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Transparency International Australia

Reaccreditation concluded 02 / 2023

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Australia

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Corruption Perceptions Index

Scoring 180 countries around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption.

Australia has a score of 75 this year, with a change of 0 since last year, meaning it ranks 14 out of 180 countries.

Find out about key corruption issues in Australia in CPI 2023: Trouble at the top

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Australia

Score: 75/100
Rank: 14/180
Score change

Score changes 2012 - 2023

Global Corruption Barometer

Since its debut in 2003, the Global Corruption Barometer has surveyed the experiences of everyday people confronting corruption around the world. Through our barometer, tens of thousands of people around the globe are asked about their views and experiences, making it the only worldwide public opinion survey on corruption.

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34%

Percentage of people who thought corruption increased in the previous 12 months*

Percentage of public service users paid a bribe in the previous 12 months*

*Since the most recent publication of the GCB - Asia Pacific - 2017

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An illustration showing a laundry machine which blends into a mansion with a businessperson pocketing the money next to it, and a detective following the trail of money coming out of the laundry machine

CPI 2023: Trouble at the top

News • 30 January 2024

Top-scoring countries on the CPI have long fuelled transnational corruption. It's time they embrace change.

An art student paints a mural against corruption in Pakistan

CPI 2023 for Asia Pacific: Regional stagnation marked by inadequate delivery of anti-corruption commitments

News • 30 January 2024

For five years in a row, the Asia Pacific region has shown little to no progress in the fight against corruption due to failure to deliver on anti-corruption agendas.

Composite illustration showing a hand, coloured in blue, trying to reach for information on yachts, mansions and other assets, shown under a lock

Why can’t Western governments tell us what they’re actually doing to sanction Russian kleptocrats?

News • 28 September 2023

We are still waiting to hear back from countries about the measures they have taken to locate and seize assets.

People protesting against the Myanmar junta charging democracy activists with terrorism.

CPI 2022 for Asia Pacific: Basic freedoms restricted as anti-corruption efforts neglected

News • 31 January 2023

As authoritarianism grows and restrictions on civic space and basic freedoms imposed during the pandemic remain in place, the region stagnates for the fourth year in a row.