62% of countries face high corruption risk in defense and security
Nearly two-thirds of countries face a high to critical risk of corruption in their defense and security sectors, according to the 2020 Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI) by the Transparency International Defence & Security Programme based within Transparency International U.K.
Countries that score poorly in the GDI have weak or non-existent safeguards against defense sector corruption and are more likely to experience conflict, instability and human rights abuses as a result. The GDI ranked countries with a letter grade system from A (very low risk of corruption) to F (critical corruption risk). The results come as global military spending has increased to around $2 trillion annually, fueling the scale and opportunity for corruption.