The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025 ranks 182 countries and territories: the global average dropped to 42, and 122 countries score below 50, signalling widespread public sector corruption.

Berlin, 10 February 2026 – Corruption is worsening globally, with even established democracies experiencing rising corruption amid a decline in leadership, according to Transparency International’s ...

RIYADH — Wasta (nepotism) has topped all other forms of corruption in the Kingdom, according to a study conducted by the Center of Studies and Research at the Prince Naif Arabic University for ...

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Source: Eric Hodecker/CartoonStock/Used with permission Over the past decade, the global problem of corruption has received a great deal of attention from psychologists and other social scientists, ...