Corruption perceptions index during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the corruption perceptions index changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Cyril Ramaphosa	15 Feb 2018 – now	−2.0 points 2017 → 2025	−0.3 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is cleaner · Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI score): perceived public-sector corruption as business people and country experts rate it, comparable from 2012, the score as TI publishes it with its confidence interval · South Africa data · as of Oct 2026.