According to the corruption perception index (CPI), South Africa dropped to its lowest recorded level in 2023, at ** points. Since 2012, the country's CPI has been below **, which signifies that corruption is a serious issue.

Africa's corruption landscape reveals a stark contrast between nations, with the Seychelles emerging as the least corrupt country in 2024, boasting a corruption perceptions index (CPI) score of **. This East African island nation sets a high bar for transparency, followed closely by Cape Verde with ** points. However, the continent's struggle with corruption is evident as South Sudan languishes at the bottom with a mere * points, highlighting the vast disparity in governance across African nations. Performance and trends in Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa faces significant challenges in combating corruption, as evidenced by its lowest global average corruption perception index (CPI) score of ** as of 2024. While countries like the Seychelles, Cabo Verde, and Botswana demonstrate a better performance, others like South Sudan and Somalia continue to grapple with pervasive corruption. South Africa, a major economic player in the region, has seen its CPI score drop to a record low of ** points in 2023, indicating a worsening corruption problem that has persisted for over a decade. Corruption's impact on public perception in South Africa The prevalence of corruption in South Africa has had a tangible effect on public sentiment. Monthly surveys conducted in the country from 2022 to 2024 reveal high levels of concern about financial and political corruption, with ** percent of respondents expressing worry in December 2024. This concern peaked at ** percent in February 2023, underscoring the issue's prominence in public discourse. The most common form of corruption reported in South Africa in 2023 was maladministration, which accounted for ** percent of complaints, followed by fraud and employment irregularities.

South Africa scored 41 points out of 100 on the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - South Africa Corruption Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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Kenya scored ** in the Corruption Perceptions Index as of 2023. The performance was evaluated on a scale of 0-100, where zero means highly corrupt and 100 very clean. Out of 180 evaluated countries, Kenya ranked close to the bottom of the list at ***. Compared to 2022, the country's score slightly decreased and remained below the flawed democratic countries average (** points).