It viewed the fact that nearly three-quarters of the nations covered in this year's CPI received scores lower than 5.0, on a scale of 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption), as an indication of a serious corruption problem.
Činjenicu da je skoro tri četvrtine zemlja obuhvaćenih ovogodišnjim Indeksom percepcije korupcije dobilo ocjene niže od 5,0, na ljestvici od 0 (opažena visoka korupcija) do 10 (opaža se postojanje niske razine korupcije), organizacija smatra pokazateljem ozbiljnog problema s korupcijom.