Corruption Perceptions Index- (CPI): 2014

• Released by Transparency International (NGO)
• Ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be.
• A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
• A country or territory’s rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories in the index. This year’s index includes 175 countries and territories.

– Top 10:

1.Denmark.
2. New Zealand.
3. Finland.
4.Sweden.
5.Norway.
6. Switzerland.
7. Singapore.
8. Netherlands.
9. Luxembourg.
10. Canada.
17th rank: United States.

 

85^th Rank: INDIA ; Burkina Faso; Jamaica; Peru; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Zambia;

China 100^th rank.

Corruption Perceptions Index(CPI)- Score of INDIA: 38.

Trivia:

It is a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development.

It publishes an annual Global Corruption Barometer and Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative listing of corruption worldwide. The headquarters are located in Berlin, Germany..

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