzerland484 Norway782 Netherlands880 Germany980 Luxembourg978 Iceland1177 Australia1277 Austria1277 Canada1277 United Kingdom1276 Hong Kong1675 Belgium1774 Estonia1874 Ireland1873 Japan2071 United Arab Emirates2171 Uruguay21 SCORE COUNTRY/TERRITORY RANK 56 Czech Republic4456 Georgia4456 Latvia4455 Dominica4855 Saint

3 Lucia4854 Malta5053 Grenada5153 Italy5153 Malaysia5153 Rwanda5153 Saudi Arabia5152 Mauritius5652 Namibia5652 Oman5650 Slovakia5948 Cuba6048 Greece6048 Jordan6047 Croatia6346 Sao Tome and Principe6446 Vanuatu6445 Argentina6645 Belarus66 SCORE 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-100 No data Very CleanHighly CorruptTRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL239 Serbia9139 Turkey9138 Ecuador9338 Sri Lanka9338 Timor-Leste9337 Colombia9637 Ethiopia9637 Gambia9637 Tanzania9637 Vietnam9636 Bosnia and Herzegovina10136 Kosovo10136 Panama10136 Peru10136 Thailand10135 Albania10635 Algeria10635 Brazil10635 Cote d'Ivoire10635 Egypt10635 North Macedonia10635 Mongolia10634El Salvador11334 Kazakhstan11334 Nepal11334 Philippines11334 Eswatini11334 Zambia11333 Sierra Leone11932 Moldova12032 Niger12032 Pakistan12031 Bolivia12331 Gabon12331 Malawi12330 Azerbaijan12630 Djibouti12630 Kyrgyzstan12630 Ukraine12629 Guinea13029 Laos13029 Maldives13029 Mali13029 Mexico13029 Myanmar13029 Togo13028 Dominican Republic13728 Kenya13728 Lebanon13728 Liberia13728 Mauritania13728 Papua New Guinea13728 Paraguay13728 Russia13728 Uganda13726 Angola14626 Bangladesh14626 Guatemala14626 Honduras14626 Iran14626 Mozambique14626 Nigeria14625 Cameroon15325 Central African Republic15325 Comoros15325 Tajikistan15325 Uzbekistan15324 Madagascar15824 Zimbabwe15823 Eritrea16022 Nicaragua16120 Cambodia16220 Chad16220 Iraq16219 Burundi16519 Congo16519 Turkmenistan16518 Democratic Republic of the Congo16818 Guinea Bissau16818

4 Haiti16818 Libya16817 Korea, North17216 Afghanistan17316 Equatorial Guinea17316 Sudan17316 Venezuela17315 Yemen17713 Syria17812 South Sudan1799 Somalia180 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 20193 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2019 reveals a staggering number of countries are showing little to no improvement in tackling CORRUPTION . Our analysis also suggests that reducing big money in politics and promoting inclusive political decision-making are essential to curb CPI scores 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector CORRUPTION , according to experts and business is very clean and 0 is highly corruptCOUNTRIES SCOREDTHE CPI USES A SCALE FROM 0 TO 10050/10043/1002/3 OF COUNTRIES SCORE BELOWTHE AVERAGE SCORE IS1000In the last year, anti- CORRUPTION movements across the globe gained momentum as millions of people joined together to speak out against CORRUPTION in their governments.

5 Protests from latin america , North Africa and Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia made headlines as citizens marched in Santiago, Prague, Beirut, and a host of other cities to voice their frustrations in the fraud that occurs at the highest levels of government to petty bribery that blocks access to basic public services like health care and education, citizens are fed up with corrupt leaders and institutions. This frustration fuels a growing lack of trust in government and further erodes public confidence in political leaders, elected officials and current state of CORRUPTION speaks to a need for greater political integrity in many countries. To have any chance of curbing CORRUPTION , governments must strengthen checks and balances, limit the influence of big money in politics and ensure broad input in political decision-making.

