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 12 months 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 12 months resulting from its “well-functioning justice systems”, the report stated.

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 corrupted 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, mostly armed conflicts,” the report stated.

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 total rating remained largely unchanged, the Transparency International report stated.

India’s total 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 stated.

The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index was based mostly on perceptions of public sector corruption and used information from 13 exterior sources, together with the World Bank, World Economic Forum, non-public threat and consulting firms, suppose tanks and others.