Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- Nigeria ranked 142nd out of 182 countries in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), scoring 26 out of 100, according to Transparency International's latest assessment of public sector corruption.

The new position is down two places from the nation's 140th spot on the 2025 CPI ranking.

The ranking places Nigeria behind 33 other African countries, spotlighting persistent governance challenges in Africa's most populous nation.

With this, Nigeria's score remains well below the global average of 43.

The CPI, released on Tuesday, ranks countries on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Transparency International reported that the global average dropped to 42, with more than two-thirds of countries sc...