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 ovogodišnjem IPK dobilo ocene manje od 5,0, na skali od 0 (one koje se smatraju visoko korumpiranim) do 10 (u kojima je zapažen nizak nivo korupcije), organizacija posmatra kao nagoveštaj ozbiljnog problema sa korupcijom.