Malta received a score of 49 on Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), marking a slight improvement over its 2024 score of 46. Despite this increase, Malta remains among the countries identified as the biggest decliners since 2012 in Western Europe and the European Union (EU) region. The CPI ranks 182 countries and territories
Malta receives score of 49 in 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index Malta received a score of 49 on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index for the year 2025. This is a slight improvement over the score of 46 which Malta received for 2024. However it is still one the countries listed as being among the biggest decliners since 2012 in
With a score of 49 out of 100, Malta now ranks 60th out of 182 countries tracked by Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), maintaining a two-year streak as one of a handful of European member states that are considered to be “high risk”. With an average score of 62 out of 100 across the European Union, Malta scores 13 points
Malta has inched up to 60th place in the 2025 corruption perception index, a gain of five places from the previous edition. Despite the improvement, Malta is still among the worst performers in Western Europe, with only Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia ranking below it. Transparency International, the anti-corruption NGO behind the