Bribery risk index in Africa 2020, by country
In 2020, South Sudan was the African country with the highest business bribery risk in Africa, scoring 85 points. Worldwide, it ranked 3rd after North Korea and Turkmenistan. The TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix measures the levels of business bribery risk by evaluating businesses' interactions with government, anti-bribery enforcement, government transparency, and civil society's oversight capacity. The index ranges from zero (low risk) to 100 (high risk). In Africa, South Sudan, followed by Eritrea and Equatorial Guinea, led the ranking as countries with the highest levels of commercial bribery risk.