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Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2024

February 14 , 2025 11 hrs 0 min 97 0
  • Transparency International releases Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2024.
  • Denmark topped the list of being the least-corrupt nation, followed by Finland and Singapore.
  • India ranked 96 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024 as its overall score dropped a point to 38.
  • It uses a scale of zero to 100, where "zero" is highly corrupt and "100" is very clean.
  • In 2024, India's overall score was 38 while it was 39 in 2023 and 40 in 2022.
  • India's rank in 2023 was 93.
  • Among India's neighbours, China ranked 76, Pakistan (135) and Sri Lanka (121) and Bangladesh's ranking stood further down at 149.
  • South Sudan and Somalia remained at the bottom of the index, with scores of 8 and 9, respectively.
  • Venezuela and Syria also ranked among the most corrupt, with scores of 10 and 12.
  • The global average of 43 has also stood still for years, while more than two-thirds of countries have scored below 50.

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