Corruption in Syria

Corruption in Syria follows the familiar patterns of state-based corruption, namely government officials abusing their political powers for private gain in the country of Syria.

According to Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Syria scored a 13 on the CPI on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Syria ranked the second lowest along with South Sudan, at the 178th position among the 180 countries in the Index, on a scale where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the worst score was 12 (ranked 180), and the average score was 43. For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among Middle Eastern and North African countries was 67, the average score was 45 and the lowest score was Syria's, 13.