10 most corrupt African countries heading into 2024

Business Insider Africa presents the 10 most corrupt African countries heading into 2024.
This list is courtesy of Transparency International.
Somalia stands as the world’s most corrupt country.

Transparency International, a global movement working in over 100 countries to end the injustice of corruption, whose data this list is based on, stated that “where corruption is the norm, vulnerable people have restricted access to justice while the rich and powerful capture whole justice systems, at the expense of the common good.”

According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), two-thirds of countries in the world have some form of corruption issue.

A number of these countries are African, as the continent continues to fight against corruption.

Transparency International’s CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the globe by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

While North Africa has shown some progress in tackling corruption over the years, Sub-Saharan Africa maintains the lowest corruption index of any region. Against a global average of 43, Sub-Saharan Africa averages 33.

With that said, here are the 10 most corrupt African countries heading into 2024.

Rank	Country	Corruption Perception index	Global Rank
1.	Somalia	11	180th
2.	South Sudan	13	177th
3.	Equatorial Guinea	17	172nd
4.	Libya	18	170th
5.	Sudan	20	162nd
6.	Democratic Republic of Congo	20	162nd
7.	Comoros	20	162nd
8.	Chad	20	162nd
9.	Burundi	20	162nd
10.	Eritrea	21	161st