Asia Pacific 2022 Anti-Corruption Rankings

The risk of bribery and corruption in Asia Pacific (APAC) countries in 2022 remained above the global average, according to two anti-corruption due diligence tools, Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (TI CPI) and TRACE's 2022 Bribery Risk Matrix (TRACE Matrix). The two present largely consistent results, but the different methodologies and scoring they use allow for a more complete and accurate view of the risks and opportunities offered in the APAC region when considered together.

The average score of APAC countries was above the global average TI CPI score (45 versus 43, as for the past three years), but more than half of the countries in the region continue to be perceived as high to very high risk for bribery and corruption. TRACE considers two thirds of the countries in the region to be moderate to very high risk. The 2022 TI CPI is available here, and the 2022 TRACE Matrix publication packet is available here.