El Salvador: corruption perception index 2012-2023

In El Salvador, the corruption perception index score decreased two points in 2023, reaching 31 points. The country's score that year was still better than its neighboring countries, Guatemala and Honduras, which were among the bottom of Latin American countries with the worst corruption perception.

This index is a composite indicator that includes data on the perception of corruption in areas such as bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of state funds, and effectiveness of governments' anti-corruption efforts. The worst possible score is 0, whereas a score of 100 indicates that no corruption is perceived in the respective country.