Ukraine improved its score in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), adding +1 point in 2025. The country now has 36 points, according to Transparency International Ukraine.
Moderate progress allowed our state to rank 104th out of 182 countries worldwide.
The current score was formed during a period when the independence of anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine was upheld, the implementation of the State Anti-Corruption Program for 2023–2025 continued, and a new Anti-Corruption Strategy for the next five years was actively developed. Whistleblowers received their first rewards based on court decisions, the lobbying institution became operational, and a reform of the management of seized assets took place. This period was accompanied by numerous exposures of corruption crimes and an increase in the number of verdicts against top officials.
It is important to pay attention to the long-term dynamics of Ukraine’s indicators. Since 2013, we have progressed by +11 points, rising from 144th place in the ranking (+40 positions). Only about 20 countries worldwide have demonstrated such growth. At the same time, the overall global trend remains unchanged — the absolute majority of states are either deteriorating or at least not improving their CPI scores.
Moreover, Ukraine remains the only country in the world that is improving its anti-corruption indicators amid a full-scale war and occupation of its territories. Over four years of Russian aggression (compared to the pre-war year of 2021), we have added +4 points in the Index.
What is important to know about the CPI?
- The Index is calculated on a 100-point scale, where 0 points mean that corruption is the main form of social relations and a substitute for the state, and 100 points mean that corruption is virtually absent from a country’s life as a phenomenon.
- Transparency International has been measuring the CPI since 1995. In 2012, the organisation updated the methodology to its current format; therefore, it is appropriate to compare data over time starting from that year.
- The scores countries receive in the CPI do not reflect the objective level of corruption in a country but rather how it is perceived by experts from reputable analytical organisations and by business executives.
- The CPI assesses the perception of corruption in the public sector exclusively and does not take into account manifestations of petty corruption.
- The Index is an aggregated indicator calculated based on 13 different sources (studies, reports, and surveys) from 12 institutions (for Ukraine in 2025 — based on 8 sources, such as the Bertelsmann Transformation Index, the World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey, the Varieties of Democracy Index, etc.).
- Different CPI sources focus on different issues, including: the effectiveness of systems for punishment and prevention of corruption; transparency and accountability in the use of budget funds; the level of state intervention in the economy; protection of whistleblowers; media coverage of corruption cases; methods of financing political parties; and the extent to which private interests prevail among officials of different branches of government, etc.
