The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index ranked 180 international locations and territories (Representational)
New Delhi:
A listing of the world’s most corrupt international locations was launched on Tuesday and confirmed that many of the nations have made little to no progress in tackling public sector corruption.
According to the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) launched by Transparency International, the CPI international common remained unchanged at 43 for the twelfth yr in a row with greater than two-thirds of nations scoring beneath 50.
The CPI ranked 180 international locations and territories by their perceived ranges of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (extremely corrupt) to 100 (very clear).
World’s Least Corrupt Countries
Denmark, with a rating of 90, topped the index for the sixth consecutive yr resulting from its “well-functioning justice methods”, the report mentioned.
Finland (87) and New Zealand (85) had been ranked second and third, respectively.
Norway with a rating of 84, Singapore (83), Sweden (82), Switzerland (82), Netherlands (79), Germany (78), and Luxembourg (78) had been the opposite least corrupt international locations within the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index.
World’s Most Corrupt Countries
Somalia with a rating of 11, Venezuela (13), Syria (13), South Sudan (13), and Yemen (16) took the underside spots within the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index.
“They are all affected by protracted crises, principally armed conflicts,” the report mentioned.
The backside of the index additionally included North Korea with a rating of 172.
India Ranks 93 in Global Corruption Index 2023
India, with a rating of 39, ranked 93 on the corruption perceptions index for 2023 as its general rating remained largely unchanged, the Transparency International report mentioned.
India’s general rating was 40 in 2022 and ranked 85.
Pakistan, with a rating of 29, and Sri Lanka (34) grappled with their respective debt burdens and ensuing political instability, the report mentioned.
The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index was based mostly on perceptions of public sector corruption and used knowledge from 13 exterior sources, together with the World Bank, World Economic Forum, non-public threat and consulting firms, assume tanks and others.