Berlin – Many countries have been the worst offer for more than a decade in an indicator issued on Tuesday, which works as a measure of public sector corruption around the world, from leading powers such as the United States and France to authoritarian nations such as Russia and Venezuela.
The international transparency, which brings together the annual corruption index, found that 47 out of the 180 countries included in the survey obtained its lowest degree last year since it started using its current methodology for its global classification in 2012. The levels of corruption are still worried, With efforts to reduce its stumbling. ”
The group also pointed to global risks of corruption to the efforts to fight Climate. He said that the lack of transparency and accountability mechanisms increases the risk of embezzlement of climate funds or their use, while “unjustified influence”, often from the private sector, hinders the approval of ambitious policies.
The organization measures the perception of public sector corruption according to 13 data sources, including the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, Special Risks and Consulting companies. It is ranked 180 countries and regions on a scale of “0 dam” 0 to 100 “very clean”.
The International Transparency said that the global average has been unchanged from 2023 from 43 years, as more than two -thirds of countries recorded less than 50 years. Denmark ranked first with 90 points, followed by Finland with 88 and Singapore with 84 points. New Zealand fell from third to fourth, and two points fell to 83.
South Sudan slipped down the index with only eight points, which led to the displacement of Somalia despite the decline in the last country to nine. Venezuela followed with 10 and Syria with 12.
The United States slipped from 69 points to 65 and from 24th to 28th. International Transparency indicated criticizing its judicial branch. She pointed out that the US Supreme Court adopted the first ethics blog in 2023, but “there are still serious questions about the lack of objective and objective enforcement mechanisms and the strength of the new rules itself.”
Other Western countries included France, which fell four points to 67 and five places to 25; Germany, below three points to 75 and six places to 15. It tied with Canada, which was at one point and three places.
Transparency International said Mexico has decreased five points to 26, as the judiciary failed to take action on major corruption cases.
“Despite the promises of former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to address corruption and restore stolen origins to the people, his term has ended for six years without any convictions or recovered assets,” he added.
In Europe, Slovakia fell five points to 49 in the first full year of the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico, “where many reforms eroded anti -corruption and public consultation.”
Russia, which has already decreased dramatically in recent years, has thrown four other points to 22 last year. I noticed international transparency that Moscow’s full invasion of Ukraine In February 2022, “firm tyranny”. She said that Ukraine, while its degrees fell one point to 35, “steps in judicial independence and high -level corruption simulations.”
In the Middle East and North Africa, the situation with anti -corruption efforts remains “dark” as political leaders exercise almost intermittent control while benefiting from wealth and breaking the opposition, the group said. But she said, “unexpected opportunities also appear” – for example, following the fall of the government of President Bashar al -Assad in Syria. Sub -Saharan Africa got the lowest average degree in any region, in 33.
In Asia and the Pacific, governments are still “failing to fulfill the anti -corruption pledges.”