Corruption perceptions index — all countries

Corruption perceptions index — Latin America & Caribbean

Corruption perceptions index in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 32 score. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 15.9%.

2024 32 score −6.33% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 38 score2014
Period minimum 32 score2024

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Latin America & Caribbean, 2012–2024323436384020122014201620182020202220242012: 38 score2013: 38 score2014: 38 score2016: 36 score2017: 35 score2018: 34 score2019: 35 score2020: 36 score2021: 35 score2022: 35 score2023: 34 score2024: 32 score
Change over the period: −6 (−15.86%) Average annual rate: -1.43 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 32 score
World computed 39 score
Corruption perceptions index — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 32 −2 −6.33%
2023 34 −1 −2.95%
2022 35 −0 −0.33%
2021 35 −0 −1.36%
2020 36 +1 +3.94%
2019 35 +1 +1.71%
2018 34 −1 −2.88%
2017 35 −1 −2.17%
2016 36
2014 38 +1 +2.04%
2013 38 −1 −1.55%
2012 38

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.