Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Transparency International · Published 11 February 2025
Latest edition: 11 February 2025 · Next expected: February 2027
This ranking is questionable. It measures perceived corruption, and the respondent selection inside its thirteen surveys is only partly public, so the inputs cannot be audited.
What the report claims
Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index aggregates thirteen independent expert and businessperson surveys into a single score for perceived public-sector corruption. India ranks 96th of 180 with a score of 38, down from 93rd and 39 in 2023 and 85th and 40 in 2022. The index measures perception by design, not corruption as counted in audits or convictions.
The Credibility Score, dimension by dimension
- Methodology transparency / replicability
- 10 / 20
- Source verifiability + measurement integrity
- 9 / 25
- Internal consistency of India’s place
- 11 / 20
- Construct validity / India coverage
- 6 / 10
- Independence and funding
- 9 / 20
- Accountability (corrections, versioning)
- 2 / 5
Funding and independence: Transparency International publishes audited annual accounts naming its institutional donors, concentrated among Western government development agencies, the European Union, and foundations. It is an anti-corruption advocacy organisation, and the index is produced inside that same organisation under its board and chapter structure, with no separate statistical office between the advocacy work and the release. Method changes are documented in public notes, but there is no standing public log of post-release numerical corrections.
Sources: Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Updated 9 November 2026