In a press release issued on Tuesday, 10 February 2026, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) announced that Sierra Leone has climbed five places in Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving from 114th in 2024 to 109th out of 182 countries surveyed.
The Commission said the country’s CPI score improved from 33 in 2024 to 34 in 2025, placing Sierra Leone above the Sub-Saharan Africa average score of 32. The score of 34 is the second-highest the country has recorded since Transparency International began publishing the index.
According to the ACC, the latest ranking continues a steady upward trend captured in successive TI reports over the past decade. Sierra Leone ranked as low as 130th in 2017 but has since recorded gradual improvements, advancing a total of 21 places to its current position in 2025.
Previous TI reports have often highlighted Sub-Saharan Africa as one of the weakest-performing regions globally, with persistent challenges around public-sector accountability, weak institutions and political interference. Against this backdrop, Sierra Leone’s incremental gains have stood out in recent editions of the CPI.
The 2025 CPI scorecard—widely regarded as the world’s most respected independent assessment of public-sector corruption—shows that Sierra Leone now ranks ahead of 73 countries worldwide. These include at least 30 African states such as Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Cameroon, Angola and Libya.
Transparency International’s 2025 report again paints a mixed picture for Sub-Saharan Africa. While a handful of countries, including Sierra Leone, posted modest improvements, the majority recorded stagnation or decline, leaving the regional average unchanged at 32. Sierra Leone’s score of 34 therefore places it above the regional mean.
The CPI is compiled annually by Transparency International, a global civil society watchdog, using data from multiple independent institutions and expert assessments to measure perceived levels of public-sector corruption.
The ACC also pointed to Sierra Leone’s performance on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Scorecard, noting that the country has consistently scored above 70 percent on the Control of Corruption indicator for eight consecutive years.
Reaffirming its mandate, the Commission said it remains committed to strengthening anti-corruption governance and ensuring that Sierra Leone continues to improve its performance in national, regional and global accountability indices.
