{"id":19909,"date":"2026-02-12T11:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19909"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:58:38","slug":"cpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cpi\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Perceptions Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Corruption Perceptions Index Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India climbed five places to the 91st position out of 182 countries and territories on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Corruption Perceptions Index<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the most widely used global corruption ranking in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The index has been published annually by the <\/span><b>non-governmental organisation Transparency International<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Methodology Used<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an index which ranks countries \u201cby their <\/span><b>perceived levels of public sector corruption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses a <\/span><b>scale of zero to 100<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where \u201czero\u201d is highly corrupt and \u201c100\u201d is very clean.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It measures how corrupt each country\u2019s public sector is perceived to be, according to experts and business people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The score for each country is <\/span><b>derived from a minimum of three data sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, selected from 13 distinct corruption surveys and assessments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These sources are gathered by a range of reputed organisations, such as the <\/span><b>World Bank and the World Economic Forum.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Highlights of Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Least Corrupt nations:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Denmark, Finland and Singapore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Most Corrupt nations:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> South Sudan, Somalia and Venezuela.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Performance of India:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its rank improved from 96 (2024) to 91 (2025).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/india-jumps-5-places-on-corruption-perceptions-index-cpi-2025-holds-91st-rank\/articleshow\/128162765.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corruption Perceptions Index is the most widely used global corruption ranking in the world. 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