Georgia’s Ranking Worsens in Corruption Perception Index 2017

The global anti-corruption organization, Transparency International (TI), released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017 on February 21, which shows that Georgia is ranked 46th among 180 countries with the score of 56 points. In CPI 2016 Georgia’s score was 57 and it was ranked 44th among 176 countries.

In the Corruption Perception Index 2012, Georgia had 52 points (51th place), in 2013 - 49 points (55th place), in 2014 - 52 points (50th place), in 2015 - 52 points (48th place).

In the ranking, 100 points indicate the lowest level of perceived corruption while 0 – its highest level.

“The stability of Georgia’s position in CPI over the past several years (and its worsening in 2017) indicates that, after Georgia made a certain progress, its government needs step up its anti-corruption efforts,” the report reads.

This year, New Zealand and Denmark rank highest with scores of 89 and 88 respectively. Syria, South Sudan and Somalia rank lowest with scores of 14, 12 and 9 respectively. The best performing region is Western Europe with an average score of 66. The worst performing regions are Sub-Saharan Africa (average score 32) and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (average score 34).

The Corruption Perceptions Index was established in 1995 as a composite indicator used to measure perceptions of corruption in the public sector in different countries around the world. The Corruption Perceptions Index aggregates data from a number of different sources that provide perceptions of business people and country experts of the level of corruption in the public sector.

By Thea Morrison