According to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index report, Turkey ranks 107th out of 180 countries with a score of 34.
The 2024 report of the Corruption Perceptions Index, which has been published annually by Transparency International since 1995, has been released. According to the index, Turkey ranks 107th among 180 countries with a score of 34. The index is compiled using data from 13 external sources and ranks 180 countries and regions based on their levels of public sector corruption. In the study, a score of 0 indicates the highest perception of corruption, while a score of 100 signifies the lowest perception of corruption.
According to the index, Denmark, with a score of 90, ranked first for the seventh consecutive year as the country with the lowest perception of corruption in 2024. Finland (88) and Singapore (84) secured the second and third spots. For the first time since 2012, New Zealand fell out of the top three. Luxembourg (81), Norway (81), Switzerland (81), Sweden (80), the Netherlands (78), Australia (77), Iceland (77), and Ireland (77) maintained their positions in the top 10.
The report highlights that countries experiencing conflicts, restrictions on freedoms, and weak democratic institutions ranked at the bottom of the index. Accordingly, South Sudan (8 points), Somalia (9 points), and Venezuela (10 points) were recorded as the three countries with the highest perception of corruption. Syria (12 points), Equatorial Guinea (13 points), Eritrea (13 points), Libya (13 points), Yemen (13 points), Nicaragua (14 points), Sudan (15 points), and North Korea (15 points) were among the lowest-scoring countries.
