Pakistan’s position on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2024 has declined two points from 133 in 2023 to 135 in 2024 out of 180 countries.
According to a report released by Transparency International, from 29 in CPI 2023 to 27 in CPI 2024 the Pakistan score dropped two points as well.
Corruption around the world
Denmark scored the highest on the index (90) for the seventh year running, Finland (88) came second closely followed by Singapore (84).
Countries with the lowest scores were essentially weak and conflict-affected ones as South Sudan (8), Somalia (9), Venezuela (10), Syria (12), Libya (13), Eritrea (13), Yemen (13) and Equatorial Guinea (13).
With more than two-thirds of nations scoring below 50 out of 100, the CPI research revealed that global corruption levels remained shockingly high and that attempts to lower them were failing.
Equivalent to 85 per cent of the world population of 8 billion, around 6.8 billion people live in nations with CPI ratings less than 50.
The 2024 CPI shows that corruption is a dangerous problem in every part of the world, but change for the better is happening in many countries.
Research also reveals that corruption is a major threat to climate action. It hinders progress in reducing emissions and adapting to the unavoidable effects of global heating.
The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories worldwide by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The results are given on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
