Data from the latest report published by Transparency International published on February 10, 2026, (the Corruption Perception Index, 2025) class the countries of the world according to the level of corruption and who constitutes the world reference in the field. French-speaking West Africa displays a overall score of 36.5 points.

French-speaking West Africa is now less affected by corruption with an overall score of 36.5 points, that America Latin, which, for its part, has a score of 32.2 points. These results correspond to the global average weighted according to the demographic weight of the countries concerned, contrary to the method adopted by this NGO, which Based, surprisingly, on a simple arithmetic mean to perform comparisons between different groups of countries.

The great efforts made in recent years in in the fight against corruption and good governance, have thus allowed To French-speaking West Africa, a group composed of nine countries, to make progress considerably in international rankings in this field, for now surpass a number of regions in the world, including America Latin.

In this French-speaking group, Senegal (ranked 65th in the world, with 46 points), Benin (70th, 45 points) and Ivory Coast (76th, 43 points) obtained the best results, while Mauritania (130th), Mali (136th) and Guinea (142nd) have the highest scores weak.

In addition, the five countries The lowest ranked in Latin America are Paraguay (150th), Honduras (157th), Haiti (169th), Nicaragua (175th) and Venezuela (180th). These last thus rank far behind the least well-positioned countries in Africa from the French-speaking West. For their part, Uruguay (17th), Chile (31st), Costa Rica (46th), Cuba (84th) and the Dominican Republic (99th) post the best performances in the area.