Taiwan jumps to 24th on corruption perceptions indexDEMOCRACIES SLIPPING: Most countries are failing to keep corruption under control, including advanced nations like the US and the UK, whose scores droppedStaff writer, with CNA and APTaiwan jumped one spot to rank 24th globally in Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, marking the country’s best-ever result, the Agency Against Corruption said yesterday. Taiwan showed steady progress in the evaluation, outperforming 86 percent of the 182 countries and territories assessed, the agency said in a statement. A government supporter holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: “In unity against corruption,” during a rally against corruption in Caracas on March 25, 2023. Taiwan scored 68 points on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Only five countries scored above 80 in last year’s report, down from 12 a decade ago.

Source: Taipei Times February 10, 2026 17:21 UTC