The annual Transparency International report has ranked Pakistan 117 out of 180 countries remaining on the same rank as 2017.
The rank is based on Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption and uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
In 2018 more than two-thirds of countries scored below 50 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), with an average score of just 43.
Australia scored 77 on the CPI both in 2017 and 2018. It also remained on the same rank of number 13 in the world out of 180 countries.
Whereas Pakistan improved its perception about corruption by gaining one point on the CPI from 32 in 2017 to 33 in 2018.
Another interesting find by the 2018 CPI is that Pakistan shares the 117th rank with two other countries Moldova and Vietnam.
Neighbouring country India scored 41 on the CPI in 2018 and improved its world ranking from 81 to 78 from the previous year.
Over the last five years, there has been an improvement in Pakistan’s CPI score from 28 in 2013 to 33 in 2018.
In the same timeframe, Australia has declined in its CPI score from 81 in 2013 to 77 in 2018.
Top 10 in order of least amount of corruption according to CPI 2018:
- Denmark
- New Zealand
- Finland
- Singapore
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Canada
- Luxembourg
Top and bottom countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 Source: Transparency International
Bottom 10 in order of most amount of corruption according to CPI 2018:
- Somalia
- Syria
- South Sudan
- Yemen
- Korea, North
- Sudan
- Guinea Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea
- Afghanistan
- Libya
