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Corruption Perception Index (CPI)

The transparency International is the global civil society organization leading to fight
against corruption. It is an International, non-governmental organization formed in
more than hundred countries pressuring government business and the powerful people
to take strong action against corruption. It was established in 1993 AD in Berlin
Germany to prioritize anti- corruption campaign and works as global corruption watch-
dog CPI concept was created in 1995AD and started publishing the corruption level of
all the countries yearly though CPI score. The CPI indicates the level of corruption of
different countries of the world with the least corrupt countries at the top and the most
corrupt countries at bottom. The CPI expressed between 0 to 100 where 0 indicates
the most corrupt and 100 indicates very clean level of corruption. Similarly, 50 is the
midpoint. Country ranges above 50 is not considered a serious problem but ranges
below 50 is the alarming situation. Country must get strong anti-corruption measure
immediately.

Nepal and the SAARC Countries

The Transparency International Nepal (TIN)
is the national chapter of the Transparency
International formed with a mission
to create change towards the country
free of corruption.

As per the annual report of 2017
published by TIN, Bhutan records the
least corruption whereas Afghanistan
records the highest among the SAARC
countries. The survey was done with
180 countries in the world. Nepal
th
ranked 122 out of 180 with score of
th
31. Nepal was ranked 131 last year
with score 29. It shows that corruption
has decreased in Nepal in 2017 than
2016. Details are given in the table. corruption in action

Sl.No. Countries CPI Score Rank out of 180
1 Bhutan 68 25
2 India 41 78
3 Srilanka 44 89
4 Pakistan 32 117
5 Nepal 34 124
6 Bangladesh 36 149
7 Afghanistan 16 172
8 Maldives 33 124
Source: Transparency International 2019 countries in the world
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