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2025 Corruption Index: Global Scores Reveal Troubling Trends
2/11/2026
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Story summary
- The 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index shows the global average score at 42, signaling rising perceived corruption worldwide.
- Denmark remains the highest-ranked country at 89 in 2025.
- Pakistan improved to 136th place with a score of 28 in 2025.
- Philippines fell to 120th with a score of 32, its worst since 2012.
- Ghana rose to 76th with a score of 43 in 2025.
