Corruption perceptions index — all countries

Corruption perceptions index — Sierra Leone

Corruption perceptions index in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 33 score. Ranked 113 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 6.5%.

2024 33 score −5.71% vs 2023
World rank 113of 179
Period maximum 35 score2023
Period minimum 29 score2015

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Sierra Leone, 2012–2024283032343620122014201620182020202220242012: 31 score2013: 30 score2014: 31 score2015: 29 score2016: 30 score2017: 30 score2018: 30 score2019: 33 score2020: 33 score2021: 34 score2022: 34 score2023: 35 score2024: 33 score
Change over the period: +2 (+6.45%) Average annual rate: 0.52 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 33 score
World computed 39 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 30 score
Western Africa computed 32 score
Low-income countries computed 25 score
Corruption perceptions index — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 33 −2 −5.71%
2023 35 +1 +2.94%
2022 34 +0 +0%
2021 34 +1 +3.03%
2020 33 +0 +0%
2019 33 +3 +10%
2018 30 +0 +0%
2017 30 +0 +0%
2016 30 +1 +3.45%
2015 29 −2 −6.45%
2014 31 +1 +3.33%
2013 30 −1 −3.23%
2012 31

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.