Corruption Perception Index 2018

The Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index make the following observations:

• Denmark is the world least corrupt country scoring 88 out of 100 points. Denmark is followed by New Zealand and Finland.
• Somalia has been ranked last with a score of 10 behind South Sudan and Syria.
• More than two-thirds of evaluated countries scored below 50 points, while the average score remained at last year’s level of only 43 points.
• Estonia, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Guyana demonstrated most improvements since 2012.
• The 2018 rankings showed an increase in the perceived corruption in Australia, Chile and Malta.
• For the first time since the United States dropped out of the top 20 and it was ranked at 22nd rank.
• Along with Brazil, US was placed in the watch list by Transparency International.

Top and Bottom Countries

Region Wise Performance

The report highlights a connection between healthy democracies and successfully fighting corruption in the public sector and notes that corruption is much more likely to flourish where democratic foundations are weak.

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019