According to this year's edition of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), prepared by the non-governmental organization Transparency International, in statistical terms, Angola improved 14 points since 2019, ranking 121st. among 180 countries and territories and, in the sub-Saharan African region, in 21st among the 49 countries considered.
The report highlights that Angola adopted anti-corruption measures, which it applied “consistently” to recover stolen assets and openly hold alleged perpetrators accountable through national judicial systems.
Angola finalized an anti-corruption strategy for the period 2018-2022 and these efforts, together with other judicial reforms, led to the recovery of US$3.3 billion in assets by the sovereign wealth fund, the document adds.
The investigation and prosecution of senior officials also culminated in the recovery of around US$7 billion in financial and tangible assets.
The trend over the last five years has resulted in an increase of seven points, and considering the last 11 years, the improvement is even more significant: 11 points.
The CPI was created by Transparency International in 1995 and has since been a reference in the analysis of the phenomenon of corruption, based on the perception of experts and business executives on the levels of corruption in the public sector.
It is a composite index, that is, it results from the combination of corruption analysis sources developed by other independent organizations, and classifies 180 countries and territories from zero (perceived as very corrupt) to 100 points (very transparent).
In 2012, the organization revised the methodology used to construct the index, in order to allow comparison of scores from one year to the next.
