ISLAMABAD – *The annual Corruption Perceptions Index, releasedby Transparency International (TI), has released its latest report. *
*The report has taken into account 180 countries across the globe todetermine the level of corruption in the specified countries of the World. *
*Pakistan has been ranked Pakistan 117 out of 180 countries in its latestreport, indicating the country’s static position comparing to 2016 on theglobal watchdog list.*
According to report, more than two-thirds of the world’s nations have highlevels of corruption.
Pakistan has received 32 score in the latest rankings of 2017 – while in2016 the country had similar points on the TI index.
The global watchdog list shows Pakistan is improving score on corruptionperception index, having 30 points in 2015, 29 in 2014, 28 in 2013 and 27in 2012. The score shows Pakistan’s journey from ‘worse to better’ — thoughgradually.
India stands 81 on the list (same as 2016), while China has 77th positionwith a score of 41.
The annual Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 180 countries and territoriesby their perceived levels of public sector corruption, using a scale ofzero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
This year, New Zealand and Denmark rank highest with scores of 89 and 88respectively. Finland, Norway and Switzerland come in joint third, andSingapore and Sweden are tied in fourth position.
The UK has “significantly improved” its corruption score over the last sixyears, the report says. It now ranks fifth alongside Canada and Luxembourgand the Netherlands.
Despite attempts to combat corruption around the world, the majority ofcountries “are moving too slowly in their efforts”, the organisation says.
At the other end of the index, the war-torn nations of Syria, South Sudanand Somalia rank lowest with scores of 14, 12 and 9 respectively.Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan are also in the bottom five.
The organisation also examined the relationship between corruption levels,the protection of journalistic freedoms and engagement of civil society.