CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX (CPI)-2019.

The Corruption Perceptions Index is prepared by Transparency International. The organisation was started in the year 1993 by some individuals to take stand against corruption. The organisation has a secretariat in Berlin, Germany. The CPI uses a scale from zero to 100 where zero is highly corrupted and 100 is very clean. The survey of 2019 was conducted in 180 countries. The annual report shows that in the last eight years only 22 countries significantly improved their CPI scores including Greece, Guyana and Estonia. During the same period, 21 countries significantly decreased their scores including Canada, Australia and Nicaragua. In 2019 India ranked 80 (78 in 2018) with a score of 41.

TOP 20 LEAST CORRUPT COUNTRIES.

RANK.	COUNTRY.	POINTS.
1	NEW ZEALAND	87
1	DENMARK	87
3	FINLAND	86
4	SWITZERLAND	85
4	SINGAPORE	85
4	SWEDEN	85
7	NORWAY	84
8	NETHERLANDS	82
9	LUXEMBOURG	80
9	GERMANY	80
11	ICELAND	78
12	CANADA.	77
12	UNITED KINGDOM	77
12	AUSTRALIA	77
12	AUSTRIA	77
16	HONG KONG	76
17	BELGIUM	75
18	IRELAND	74
18	ESTONIA	74
20	JAPAN	73

COUNTRIES WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE.

RANK.	COUNTRY.	POINTS IN 2019.	POINTS IN 2018.	POINTS IN 2017.
1	NEW ZEALAND	87	87	89
4	SINGAPORE	85	85	84
12	AUSTRALIA	77	77	77
16	HONG KONG	76	76	77
20	JAPAN	73	74	73

20 MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES.

RANK.	COUNTRY.	POINTS.
180	SOMALIA	9
179	SOUTH SUDAN	12
178	SYRIA	13
177	YEMEN	15
173	VENEZUELA	16
173	SUDAN	16
173	EQUATORIAL GUINEA.	16
173	AFGHANISTAN	16
172	NORTH KOREA	17
168	LIBYA	18
168	HAITI	18
168	GUINEA BISSAU	18
168	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO	18
165	TURKMENISTAN	19
165	CONGO	19
165	BURUNDI	19
162	IRAQ	20
162	CHAD	20
162	CAMBODIA	20
161	NICARAGUA.	22