Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has ranked Pakistan at 124 out of 180 nations worldwide based on the level of perceived public sector corruption. The country has fallen by four places compared to last year.
The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
The index has also given a CPI 2020 score of 31 out of 100 to Pakistan. A score of 100 denotes very clean and 0 is highly corrupt. The country has scored well below the CPI average of 43 for the year.
While most countries made little to no progress in tackling corruption in almost a decade, more than two-thirds of countries scored below 50 in this year's report.
These countries have failed to move the needle in any significant way to improve their score and combat public sector corruption, the report added.
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According to the report, the top countries on the CPI are Denmark and New Zealand, with scores of 88, followed by Finland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland, with scores of 85 each.
The lowest-ranked countries are South Sudan and Somalia, with scores of 12 each, followed by Syria with a score of 14 and Yemen and Venezuela with a score of 15.
“Since 2012, 26 countries improved their CPI scores, including Greece, Myanmar and Ecuador,” the report added. “In the same period, 22 countries decreased their scores, including Lebanon, Malawi and Bosnia & Herzegovina.”
CPI also reported that corruption undermines an equitable global response to Covid-19 and other crises, highlighting the importance of transparency and anti-corruption measures in emergency situations.
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