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India ranks 94 in list of corrupt nations
Wednesday December 05, 2012 07:22:56 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India was
ranked 94 out of 176 countries surveyed in the Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI) 2012, with a score of 36 on a scale from 0
(highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), the Transparency
International India (TII) said Wednesday.
Last year India ranked 95 out of 183 countries. However, due to an
update in the methodology, CPI scores of 2011 cannot be compared
with this years' score, S.K. Agarwal, vice-chairman of TII told
IANS. He added that India had the same score of 36 in 2011 as
well.
"The 2012 index ranks countries by their perceived levels of
public sector corruption and assigns scores of between one (highly
corrupt) and 100 (clean). Ten independent data sources
specialising in governance and business climate analysis have been
used," Agarwal added.
While Somalia, North Korea and Afghanistan were the most corrupt
countries with a score of eight, Denmark, Finland and New Zealand
tied for the first place of the least corrupt with a score of 90.
China had a CPI score of 39, which is better than India, while
Pakistan's was 27.
CPI scores and ranks countries based on how corrupt a country's
public sector is perceived to be. It is a combination of surveys
and assessments of corruption collected by a variety of reputable
institutions.
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