The results of the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) were published on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, by Transparency International. In Senegal, the Civil Forum, the organization's national chapter, delivered its analysis of the country's performance, marked by a slight improvement in the score, but without moving out of the red zone.

According to published data, Senegal obtained a score of 46/100, one point higher than in 2024. This progress was deemed encouraging by the Civil Forum, even though the country remains below the threshold required to leave the category of states where the perception of corruption remains a concern.

As a reminder, Senegal maintained a score of 45/100 between 2016 and 2020, before experiencing a decline between 2021 and 2023, a period during which the CPI fell to 43/100. The increase recorded in 2024 and then in 2025 reflects, according to the Civil Forum, the effects of the governance reforms undertaken by the authorities.

Among the factors explaining this progress are the stated political will to fight corruption, the adoption of several key legislative texts in 2024, including those relating to OFNAC, asset declaration and the fight against money laundering, as well as the operationalization of the Financial Judicial Pool (PJF).

The Civil Forum also highlights the importance of the reforms adopted in 2025, particularly the laws on whistleblower protection, access to information, asset declarations, and the reorganization of the OFNAC (National Office for the Fight Against Fraud and Corruption), along with their implementing decrees. According to the organization, these institutional advances should lead to an improvement in the 2026 CPI (Community Policies Index), the results of which will be published in 2027.

However, the civil society organization warns: Senegal's progress remains fragile and will depend on maintaining the current momentum, but above all on the effective implementation of the adopted texts.

Renewed transparency requirements

In its statement, the Civil Forum calls on the authorities to strengthen transparency and accountability, essential conditions for a lasting recovery. It specifically urges the President of the Republic to publish the reports of the General State Inspectorate (IGE), the Prime Minister to review public procurement governance, and the President of the National Assembly to make public the details of the institution's vehicle acquisition contract.

The organization also urges the control bodies, OFNAC, Court of Auditors and ARCOP, to publish their reports regularly and on time.

Sensitive matters need clarification

In the name of the principle of accountability, the Civil Forum calls on the State to shed full light on several sensitive financial cases, including the 8 billion CFA francs intended for the victims of the 2024 floods in Bakel, the 37 billion CFA francs in the ASER–AE Power case, as well as the publication of the Forvis Mazars firm's report on public debt.

Concerns about the university scholarship crisis

Furthermore, the coordinator of the Civil Forum, Matar Sall, expressed his deep concern about the ongoing crisis in scholarship management at public universities. He called on the government to consider a new governance model that could include the creation of an independent body responsible for regulating social benefits in the education and training sectors.

Despite the slight improvement recorded in the 2025 CPI, the Civil Forum believes that exiting the red zone remains a major challenge, which can only be met through concrete actions, increased transparency and an effective fight against impunity.