Greece ranked 56th among 182 countries evaluated in Transparency International annual report for 2025, up three places compared to the previous year’s report. In fact, the country managed to improve its score by one point, reaching 50 out of a maximum of 100.
Rise against the international trend
Greece’s improvement contrasts with negative international developments recorded over the same year. Indicatively in 2025, the global average fell to a decade-low, dropping to 42. There was also a deterioration at the top of the list, as four of the top 10 countries lost ground compared to 2024; five remained unchanged, and only one improved its performance.
The growing challenges in tackling corruption worldwide are also evident from the fact that, as the report’s authors point out, between 2012 and 2025, 50 countries suffered a sharp decline in scores. This group of countries includes Turkey, which had 49 points out of a maximum 100 in 2011, however, in the 2025 report the country fell to 31, placing it in 124th place, along with Niger, Uzbekistan and Mongolia.
Gov’t sources
In reaction to the latest TI rankings, government sources on Tuesday acknowledged that there was still a long way to go before all the goals are achieved, however, they pointed to judicial reforms “which halved the time required for first-instance decisions,” along with a €550 million building program for the construction and upgrading of courthouses and the digitization of court procedures and record-keeping.
