U.S. sinks to its lowest spot in new global corruption ranking
Global News
The Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index evaluates 'how corrupt each country’s public sector is perceived to be, according to experts and businesspeople.'
A newly released watchdog report ranking global corruption levels says the United States has slipped to its lowest placement since the tracking began in 2012.
Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) evaluates “how corrupt each country’s public sector is perceived to be, according to experts and businesspeople.”
According to its rankings, “a country’s score is the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of zero-100, where zero means highly corrupt and 100 means very clean.”
Canada had a score of 75 out of 100, while the U.S. scored 64, placing lower on the scale measuring corruption than Canada and other western democracies like New Zealand (81), the United Kingdom (70), France (66) and Sweden (80), and sustaining the U.S.’s “downward slide to its lowest-ever score.”
The U.S. is now tied with the Bahamas in the scoring.
“Although 2025 developments are not yet fully reflected, actions targeting independent voices and undermining judicial independence raise serious concerns,” the report noted about the U.S.
The U.S. has been on a downward trend since 2017, when its most recent high score was 75.
Canada’s strongest ranking came in 2015 with an 83 score.
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