Mozambique’s ranking unchanged in corruption index

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Mozambique’s ranking unchanged in corruption index

6:52 CAT | 14 Feb 2025

The Corruption Perceptions Index global map 2024, released February 2025. The color coded scale moves from "highly corrupt" (dark red) to "very clean" (yellow). [Image: Transparency International]

The anti-corruption organisation, Transparency International (TI), has classified Mozambique, for the second year running, in 146th position out of 180 countries ranked according to indicators of corruption.

Every year, TI publishes a Corruption Perception Index which ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

For the last two years Mozambique has scored 25 points – the same as Guatemala and Kyrgyzstan. This makes Mozambique the fourth most corrupt country in southern Africa, behind Zimbabwe and Comoros (both ranked 158, with 21 points) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (163, 20 points).

The countries at the top of the index, with least corruption, are Denmark, Finland, Singapore and New Zealand. At the bottom of the index, in 180th position, with just eight points, is South Sudan, followed by Somalia (ranked 179th, with 9 points), and Venezuela (178, ten points).

Although Mozambique’s position is nothing to cheer about, its levels of corruption are much lower than those of Russia (ranked in 154th position, with 22 points), or Iran (151, 21 points).

The rankings and scores on the Corruption Perceptions Index of all members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are as follows:

Country Rank Score

Seychelles 18 72

Botswana 43 57

Mauritius 56 51

Namibia 59 49

South Africa 82 41

Tanzania 82 41

Zambia 92 39

Lesotho 99 37

Malawi 107 34

Angola 121 32

Eswatini 135 37

Madagascar 140 26

Mozambique 146 25

Zimbabwe 158 21

Comoros 158 21

Democratic Republic of Congo 163 20

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— Transparency International (@anticorruption) February 11, 2025