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Corruption perceptions index — Spain

Corruption perceptions index in Spain in 2024 — 56 score. Ranked 46 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 13.8%.

2024 56 score −6.67% vs 2023
World rank 46of 179
Period maximum 65 score2012
Period minimum 56 score2024

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Spain, 2012–2024555860636520122014201620182020202220242012: 65 score2013: 59 score2014: 60 score2015: 58 score2016: 58 score2017: 57 score2018: 58 score2019: 62 score2020: 62 score2021: 61 score2022: 60 score2023: 60 score2024: 56 score
Change over the period: −9 (−13.85%) Average annual rate: -1.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 56 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 — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 56 −4 −6.67%
2023 60 +0 +0%
2022 60 −1 −1.64%
2021 61 −1 −1.61%
2020 62 +0 +0%
2019 62 +4 +6.9%
2018 58 +1 +1.75%
2017 57 −1 −1.72%
2016 58 +0 +0%
2015 58 −2 −3.33%
2014 60 +1 +1.69%
2013 59 −6 −9.23%
2012 65

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.