<p>➀ South Sudan, Somalia, Venezuela, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Eritrea, and Equatorial Guinea are the most corrupt countries in the world according to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International.</p><p>➁ The countries with the lowest level of corruption are Denmark, Finland, Singapore, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Norway, and Switzerland.</p><p>➂ The index scores countries on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), with the average score just 43 out of 100.</p>