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Corruption perceptions index — Nigeria

Corruption perceptions index in Nigeria in 2024 — 26 score. Ranked 139 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 3.7%.

2024 26 score +4% vs 2023
World rank 139of 179
Period maximum 28 score2016
Period minimum 24 score2021

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Nigeria, 2012–2024242526272820122014201620182020202220242012: 27 score2013: 25 score2014: 27 score2015: 26 score2016: 28 score2017: 27 score2018: 27 score2019: 26 score2020: 25 score2021: 24 score2022: 24 score2023: 25 score2024: 26 score
Change over the period: −1 (−3.7%) Average annual rate: -0.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nigeria 26 score
World computed 39 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 30 score
Western Africa computed 32 score
Lower-middle-income countries computed 34 score
Corruption perceptions index — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 26 +1 +4%
2023 25 +1 +4.17%
2022 24 +0 +0%
2021 24 −1 −4%
2020 25 −1 −3.85%
2019 26 −1 −3.7%
2018 27 +0 +0%
2017 27 −1 −3.57%
2016 28 +2 +7.69%
2015 26 −1 −3.7%
2014 27 +2 +8%
2013 25 −2 −7.41%
2012 27

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.