Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies

Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies

The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying trend” of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists.

Experts and businesspeople rated 182 countries based on their perception of corruption levels in the public sector to compile a league table that was bookended by Denmark at the top with the lowest levels of corruption and South Sudan at the bottom.

The Corruption Perceptions Index, organised by the campaign group Transparency International, identified an overall global deterioration, as 31 countries improved

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    9·
    17 hours ago

    If you sink lower on the corruption index, it means corruption is higher.
    They made the index that way to avoid misunderstandings. 🤡

    • HermitBee@feddit.uk
      3·
      12 hours ago

      Thing is, South Sudan would have been mid-table, but they misunderstood and bribed their way to the bottom of the index.