Corruption perceptions index — all countries

Corruption perceptions index — Sub-Saharan Africa

Corruption perceptions index in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 30 score. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 1.8%.

2024 30 score +0.49% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 30 score2024
Period minimum 29 score2013

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2012–2024292930303120122014201620182020202220242012: 30 score2013: 29 score2014: 29 score2015: 29 score2016: 29 score2017: 29 score2018: 29 score2019: 29 score2020: 30 score2021: 30 score2022: 30 score2023: 30 score2024: 30 score
Change over the period: +1 (+1.81%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 30 score
World computed 39 score
Corruption perceptions index — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 30 +0 +0.49%
2023 30 +0 +0.47%
2022 30 +0 +0.14%
2021 30 +0 +1.05%
2020 30 +0 +0.66%
2019 29 +0 +0.97%
2018 29 −0 −0.88%
2017 29 +0 +0.22%
2016 29 +0 +1.59%
2015 29 −0 −1.16%
2014 29 +1 +1.87%
2013 29 −1 −3.5%
2012 30

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.