Demonstration in the streets calling for elections, January 27, 2024/Ruti Shovel
Israel dropped two places in the global corruption perception index published today, and is in 33rd place among 180 countries with a score of 62. This drop comes after Israel jumped 5 places in the index last year.
The index has been conducted since 1995 by the international transparency organization Transparency International - TI and is considered the most common measure in the world for assessing the perception of the extent of corruption in the governmental system among the 180 countries included in it.
This year, the index is marked by corruption and injustice, the main point of which is the connection between governmental corruption and its consequences and injustice based on a weakened legal system operating under the influence of the country's political system.
Until the 2022 ranking, Israel was found to be in a consistent decline from a score of 64 in 2016 to a score of 59 in the 2021 index - where it approached the "red line" of a score of 50, which is considered the threshold below which countries perceived as corrupt are located.
The decrease in the current result indicates a return to negative mega.
Among the countries with a higher score than Israel are Chile with a score of 66;
Taiwan with a score of 67;
The United Arab Emirates ranked 68;
and the Seychelles at a score of 71.
Somalia.
Last place/AP
The average score in the Global Corruption Perceptions Index for 2023, similar to the 2022 index, is 43 below the "red line" of a score of 50 that marks the countries perceived as corrupt.
Among those countries you can find Iran with a score of 24, Russia with a score of 26, Turkey with a score of 34, Hungary and China with a score of 42.
The leading countries at the top of the index are Denmark with a score of 90 for the second year in a row, Finland with a score of 87, the same as last year, and New Zealand with a score of 85 the lowest in its history.
The United States continues to falter and receives a low score of 69 in the 2023 index for the second year in a row.
In last place in the index is Somalia with a score of 11, followed by Venezuela, Syria and South Sudan with a score of 13;
and Yemen at Zion 16.
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Retired Judge Neely Arad, Chairwoman of the International Transparency Association Israel - Shabil: "In the chaos that has suddenly overtaken our lives, we must also make room for Israel's national strength, which requires strict adherence to the state's conduct as a fundamental democracy that rejects phenomena of governmental corruption.
" 2023 there was a drop in Israel's score compared to the jump in the score in the index for 2022, which embodied the most impressive change in 9 years in Israel's position in the global corruption perception index.
The increase in the 2022 index reflected the governmental conduct in Israel that year, as a liberal democracy, while ensuring a strong and independent judicial system, protection of the gatekeepers and free communication.
In this governmental conduct, a fundamental change took place in 2023, when its main manifestation was in the actions of government officials to weaken the independence of the judicial system and undermine the status of gatekeepers.
"An in-depth examination of the results of the 2023 index shows that the civil struggle to protect against damage to the existence of essential democracy prevented a more significant decrease in Israel's score in the index for this year. We must therefore be careful that the fundamental values of essential democracy in Israel are protected from damage in general, and especially with regard to The independence of the judicial system in this way will prevent Israel's deterioration towards the countries perceived as corrupt, such as Hungary, Poland and Turkey."
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