Malta Registers Lowest Score Ever In 2022’s Corruption Perception Index
Malta has registered the lowest score ever in the Corruption Perception Index for 2022, down three points from last year.
The latest report, which was released today, places Malta at 51 out of 100 – 100 being the cleanest, and 0 signifying high levels of corruption.
Malta’s score peaked in 2015, at 60 points, but since then, it’s been on a constant decline, with 2022’s score being the lowest yet. Within eight years, Malta has lost a total of nine points.
The CPI is considered to be the most widely used global corruption ranking in the world, measuring how each country’s public sector is perceived according to experts and businesspeople.
It measures various types of corruption, from bribery, diversion of public funds, and excessive red tape in the public sector, to access to information on government activities and public affairs.
Meanwhile, countries with stable and functioning democratic systems such as Denmark, scored as high as 90 on 1oo. Finland and New Zealand followed with a score of 87, Norway at 84, and Singapore and Sweden at 83.
On a global level, in the past five years, only eight countries significantly improve their score, while ten other previously high-ranking ones dropped significantly, including Austria and the UK.
CPI 2022 by Transparency International is licensed under CC-BYND 4.0
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