A disinformation video is being spread on social media claiming that Ukraine is leading the world corruption ranking among other countries. Dozens of completely identical posts, which have garnered thousands of views and hundreds of comments, also claim that Ukraine, despite being ‘the world’s most corrupt country’, is ‘the last in terms of salaries’.

However, the disinformation videos lack any references to the source of the primary information. The authors of the posts do not provide any data on which ratings they refer to or where the corresponding figures came from.

The level of corruption perception in the world is measured by many private companies, but the most extensive rating is provided by the independent organization Transparency International in its annual studies. According to the results of 2023 (the rating for 2024 has not yet been published), Ukraine scored 36 points out of 100 possible in the global Corruption Perceptions Index and ranked 104th among 180 countries. At the same time, Ukraine showed an increase in the rating by 3 points - this is one of the best results in 2023 in the world. Thus, Ukraine ranks approximately in the middle of the rating and is very far from the title of ‘the most corrupt country in the world’.