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Corruption perceptions index — Bahrain

Corruption perceptions index in Bahrain in 2024 — 53 score. Ranked 53 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 3.9%.

2024 53 score +26.19% vs 2023
World rank 53of 179
Period maximum 53 score2024
Period minimum 36 score2017

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Bahrain, 2012–2024354045505520122014201620182020202220242012: 51 score2013: 48 score2014: 49 score2015: 51 score2016: 43 score2017: 36 score2018: 36 score2019: 42 score2020: 42 score2021: 42 score2022: 44 score2023: 42 score2024: 53 score
Change over the period: +2 (+3.92%) Average annual rate: 0.32 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahrain

Bahrain 53 score
World computed 39 score
Middle East & North Africa computed 31 score
Western Asia computed 35 score
High-income countries computed 61 score
Corruption perceptions index — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 53 +11 +26.19%
2023 42 −2 −4.55%
2022 44 +2 +4.76%
2021 42 +0 +0%
2020 42 +0 +0%
2019 42 +6 +16.67%
2018 36 +0 +0%
2017 36 −7 −16.28%
2016 43 −8 −15.69%
2015 51 +2 +4.08%
2014 49 +1 +2.08%
2013 48 −3 −5.88%
2012 51

About the indicator

The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index: a composite score of how corrupt experts and businesspeople consider the public sector of a country to be. Zero means an utterly corrupt sector, one hundred an utterly clean one. The key word in the name is perceptions: the index is assembled from a dozen surveys and expert assessments rather than from the number of cases or convictions, because corruption itself cannot be measured directly, and its recording depends on the work of the very institutions being assessed.

Important: The methodology changed in 2012, so values before and after are not comparable; the series here starts in 2012. Small changes of the score between years usually lie within the margin of error — Transparency International itself asks that the multi-year trend be looked at.

Source: Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency International), license CC BY 4.0.