The annual assessment promoted by the Berlin-based IT organisation points out that the country has won seven more points than in the 2018 edition, and now has 26.
This achievement of points, on a scale where zero corresponds to countries with high levels of corruption perception and 100 to countries free of corruption, catapulted the country from 165th to 146th place.
Angola improved its assessment of the perception of corruption for the second year in a row, after rising two places in 2018 from 167 to 165 with a score of 19.
Ranking the progress achieved as 'significant', the report notes, however, that given its low overall level of score, the country remains below the overall average (43 points) of the 180 countries analysed.
The report, which places Angola among the countries to monitor, notes the reforms introduced by the Government, led by João Lourenço, to combat corruption after the election change in 2017.
"Given the recent scandals, corruption is expected to be the dominant theme in electoral debates for the [local] elections of 2020," the document points out.
Transparency International's assessment emerges when the news continues to be marked by revelations in the investigation by the International Investigative Journalism Consortium (ICIJ), known as "Luanda Leaks," which details the financial schemes of the businesswoman and daughter of former Angolan President Isabel dos Santos and her husband, which will have allowed millions to be withdrawn from the Angolan public purse using tax havens.
The Transparency International report recalls that Isabel dos Santos was removed by President João Lourenço from the presidency of the public oil company, Sonangol, and that in December, following investigations into suspected corruption, the court ordered the seizure of the businesswoman's assets.
The IT said the country had recovered 5 billion dollars in stolen public goods, but maintained that "more needs to be done to strengthen integrity and promote transparency in accounting for oil revenues".
The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of corruption in the public sector, giving scores between 0 (perceived as very corrupt) and 100 (perceived as corruption-free).
In this year's edition, two thirds of countries and territories scored below 50 points.
The overall average is 43 points, while sub-Saharan Africa, where the Lusophone African countries are located, is the region with the lowest average score (32 points).
The index is led by Denmark and New Zealand, with the same 87 points, and last comes Somalia with 9 points.
