CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX 2020

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CONTEXT:

Recently, the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International.

KEY FINDINGS:

Global Level:	Top: Denmark and New Zealand Bottom: Somalia and South Sudan Key economies in Asia: India, Indonesia and Bangladesh experienced slow progress in anti-corruption efforts. China- 78th
Indian Scenario:	Slipped six places to 86th among 180 countries 80th position out of 180 countries in 2019. Score: 40 India’s score is below the average score of the Asia-Pacific region (31 countries) and global average.

CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX:

It is prepared and released by Transparency International.
The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople.
Scale of: It uses a scale of zero to 100
- Zero is highly corrupt and
- 100 is very clean.
Like previous years, more than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year's CPI, with an average score of just 43.
The data shows that despite some progress, most countries still fail to tackle corruption effectively.