The CPI ranks 182 countries and territories. The global average score dropped to 42 and 122 countries score below 50, which signals widespread public sector corruption.
Lithuania ranks 28th in the world and 12th in the European Union with the score of 65 out of 100. The EU average is 62.
Estonia is 12th with a score of 76, Latvia is 37th with 60, and Poland is 52nd with 53.
Lithuania’s goal is to have a score of 74 in the CPI by 2033.
According to Transparency International, this year, the highest ranked nation was Denmark, for the eighth time in a row, with a score of 89. Only a small group of 15 countries, mainly in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific, manage to get scores above 75. Of these, just five reach scores above 80.
Meanwhile, over two thirds of countries (68 percent) fall below 50, indicating serious corruption problems in most parts of the planet. At the bottom of the index, the countries scoring below 25 are mostly conflict-affected and highly repressive countries, such as Venezuela (10) and the lowest scorers, Somalia and South Sudan, which both score nine, said Transparency International.