Transparency International has released
its 19th annual Corruption Perceptions Index on 3 December 2013 at Berlin,
Germany. The Index, which ranks the public sector of 177 countries across the
world according to perception of corruption.
India was ranked 94th out
of 177 countries on Global Corruption Perception Index 2013, which was
released by Transparency International on 3 December 2013.
In the Corruption Perceptions Index
2013, Denmark and New Zealand tied for first place with scores of 91. Afghanistan,
North Korea and Somalia this year make up the worst performers, scoring
just 8 points each.
India's rank (94th) has remained
unchanged from the last year, it has emerged as more corrupt than three of its
BRICS countries China (80th), South Africa and Brazil (both ranked 72nd) -- but
better than Pakistan and Russia (both are ranked at 127th).
According to the 2013
list, India has scored 36 points on a scale of 0-100, where 0 means that
a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very
clean. None of the countries have managed to get the perfect 100 score.
India has done better than countries
like Thailand (102nd), Mexico (106th), Egypt (114th), Nepal (116th), Vietnam
(116th), Bangladesh (136th) and Iran (144th).
Transparency International is a
non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to fighting
corruption. It is best known for its Corruption Perceptions Index. Its
secretariat is located in Berlin, Germany. The organization is present in
more than 100 countries. It came into existence in 1993.
The index, the leading global indicator
of public sector corruption, scores countries on a scale from 0 (perceived to
be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean). The results of the 2013
index serve as a warning that more must be done to enable people to live their
lives free from the damaging effects of corruption.
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