6 Public policies and resources should not be determined by economic power or political influence, but by fair consultation and impartial budget INTERNATIONAL4 RecommendationsGovernments must promote the separation of powers, strengthen judicial independence and preserve checks and democracy to be effective against CORRUPTION , governments must ensure that elections are free and fair. Preventing and sanctioning vote-buying and misinformation campaigns are essential to rebuilding trust in government and ensuring that citizens can use their vote to punish corrupt end CORRUPTION and restore trust in politics, it is imperative to prevent opportunities for political CORRUPTION and to foster the integrity of political systems. Transparency International recommends:Governments should protect civil liberties and political rights, including freedom of speech, expression and should engage civil society and protect citizens, activists, whistleblowers and journalists in monitoring and exposing order to prevent excessive money and influence in politics, governments should improve and properly enforce campaign finance regulations.

7 Political parties should also disclose their sources of income, assets and loans, and governments should empower oversight agencies with stronger mandates and appropriate should promote open and meaningful access to decision-making and consult a wider range of groups, beyond well-resourced lobbyists and a few private interests. Lobbying activities should be public and easily should reduce the risk of undue influence in policy-making by tightening controls over financial and other interests of government officials. Governments should also address revolving doors , establish cooling-off periods for former officials and ensure rules are properly enforced and should create mechanisms to ensure that service delivery and public resource allocation are not driven by personal connections or are biased towards special interest groups at the expense of the overall public CHECKS AND BALANCESSTRENGTHEN ELECTORAL INTEGRITYEMPOWER CITIZENSCONTROL POLITICAL FINANCINGREGULATE LOBBYING ACTIVITIESMANAGE CONFLICTS OF INTERESTTACKLE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT$ CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 20195 GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTSThis year s CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX (CPI)

8 Shows CORRUPTION is more pervasive in countries where big money can flow freely into electoral campaigns and where governments listen only to the voices of wealthy or well-connected REGIONAL SCOREAVERAGE REGIONAL SCOREHIGHEST SCORING REGIONLOWEST SCORING REGIONSINCE 2018 SINCE 201866/10032/100 WESTERN EUROPE &EUROPEAN UNIONSUB-SAHARANAFRICATRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL687/10087/1009/10015/10013/ 10086/10085/10085/10085/10012/10016/100 DENMARKSINGAPORENEW ZEALANDSOMALIASWEDENYEMENSYRIAFINLANDSOU TH SUDANSWITZERLANDVENEZUELATOP COUNTRIES BOTTOM COUNTRIES GLOBAL AVERAGE1801791781771760605040302010 1000 100 The INDEX ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector CORRUPTION , according to experts and business people.

9 It uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year s CPI, with an average score of just 43. Similar to previous years, the data shows that despite some progress, a majority of countries are still failing to tackle public sector CORRUPTION top countries are New Zealand and Denmark, with scores of 87 each, followed by Finland (86), Singapore (85), Sweden (85) and Switzerland (85). Governments must urgently address the corrupting role of big money in political party financing and the undue influence it exerts on our political Ferreira RubioChairTransparency InternationalPhoto: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell CC BY-NC-SA bottom countries are Somalia, South Sudan and Syria with scores of 9, 12 and 13, respectively.

10 These countries are closely followed by Yemen (15), Venezuela (16), Sudan (16), Equatorial Guinea (16) and Afghanistan (16). CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 20197 RESULTS BY REGIONA verage regional scores, with top and bottom performers in each the last eight years, only 22 countries significantly improved their CPI scores, including Greece, Guyana and Estonia. In the same period, 21 countries significantly decreased their scores, including Canada, Australia and Nicaragua. In the remaining 137 countries, the levels of CORRUPTION show little to no change.* In these six examples, the country score changed significantly between 2012 and IMPROVED*COUNTRIES DECLINED*2221 Including:Including:Greece (+12) Guyana (+12)Estonia (+10)Canada (-7) Nicaragua (-7)Australia (-8)THE REMAINING COUNTRIES MADE LITTLE OR NO PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN RECENT YEARSS ince 2012:WESTERN EUROPE & EUAverage scoreTop: Denmark (87/100)Bottom: Bulgaria (43/100)MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICAA verage scoreTop: United Arab Emirates (71/100)Bottom: Syria (13/100)SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAA verage scoreTop: Seychelles (66/100)Bottom: Somalia (9/100)EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIAA verage scoreTop: Georgia (56/100)Bottom: Turkmenistan (19/100)ASIA PACIFICA verage scoreTop: New Zealand (87/100)Bottom: Afghanistan (16/100)AMERICASA verage scoreTop.