Ireland’s rating slips in 2020 international corruption index Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks Ireland in 20th place out of 180 countries across the globe, behind the Netherlands, Germany and UK but ahead of France, Spain and Portugal Transparency International Ireland said outstanding recommendations from the Mahon planning tribunal, which concluded in 2012, should be progressed. Sat, 30 Jan, 2021 - 19:30 Maresa Fagan Ireland’s rating in an international corruption index slipped to 20th place in 2020, leading to calls for outstanding recommendations from the Mahon Tribunal to be progressed. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a measure of public-sector corruption collated by Transparency International, has found that Ireland fell by two points, from 74 to 72 out of 100, last year.