"CPI 2022 Press Release Cambodia", 31 January 2023

The 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) published by Transparency International (TI) ... gave Cambodia a score of 24 out of 100, placing it 150th out of the 180 countries included in the index. The score and ranking represent a slight improvement compared to the previous year’s result. In the 2021 CPI, the country received a score of 23 out of 100 and was ranked 157th globally...

A TI Cambodia’s deeper analysis of the eight principal sources that were used to calculate Cambodia’s CPI score shows that this year’s marginal gain reflects the country’s continuous efforts to revitalise and promote the post Covid-19 economic development, improve business environment, enhance public services, and strengthen public financial management, especially fiscal transparency and resource mobilisation. However, what continuously prevents the country from receiving a substantially higher score and, consequently, ranking, have been a perceived lack — if not an absence — of efforts to advance good governance, democracy, and the rule of law.

“We commend the Cambodian government for the many achievements it has made in recent years, which have resulted in a steady decline in small-scale corruption. Perhaps most notably among these have been the Public Financial Management Reform (PFMR) programme and the One Window Service initiative, which have contributed significantly to the improvement in revenue mobilisation, fiscal management and public service delivery in the country,” said Transparency International Cambodia’s Executive Director Pech Pisey at the launch of the Cambodia’s CPI 2022...

TI Cambodia once more urges the government to accelerate its reform initiatives in order to eliminate corruption ...