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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.

Poland has a score of 54 this year, with a change of -1 since last year, meaning it ranks 47 out of 180 countries.

Find out about key corruption issues in Poland in CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption

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Poland

Score: 54/100
Rank: 47/180
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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37%

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

10%

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

*Since the most recent publication of the GCB - European Union

Our activity in Poland

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Protester holding a large EU flag at anti-corruption demonstration in Slovakia

CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption

News • 30 January 2024

Leaders are losing public trust as they undermine limits on their power and act without integrity.

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.

A person holding a smoke grenade takes part in a demonstration against the rising cost of living in Brussels, Belgium

CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress

News • 31 January 2023

While once again the top-scoring region in the CPI, anti-corruption efforts have stalled in most countries for more than a decade.

Protesters in Vienna, Austria demanding Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's resignation, German-language sign reads: "We are really angry, mega angry"

CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region

News • 25 January 2022

Western Europe and the EU still tops the CPI, but the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened transparency and accountability across the region, leaving no country unscathed and exposing…