Corruption perceptions index — all countries

Corruption perceptions index — Lesotho

Corruption perceptions index in Lesotho in 2024 — 37 score. Ranked 98 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 17.8%.

2024 37 score −5.13% vs 2023
World rank 98of 179
Period maximum 49 score2013
Period minimum 37 score2022

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Lesotho, 2012–20243540455020122014201620182020202220242012: 45 score2013: 49 score2014: 49 score2015: 44 score2016: 39 score2017: 42 score2018: 41 score2019: 40 score2020: 41 score2021: 38 score2022: 37 score2023: 39 score2024: 37 score
Change over the period: −8 (−17.78%) Average annual rate: -1.62 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lesotho 37 score
World computed 39 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 30 score
Southern Africa computed 42 score
Lower-middle-income countries computed 34 score
Corruption perceptions index — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 37 −2 −5.13%
2023 39 +2 +5.41%
2022 37 −1 −2.63%
2021 38 −3 −7.32%
2020 41 +1 +2.5%
2019 40 −1 −2.44%
2018 41 −1 −2.38%
2017 42 +3 +7.69%
2016 39 −5 −11.36%
2015 44 −5 −10.2%
2014 49 +0 +0%
2013 49 +4 +8.89%
2012 45

Southern 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.