Afghanistan Falls Further in Global Corruption Ranking, Drops Four Places in 2025

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan, under Taliban rule, has dropped four places in Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), ranking 169th out of 182 countries and territories, the Berlin-based watchdog said on Tuesday.

The annual report, which measures perceived levels of public sector corruption, gave Afghanistan a score of 16 out of 100, down from 17 in 2024, when it ranked 165th, and 17 in 2023, when it was 162nd. The CPI scores countries on a scale from 0, indicating high corruption, to 100, indicating very clean governance.