Belgium in 18th place in the Corruption Perceptions Index
In 18th position, Belgium has reached its lowest level since 2012. The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories according to the level of perceived corruption in the public sector, on a scale that goes from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (low corruption). ) . The world average, retained for the tenth consecutive year, is 43.
Denmark, Finland and New Zealand lead the ranking, with a score of 88. At the top of the democracy index, these three countries designated as the “corrupt months”, are also champions in terms of civil liberties , underlines Transparency International. Norway, Singapore and Sweden follow with 85 points. Then Switzerland, with 84 points.
Belgium, which loses three points compared to the 2020 ranking, a score of 73 points which aligns it, in 18th place, with Australia, Japan and Uruguay. This is its lowest score since 2012, the first year of comparability of available data.
In addition to our countries, 23 states have estimated a decline in the CPI since that year – including advanced economies such as Australia (73 points), Canada (74) and the United States (67), the latter even coming out for the first time in the list of the 25 highest rated nations, notes Transparency International. At the same time, 25 countries significantly improved their scores, including Estonia (74), Seychelles (70) and Armenia (49).
Among our neighbours, the Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Germany are doing better than us, ranking respectively in 8th, 9th and 10th place. Only France, in 22nd place, has a lower score.
Somalia (13), Syria (13) and South Sudan (11) occupy the bottom of the scale. Syria is also ranked last in terms of civil liberties – Somalia and South Sudan not appearing in this index.