Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2024

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According to a Transparency International report India ranked 96 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024.

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.
• It is an index which ranks countries "by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys."
• It generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
• 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.

Highlights of Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024

• The index, which lists countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, ranked Denmark at the top, followed by Finland, and Singapore.
• This year’s Index highlighted the connection between climate action and corruption, linking it to the broader theme of climate financing.
• It gave India a CPI score of 38. In 2023, India’s overall score was 39 while in 2022, it was 40. There is a decline in the score of India on CPI. In the Asia-Pacific region, the average score for the region has dropped by one point to 44 as the countries are still failing to deliver on anti-corruption pledges.
• Corruption not only undermines development in a country but is also a key cause of declining democracy, instability, and human rights violations as highlighted by the report.

Corruption Perceptions Index FAQs

Q1: Which organization has developed a corruption perceptions index?

Ans: Transparency International

Q2: Where is the headquarter of Transparency International?

Ans: Headquarters are in Berlin.

Source: TH