South Korea scored 63 points out of 100 on the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Corruption Index in South Korea averaged 52.35 Points from 1995 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 64.00 Points in 2024 and a record low of 38.00 Points in 1999. source: Transparency International

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Business Confidence	78.00	79.00	points	Oct 2026
Capacity Utilization	105.40	105.50	points	Aug 2026
Car Production	346618.00	206036.00	Units	Sep 2026
Car Registrations	135396.00	109915.00	Units	Sep 2026
Changes in Inventories	1458.30	984.80	KRW Billion	Sep 2026
Coincident Index	118.80	118.10	points	Aug 2026
Composite Leading Indicator	102.53	102.66	points	Sep 2026
Corruption Index	63.00	64.00	Points	Dec 2025
Corruption Rank	31.00	30.00		Dec 2025
Electricity Production	23314.69	23267.03	Gigawatt-hour	Aug 2026
Industrial Production YoY	1.20	-1.70	percent	Sep 2026
Industrial Production MoM	9.00	-4.60	percent	Sep 2026
Leading Economic Index	131.70	131.30	points	Aug 2026
Manufacturing Production YoY	-2.40	4.30	percent	Aug 2026
Mining Production	2.20	-2.60	percent	Aug 2026
New Orders	9576292.00	11819998.00	KRW Million	Aug 2026
Steel Production	5200.00	5400.00	Thousand Tonnes	Sep 2026

South Korea Corruption Index

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).