The Annual Corruption Index Rates Nigeria 146 Out Of 180

The latest corruption index released by the Transparency International has ranked Nigeria at 146 spots out of the 180 countries considered.

The report released on Thursday revealed that Nigeria dropped two places from its last position to be 146^th most corrupt nation out of 180.

According to the reports, Transparency International ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to business people and experts.

"It uses a scale of zero to 100, where
zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries
score below 50 on this year’s CPI, with an average score of just 43."

Nigeria gathered a total score of 27 from 100 points in this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which is below the global average of 43

Transparency International said that this year’s Corruption Perception Index shows that several countries did not show improvement in tackling corruption.

It states further;

"Our
analysis also shows corruption is more pervasive in countries where big money
can flow freely into electoral campaigns and where governments listen only to
the voices of wealthy or well-connected individuals."

Sub-Saharan African countries have the lowest average CPI of 32 out of 100 points. European Union and Western Europe scored the highest with 66 points