Corruption Perceptions Index Latest News
India climbed five places to the 91st position out of 182 countries and territories on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025.
About Corruption Perceptions Index
- It is the most widely used global corruption ranking in the world.
- The index has been published annually by the non-governmental organisation Transparency International since 1995.
- Methodology Used
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- It is an index which ranks countries “by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.”
- It uses a scale of zero to 100, where “zero” is highly corrupt and “100” is very clean.
- It measures how corrupt each country’s public sector is perceived to be, according to experts and business people.
- The score for each country is derived from a minimum of three data sources, selected from 13 distinct corruption surveys and assessments.
- These sources are gathered by a range of reputed organisations, such as the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.
Key Highlights of Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025
- Least Corrupt nations: Denmark, Finland and Singapore.
- Most Corrupt nations: South Sudan, Somalia and Venezuela.
- Performance of India: Its rank improved from 96 (2024) to 91 (2025).
Source: ET
Last updated on Sep, 2026
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