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Corruption perceptions index — Kuwait

Corruption perceptions index in Kuwait in 2024 — 46 score. Ranked 65 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 4.5%.

2024 46 score +0% vs 2023
World rank 65of 179
Period maximum 49 score2015
Period minimum 39 score2017

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Kuwait, 2012–202438404345485020122014201620182020202220242012: 44 score2013: 43 score2014: 44 score2015: 49 score2016: 41 score2017: 39 score2018: 41 score2019: 40 score2020: 42 score2021: 43 score2022: 42 score2023: 46 score2024: 46 score
Change over the period: +2 (+4.55%) Average annual rate: 0.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 46 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 — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 46 +0 +0%
2023 46 +4 +9.52%
2022 42 −1 −2.33%
2021 43 +1 +2.38%
2020 42 +2 +5%
2019 40 −1 −2.44%
2018 41 +2 +5.13%
2017 39 −2 −4.88%
2016 41 −8 −16.33%
2015 49 +5 +11.36%
2014 44 +1 +2.33%
2013 43 −1 −2.27%
2012 44

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.