Bulgaria is at the bottom of the EU in the Corruption Perceptions Index

According to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2025, published by Transparency International, global corruption levels are alarmingly high and efforts to curb them have failed. Bulgaria, together with Hungary, receives 40 points out of 100 possible, which is below the critical threshold of 50 points, with an average index for the EU of 62 points.

The country places 84th in the ranking of 182 countries and territories and shows the worst result since 2012. For the past 2 years, Bulgaria has lost 5 points. The trend is related to the weakening of the institutional environment, the ongoing political crisis, the unprecedented partial cancellation of parliamentary elections, the closure of the Anti-Corruption Commission and the delayed election of leaders of key regulators.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov