“The UK has in the past been rightly proud of the improvement in its CPI score, but fighting corruption involves constant vigilance and not just one-off initiatives. Scandals in this past year such as an MP being found guilty of taking undeclared holidays paid for by a foreign state, as well as serious questions over the provenance of money used in the EU referendum, should send an early warning signal to the government – but we are not sure they are listening.” “A number of themes from this year’s index will serve as an important warning to the UK against complacency in tackling corruption, not least with the prospect of post-Brexit pressure to lower standards. Robert Barrington, Executive Director at Transparency International UK, said: The Corruption Perceptions Index is Transparency International’s flagship publication and analyses perceptions of public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories. Azerbaijan, the home country of the first ever Unexplained Wealth Order recipient, had the largest fall dropping 30 places to 152 nd.

One of the biggest declines is the United States which fell from 16 th in 2017 to 22 nd this year, decreasing its score from 75 to 71. Globally more countries declined (65) than improved (60) and the majority of those that did increase did so only by a small margin.

29 th January 2019, London – The UK’s ranking in Transparency International’s (TI) annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has fallen from 8 th to 11 th place – although this is attributed to a marginal drop in the score of two points that TI’s experts state is ‘not statistically significant when taking a single year’s results in isolation’.ĭespite the UK seeing one of the biggest overall increases from 2012 this is the first time since that the UK has gone down in the index and the lowest score since the UK hosted its global Anti-Corruption Summit in 2016.

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