The countries with the lowest levels of corruption are held up as pinnacles of good governance. But no nation is immune to dishonest dealings, as revealed by Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, assigning each a score between zero (highly corrupt) and 100 (very clean).

Worryingly, a number of countries – including major economies like America, Germany and France – have tumbled down the rankings in the latest edition. Read on to discover the top scorers according to Transparency International (TI) and find out why even ‘clean’ nations can still struggle with corruption. 

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