TI Corruption Perceptions Index: Georgia is best among 19 EaP, Central Asian countries

Global anti-corruption organisation, Transparency International (TI) has today released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and Georgia has cemented itself as among the best of Eastern European states and some European Union nations.

This year Georgia ranked 48th out of 168 foreign nations. 

This result saw Georgia rank higher than 19 Eastern European and Central Asian countries. The country also achieved better results than several European Union (EU) member states, such as Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Romania. 

The report studied different countries’ perceived corruption levels in the public sector. Georgia gained an overall score of 52 out of 100 – which was the same as 2014.

Georgia’s CPI score in 2013 was 49, while in 2012 it was 52.

TI’s methodology in the CPI report noted an increase or decrease of more than four points indicated a "significant change” in a country’s corruption level.

This means over the past several years in Georgia, the country has not fallen negatively in terms of corruption.

This year’s least corrupt countries were Denmark (with a score of 91), Finland, (90) Sweden (89), New Zeeland (88) and the Netherlands (87), while the countries with the lowest levels of perceived corruption were North Korea and Somalia, with a score of 8.

The CPI has been published by TI annually since 1995 and is based on expert opinions of public sector corruption. 

Since 2012, the Index has been compiled with a new methodology, making it possible to compare results from different years. The CPI is a composite index and is produced based on the studies conducted by a number of authoritative organisations.

See the full report here.