Iraq advances three points in Transparency International's Corruption Report
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The Federal Integrity Commission announced today, Wednesday, that Iraq has advanced by three points and 14 ranks in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Report.
The Commission stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Iraq has advanced in the Corruption Perceptions Index report for the year (2024) issued by Transparency International on (11/2/2025), which reflects the seriousness of state institutions, especially the oversight ones, in their quest to achieve transparency and good governance."
It added that "the Transparency International report indicated that Iraq obtained (26) points in the year 2024, an increase of three points over the year 2023, in addition to advancing (14) positions to rank (140)", indicating that "this comes after the efforts made by the Iraqi government with all its institutions and oversight agencies, especially after the Iraqi government simplified many procedures in service institutions in a way that ensures reducing friction between employees and reviewers of institutions, and the Commission reflected this by implementing sectoral questionnaires in service departments and implementing the National Strategy for Integrity and Combating Corruption, to raise levels of integrity in all state institutions."
It added that "this improvement is also attributed to Iraq's compliance with international and regional anti-corruption agreements, partnerships with the private sector and civil society, and the involvement of Iraqi Integrity for youth and women in confronting corruption, achieving high levels of integrity in elections, and its efforts to pass the Right to Information Law."
The statement pointed out that "the achievements made in the field of officials disclosing their financial liabilities and the Iraqi government's direct implementation of the digital transformation project and efforts to automate all its procedures and services provided are important elements in the progress in the Perceptions Index report, achievements that the Vice President of the Transparency Organization praised during his participation in the activities of the Second Forum for Promoting Transparency and Good Governance held in the capital, Baghdad, last September."
It pointed out that "the oversight agencies hope that Iraq's score in the index for the coming years will be high and reflect the reality of the Iraqi state, especially after the government's program placed combating corruption at the top of the list of priorities, and the efforts of these agencies to establish standards of honesty, integrity and transparency in the public and private sectors, and the call to adopt solid organizations working inside Iraq to obtain information that they adopt as one of the sources in their reports on Iraq."
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