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Corruption perceptions index — Cyprus

Corruption perceptions index in Cyprus in 2024 — 56 score. Ranked 46 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 15.2%.

2024 56 score +5.66% vs 2023
World rank 46of 179
Period maximum 66 score2012
Period minimum 52 score2022

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Cyprus, 2012–2024505560657020122014201620182020202220242012: 66 score2013: 63 score2014: 63 score2015: 61 score2016: 55 score2017: 57 score2018: 59 score2019: 58 score2020: 57 score2021: 53 score2022: 52 score2023: 53 score2024: 56 score
Change over the period: −10 (−15.15%) Average annual rate: -1.36 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cyprus 56 score
World computed 39 score
Europe & Central Asia computed 49 score
Western Asia computed 35 score
High-income countries computed 61 score
Corruption perceptions index — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 56 +3 +5.66%
2023 53 +1 +1.92%
2022 52 −1 −1.89%
2021 53 −4 −7.02%
2020 57 −1 −1.72%
2019 58 −1 −1.69%
2018 59 +2 +3.51%
2017 57 +2 +3.64%
2016 55 −6 −9.84%
2015 61 −2 −3.17%
2014 63 +0 +0%
2013 63 −3 −4.55%
2012 66

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.