Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index Of 2018 Demonstrates A General Decline

On January 30, 2019, Transparency International published the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 ("Index") which reflects the perceived levels of public sector corruption in non-governmental organizations and representatives of the business world on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The Index has become a reliable observation of worldwide corruption levels. The Index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption based on how corrupt a country's public sector is perceived to be. The rankings are based on a combination of corruption surveys and assessments of businesspeople and experts collected by various institutions through a range of methods. The end results and expert opinions are evaluated by Transparency International for the purpose of composing the Index. In certain countries these opinions and results are gathered face- to-face, while in other countries, such as Turkey, the data is collected through