Transparency International has released its 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index on Jan. 31 and the results were sobering. It showed little improvement for democratic institutions in 95 percent of the 180 countries and territories observed since 2017.
The index both scores and ranks perceived levels of corruption in the public sector on a zero to 100 scale, with zero considered the most corrupt on the score chart.
This year, the ranking for the United States sank alongside other nations, dropping from 27 to 24 year over year. Alongside the rank of 24, the United States scored a 69 on the index.
By comparison, Russia scored 28 and ranked 137. China scored 45 and was ranked at number 65….