Pakistan has been one of the most corrupt countries in the world since the beginning.
Islamabad: Pakistan has moved down 2 places to 135 in the corruption perception index i.e. CPI. Let us know that in 2023, Pakistan was ranked 133 in this index. According to Pakistani media reports, CPI 180 countries and regions assess the scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) on the basis of alleged level of public sector in public sector. In the ranking of 2024, Pakistan got 27 points and reached 135th position. The CPI report is released every year by Transparency International Berlin.
‘Tip has no role in the score calculation’
Transparency International Pakistan i.e. TIP said that TIP has no role in the collection of data or calculation of the country’s score. Pakistan’s score in CPI 2023 was 29, which declined by 2 points to 27 in CPI 2024. According to the documents of Transparency International, Pakistan’s CPI rankings and scores from 1996 to 2024, Pakistan’s score has been between 27 to 33 points in the last 10 years. Explain that high score in this index shows less corruption. In the year 2012, when the index level increased from 10 to 100, Pakistan’s score increased from 27 to 33 in 2018, but then fell on 27.
Pakistan has been down from the beginning
Looking at the old figures, in 1996, Pakistan was ranked second from below the 54 countries included in the index with a score of 1/10. From 1997 to 2011, the country’s score continued up and down, it reached 2.7 in 1998 and fell to 2.1 in 2004 and 2005. According to TIP Chairman Justice (Retired) Jia Parvez, the scores of all countries of the region have declined except Oman, China, Turki and Mongolia. Denmark scored the highest score (90) in the index for the 7th consecutive year, while Finland (88) and Singapore (84) stood second and third positions respectively.
African countries have a very bad condition
The lowest score countries included South Sudan (8), Somalia (9), Venezuela (10), Syria (12), Libya (13), Erritriya (13), Yemen (13) and Equatorial Guinea (13). These countries have the highest number of African countries. 47 countries included in the list have got the lowest score ever in the index, including Austria (67), Bangladesh (23), Brazil (34), Cuba (41), France (67), Germany (75), Haiti ( 16), Hungary (41), Iran (23), Mexico (26), Russia (22), South Sudan (8), Switzerland (81), America (65) and Venezuela (10).
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