Transparency International has ranked Nigeria 140 out of 180 countries in the world on the 2024 corruption perceptions index.
The latest ranking released by Transparency International on Tuesday sees Nigeria move up 5 spots when compared with 2023 ‘s report and 10 spots as against 2022’s report.
According to the report, Denmark emerged as the least corrupt country with 90 points with fellow Nordic country Finland coming in second with 88 points and Singapore in third with 84 points.
However, countries that made the most corrupt list in the world were South Sudan, Somalia and Venezuela.
In the ranking, no African country made the top 10 as it was dominated by European countries.
Based on the report, Uganda, Mexico, Madagascar, Iraq, and Cameroon shared the same spot with Nigeria with a total score of 26 points.
In the African category, Cape Verde topped the list of least corrupt countries, although it was ranked number 35 with 62 points.
“The 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, CPI, shows that corruption is a dangerous problem in every part of the world, but change for the better is happening in many countries.
“Research also reveals that corruption is a major threat to climate action. It hinders progress in reducing emissions and adapting to the unavoidable effects of global heating.
“The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories worldwide by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The results are given on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean),” the chairman of Transparency International, Francois Valeria said.