In 2025, Ukraine improved its Corruption Perception Index score by one point, achieving 104th place among 182 countries, according to the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.
According to Transparency International Ukraine, Ukraine's new CPI score is 36. This moderate progress enabled the country to rise in the rankings.
The assessment was made during a period when anti-corruption institutions were firmly established in Ukraine, measures of the State Anti-Corruption Program for 2023-2025 were being implemented, and a new Anti-Corruption Strategy for the next five years was being developed.
Whistleblowers received their first rewards through court decisions, the lobbying institution was initiated, and the reform of asset management was successfully carried out.
This time was marked by numerous revelations of corrupt crimes and an increase in the number of convictions among top officials.
Since 2013, Ukraine has improved its score by 11 points, moving up from 144th place (+40 positions).
Only about 20 countries have shown similar growth. Meanwhile, the overall global trend remains unchanged - the vast majority of states either worsen or do not improve their scores in the CPI.
The NAPC noted that Ukraine remains the only country in the world improving its anti-corruption indicators amid war and occupation.
In the four years of Russian aggression, compared to the pre-war year of 2021, Ukraine has added 4 points to its Index.
The CPI is measured on a 100-point scale, where 0 indicates that corruption is the main form of social relations, and 100 means that corruption is virtually absent in the country's life.
Transparency International has been measuring the CPI since 1995. The organization updated its methodology in 2012, making it appropriate to compare data from that year onward.
The scores obtained by countries in the CPI reflect not the objective situation of corruption in the country, but how it is perceived by experts from reputable analytical organizations and entrepreneurs.
The CPI evaluates only the perception of corruption in the public sector and does not account for instances of petty corruption.
The Index is an aggregated indicator calculated based on 13 different sources (research, reports, and surveys) from 12 institutions (for Ukraine in 2025 - based on 8 sources).
Different CPI sources focus on various issues, including the effectiveness of punishment and prevention of corruption, transparency and accountability in budget spending, the level of state intervention in the economy, protection of whistleblowers, publicity of corruption cases in media, the financing of political parties, and the prevalence of private interests among officials of different branches of government.
According to the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, Viktor Pavlushchik, the Anti-Corruption Strategy until 2030 will pay special attention to the development of digitalization, as it reduces corruption risks.
