Egypt has been ranked #106 out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perception Index (pdf), dropping one spot from last year. Egypt’s score remained stagnant year-on-year at 35, indicating a moderate level of corruption. The index measures public sector corruption as perceived by experts and businesspeople, giving scores between 0 (highly corrupt) and 100 (very clean). Denmark is the cleanest country on the index with a score of 87, while Somalia came dead last with a score of 9.