A list of the world's most corrupt countries was released on Tuesday and showed that most of the nations have made little to no progress in tackling public sector corruption. According to the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International, the CPI global average remained unchanged at 43 for the twelfth year in a row with more than two-thirds of countries scoring below 50. The CPI ranked 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). World's Most Corrupt CountriesSomalia with a score of 11, Venezuela (13), Syria (13), South Sudan (13), and Yemen (16) took the bottom spots in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index. India Ranks 93 In Global Corruption Index 2023India, with a score of 39, ranked 93 on the corruption perceptions index for 2023 as its overall score remained largely unchanged, the Transparency International report said.

Source: The Nation January 31, 2024 08:32 UTC