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Corruption perceptions index — Malta

Corruption perceptions index in Malta in 2024 — 46 score. Ranked 65 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 19.3%.

2024 46 score −9.8% vs 2023
World rank 65of 179
Period maximum 60 score2015
Period minimum 46 score2024

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Malta, 2012–20244550556020122014201620182020202220242012: 57 score2013: 56 score2014: 55 score2015: 60 score2016: 55 score2017: 56 score2018: 54 score2019: 54 score2020: 53 score2021: 54 score2022: 51 score2023: 51 score2024: 46 score
Change over the period: −11 (−19.3%) Average annual rate: -1.77 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malta 46 score
World computed 39 score
Europe & Central Asia computed 49 score
Southern Europe computed 53 score
High-income countries computed 61 score
Corruption perceptions index — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 46 −5 −9.8%
2023 51 +0 +0%
2022 51 −3 −5.56%
2021 54 +1 +1.89%
2020 53 −1 −1.85%
2019 54 +0 +0%
2018 54 −2 −3.57%
2017 56 +1 +1.82%
2016 55 −5 −8.33%
2015 60 +5 +9.09%
2014 55 −1 −1.79%
2013 56 −1 −1.75%
2012 57

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.