Skopje, 11 February 2025 (MIA) - North Macedonia has gone down two index points in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2024, compared to the previous year. The country is ranked 88th among 180 countries.

With a score of 40, which is three below the average score of 43, the country shares the 88th spot with Kazakhstan, Suriname and Vietnam.  

Denmark continues to head the ranking with a score of 90. Finland follows closely with a score of 88 and Singapore with a score of 84. South Sudan is at the bottom of the index with a score of 8, closely following Somalia with a score of 9 and Venezuela with a score of 10. 

Of the countries in the region, Greece has the best score of 49 index points in the 59th spot. 

Bosnia and Herzegovina has the lowest ranking in the 114th spot with 33 index points, seeing a drop of two index points since 2023. 

Albania sees the highest score change in the region of five points up since 2023, ranking in the 80th spot with a score of 42. Kosovo also sees progress of three points, ranking in the 73rd spot with a score of 44 index points.  

Serbia is down one index point, ranked 105th with a score of 35 index points. Croatia also sees a drop of three points and is ranked 63rd with a score of 47 points. Bulgaria is down two points since 2023, ranking in the 76th spot with a score of 43.  

With no score change, Montenegro is ranked 65th with 46 index points. 

Transparency International's latest report has exposed serious corruption levels across the globe, with more than two-thirds of countries scoring below 50 out of 100. The global average on the index has remained unchanged at 43, highlighting the need for urgent action against corruption and warning of a critical global obstacle to implementing successful climate action.

The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

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