Corruption Perception Index
On 25th January, 2022, the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2021 was released by the Transparency International (Germany, which shows that corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide, with 86 per cent of countries making little to no progress in the last 10 years.
The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
Major Highlights
- It reveals a decade of stagnating corruption levels amid human rights abuses & democratic decline.
- Countries that violate civil liberties consistently score lower on the CPI.
- Complacency in fighting corruption exacerbates ....