Corruption perceptions index — all countries

Corruption perceptions index — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Corruption perceptions index in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 20 score. Ranked 162 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 4.8%.

2024 20 score +0% vs 2023
World rank 162of 179
Period maximum 22 score2013
Period minimum 18 score2019

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012–2024181920212220122014201620182020202220242012: 21 score2013: 22 score2014: 22 score2015: 22 score2016: 21 score2017: 21 score2018: 20 score2019: 18 score2020: 18 score2021: 19 score2022: 20 score2023: 20 score2024: 20 score
Change over the period: −1 (−4.76%) Average annual rate: -0.41 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 20 score
World computed 39 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 30 score
Middle Africa computed 23 score
Low-income countries computed 25 score
Corruption perceptions index — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 20 +0 +0%
2023 20 +0 +0%
2022 20 +1 +5.26%
2021 19 +1 +5.56%
2020 18 +0 +0%
2019 18 −2 −10%
2018 20 −1 −4.76%
2017 21 +0 +0%
2016 21 −1 −4.55%
2015 22 +0 +0%
2014 22 +0 +0%
2013 22 +1 +4.76%
2012 21

Middle Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.