Corruption is low in Uruguay by regional standards.[1] It has generally outperformed other Latin American countries frequently in corruption related international indexes.[2]
On Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, Uruguay scored 73 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Uruguay ranked 16th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.[3] 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).[4] For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among the countries of the Americas[Note 1] was 76, the average score was 43 and the lowest score was 13.[5]
- ^ "Uruguay: Freedom in the World 2022 Country Report". Freedom House. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Simon, Roberto (2020-07-08). "Why Uruguay Finished First in Our Anti-Corruption Ranking". Americasquarterly.org. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Uruguay". Transparency.org. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Americas". Transparency.org. CPI2023_Map_Americas_EN.pdf. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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