Transparency International publishes the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index and Brazil scores a worse result compared to previous years

On February 11, 2025, Transparency International published the Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”) of 2024, which is considered the world’s leading indicator of corruption. The CPI evaluates 180 countries and territories, assigning scores on a scale from 0 and 100, with higher scores indicating a higher level of perceived integrity in that country.

In the most recent update of the Index, Brazil scored 34 points and currently ranks in the 107^th position out of 180 countries. This result reflects a decrease of two points and three positions compared to the Index for 2023 edition. Brazil currently holds the same position as Algeria, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, Thailand, and Turkey.

The result was the worst obtained by Brazil since the CPI first assessed Brazil in 2012, when the country scored 43 points and was ranked in the 69^th position.

The Index gathers data from a variety of sources, including the perceptions of academics, jurists, business leaders and other experts on the level of corruption in the public sector in each country assessed. The 2024 result, according to the Transparency International, can be attributed to several reasons, among which can be highlighted (i) the renegotiation of leniency agreements that were entered into in previous years; (ii) the failure to strengthen the anti-corruption agenda by the Brazilian government; (iii) the lack of transparency in social programs managed by the Public Administration; and (iv) the significant number of budget allocations to politicians, among others.

The report prepared by the Transparency International also lists the Brazil’s most significant improvements to combat corruption, including (i) the Supreme Court’s rulings to enhance transparency in political funding; (ii) the release of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Plan by the Office of the Comptroller General; and (iii) the improvement of the data provided on the Transparency Portal, among others.

On a regional basis, the score of Brazil was below the American continent average of 42 points and the global average of 43 points. Among the countries of G20, which was chaired by Brazil in 2024, Brazil was ranked 16^th, tied with Turkey, and ranked ahead of Mexico and Russia. For more information, please contact us.