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Corruption perceptions index — Iraq

Corruption perceptions index in Iraq in 2024 — 26 score. Ranked 139 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 44.4%.

2024 26 score +13.04% vs 2023
World rank 139of 179
Period maximum 26 score2024
Period minimum 16 score2013

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Iraq, 2012–202415182023252820122014201620182020202220242012: 18 score2013: 16 score2014: 16 score2015: 16 score2016: 17 score2017: 18 score2018: 18 score2019: 20 score2020: 21 score2021: 23 score2022: 23 score2023: 23 score2024: 26 score
Change over the period: +8 (+44.44%) Average annual rate: 3.11 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 26 score
World computed 39 score
Middle East & North Africa computed 31 score
Western Asia computed 35 score
Upper-middle-income countries computed 39 score
Corruption perceptions index — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 26 +3 +13.04%
2023 23 +0 +0%
2022 23 +0 +0%
2021 23 +2 +9.52%
2020 21 +1 +5%
2019 20 +2 +11.11%
2018 18 +0 +0%
2017 18 +1 +5.88%
2016 17 +1 +6.25%
2015 16 +0 +0%
2014 16 +0 +0%
2013 16 −2 −11.11%
2012 18

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.