Lesotho vs South Africa: Corruption Perceptions Index

Lesotho
45 score
in 2012
South Africa
43 score
in 2012
Lesotho rank
7th
South Africa rank
9th

Corruption Perceptions Index over time

  • Lesotho
  • South Africa
01020304050199820052012

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 45 score against 43 score in South Africa, a difference of 2 score.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2005 it was South Africa ahead.

Lesotho ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 9th of 52 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Corruption Perceptions Index (score)
Unit
score
Source
Transparency International
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
52 places, 564 data points, 1998–2012
Last refreshed

This information is from the http://www.transparency.org Transparency International web site. More information may be available there. CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts, and ranges between 0 (highly corrupt) and 10 (highly clean). Data for 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index scores countries on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Confidence range provides a range of possible values of the CPI score. This reflects how a country's score may vary, depending on measurement precision. Nominally, with 5 percent probability the score is above this range and with another 5 percent it is below.