Corruption perceptions index — all countries

Corruption perceptions index — Zambia

Corruption perceptions index in Zambia in 2024 — 39 score. Ranked 91 in the world out of 179. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 5.4%.

2024 39 score +5.41% vs 2023
World rank 91of 179
Period maximum 39 score2024
Period minimum 33 score2020

Trend over time

2012–2024 · score, 0–100

Corruption perceptions index — Zambia, 2012–2024323436384020122014201620182020202220242012: 37 score2013: 38 score2014: 38 score2015: 38 score2016: 38 score2017: 37 score2018: 35 score2019: 34 score2020: 33 score2021: 33 score2022: 33 score2023: 37 score2024: 39 score
Change over the period: +2 (+5.41%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 39 score
World computed 39 score
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 30 score
Eastern Africa computed 32 score
Lower-middle-income countries computed 34 score
Corruption perceptions index — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2024 39 +2 +5.41%
2023 37 +4 +12.12%
2022 33 +0 +0%
2021 33 +0 +0%
2020 33 −1 −2.94%
2019 34 −1 −2.86%
2018 35 −2 −5.41%
2017 37 −1 −2.63%
2016 38 +0 +0%
2015 38 +0 +0%
2014 38 +0 +0%
2013 38 +1 +2.7%
2012 37

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.