Transparency International has published the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), where Ukraine has gained one point, reaching 36 points and 104th place out of 182 countries.
The CPI reflects perceptions of corruption in the public sector among experts, business representatives, and investors – not the actual level of corruption. According to Transparency International Ukraine, this year’s improvement is closely linked to the way Ukrainian society and institutions defended the independence of key anti-corruption bodies in July 2025.
Ukraine’s result was primarily driven by a notable improvement in the Bertelsmann Transformation Index, which assesses whether public officials who abuse power are effectively held accountable. This indicator reflects the results of investigations and adjudication of high-level corruption cases and the continued, visible work of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), and the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) that continued to investigate and prosecute complex, high-level corruption schemes, including in strategically important sectors.
At the same time, Transparency International Ukraine underlines that this result should not be seen as a breakthrough. In recent years, Ukraine has shown very restrained progress. After gaining +3 in 2023 and reaching a total of 36 points, the country has essentially remained at that level, alternately losing and then regaining 1 point from year to year.
TI Ukraine stresses that without accelerating structural reforms and ensuring consistent political commitment, positive signals in individual indicators will not turn into sustainable progress.
For the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI), this year’s CPI results reaffirm the importance of continued support to Ukraine’s anti-corruption fight – from strengthening the specialised institutions to advancing integrity in public procurement and reconstruction, changing the public culture toward integrity, and supporting reforms that are essential for Ukraine’s path to the European Union.
Read more about the methodology, results of the CPI, and events that may have influenced it on the Transparency International Ukraine website: https://cpi.ti-ukraine.org/en/
