Corruption perceptions index — all countries

Corruption perceptions index — Malawi

Corruption perceptions index in Malawi in 2024 — 34 score. Ranked 106 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 8.1%.

2024 34 score +0% vs 2023
World rank 106of 179
Period maximum 37 score2012
Period minimum 30 score2020

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Malawi, 2012–2024303234363820122014201620182020202220242012: 37 score2013: 37 score2014: 33 score2015: 31 score2016: 31 score2017: 31 score2018: 32 score2019: 31 score2020: 30 score2021: 35 score2022: 34 score2023: 34 score2024: 34 score
Change over the period: −3 (−8.11%) Average annual rate: -0.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 34 score
World computed 39 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 30 score
Eastern Africa computed 32 score
Low-income countries computed 25 score
Corruption perceptions index — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 34 +0 +0%
2023 34 +0 +0%
2022 34 −1 −2.86%
2021 35 +5 +16.67%
2020 30 −1 −3.23%
2019 31 −1 −3.13%
2018 32 +1 +3.23%
2017 31 +0 +0%
2016 31 +0 +0%
2015 31 −2 −6.06%
2014 33 −4 −10.81%
2013 37 +0 +0%
2012 37

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.