THE PHILIPPINES fell six spots to its worst-ever ranking in 2025 in a global corruption perceptions index by Transparency International, as the country grappled with a corruption scandal that slowed economic growth and weighed on investor and consumer confidence.
In the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the Philippines ranked 120th out of 182 countries and territories with a score of 32 out of 100. It ranked 114th place with a score of 33 in the previous index
This was the country’s worst showing since the index began using the 0-100 scale in 2012.
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