Transparency International published the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2021 on January 25, ranking and scoring the state of the countries regarding the state of corruption and (un)democratic practices. According to this year’s ranking, Montego holds 46th place making it one of the 3 top-ranked countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Meanwhile, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina are marking the most significant drop in the ranking by 11 and 7 points since 2012. Serbia remains at its lowest score in a decade for the second year in a row, ranking it as no longer considered a democracy but a hybrid regime and its government has become notorious for heavily influencing the media, harassing independent critics, and holding unfair elections. A few days after the publication of TI`s Corruption perception index (CPI), European Western Balkans came out with a regional analysis of the WB countries in the CPI raking areas, available here. Read more here.
Source: Transparency International / EWB
