Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index scored Ireland at 77 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Ireland ranked 11th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.[1] For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 11 (ranked 180).[2] For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among Western European and European Union countries [Note 1] was 90, the average score was 65 and the lowest score was 42.[3]
During the years before the Celtic Tiger (1995–2007), political corruption was at its worst with many politicians suspected of corruption, while financial corruption was at its peak during the Celtic Tiger years.[4] In 2003 Ireland signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption treaty and ratified it on 11 November 2011.[5]
- ^ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Ireland". Transparency.org. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption". Transparency.org. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ de Breadun, Deaglain (23 July 2012). "Corruption not limited to politicians". Irish Times.
- ^ "Signatories to the United Nations Convention against Corruption". unodc.org. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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