Cape Verde moved up to the 35th position in the Corruption Perception Index

This year’s edition of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), developed by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Transparency International, shows that Cape Verde is, together with Botswana, after Seychelles, one of the least corrupt countries in Africa.

According to the report, “public sector reforms have kept Cape Verde top of the region. The country has implemented several measures to increase transparency in government and business transactions, in line with its Open Government Partnership commitments.”

The trend over the last five years has translated into a three-point rise, and considering the last 10 years, it has maintained the same as now: 60.

The CPI was created by Transparency International in 1995 and has been, since then, a reference in the analysis of the corruption phenomenon based on the perception of specialists and business executives about the levels of corruption in the public sector.

It is a composite index, i.e., the result of a combination of corruption analysis sources developed by other independent organizations.

It ranks 180 countries and territories from zero (perceived as very corrupt) to 100 points (very transparent).

In 2012, the organization revised the methodology used to construct the index to compare scores from one year to the next.

With information from Notíicias ao Minuto