Panama recovered one point in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, but it is below the average for the American region, thus confirming that the levels of corruption in the public sector have remained stagnant since 2012, when the country was included in this annual measurement.
In the perception index (in which 0 means more opaque or corrupt and 100, more transparent), Panama obtained a score of 36, occupying position 105 in a list of 180 countries evaluated.
The best positioned on the list are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand, tied for first place with 88 points each. The three worst are South Sudan (11 points), Somalia and Syria, the last two with 13 points each.
Panama is equal to Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Moldova and Peru, all with 36 points.
In 2021, Panama obtained 35 points out of 100 and ranked 111 out of 180 countries measured. In 2019, the score was 36 (the same as in 2021) and it was 101 out of 180 countries.
Panama reached its best score in 2015: 39 out of 100, and its best position: 72 out of 180.
