{"id":4934,"date":"2025-02-11T08:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2025-02-11T08:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:07:22","slug":"pakistans-ranking-on-corruption-perception-index-slides-2-spots-transparency-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/2025\/02\/11\/pakistans-ranking-on-corruption-perception-index-slides-2-spots-transparency-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s ranking on corruption perception index slides 2 spots: Transparency International"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Published\u00a0February 11, 2025\u00a0\u00a0Updated\u00a0about 2 hours ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pakistan\u2019s ranking on the Corruption Perception Index<\/a> (CPI) 2024 has dropped by 2 spots from 133 in 2023<\/a> to 135 in 2024 out of 180 countries, according to a report<\/a> released by Transparency International on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CPI report is released annually by Transparency International Berlin. Transparency International Pakistan<\/a> (TIP) has no role either in the collection of data or the calculation of the country\u2019s score, TIP explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The score for Pakistan also reduced by two points from 29 in CPI 2023 to 27 in CPI 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to TIP chair retired Justice Zia Perwez, the score of all countries in the region except Oman, China, Turkiye and Mongolia declined. The downslide for the region showed that Pakistan was one of the countries holding up against the overall trend in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global corruption levels remained alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the CPI report, which exposed serious corruption levels across the globe, with more than two-thirds of countries scoring below 50 out of 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Countries with improvement, decline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Almost 6.8 billion people live in countries with CPI scores under 50 \u2014 equivalent to 85 per cent of the world population of 8bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the seventh year in a row, Denmark obtained the highest score on the index (90) and was closely followed by Finland (88) and Singapore (84).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries with the lowest scores were mostly fragile and conflict-affected ones like South Sudan (8), Somalia (9), Venezuela (10), Syria (12), Libya (13), Eritrea (13), Yemen (13) and Equatorial Guinea (13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the CPI noted that the Middle East and North Africa\u2019s rising average score was a \u201creason for optimism\u201d, it pointed out that it was the first increase in over a decade and only by one point \u2014 to 39 out of 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Transparency International, the top-scoring region was Western Europe and the European Union but its score \u201cdecreased overall for the second year in a row \u2013 many leaders are serving business interests rather than the common good and laws are often poorly enforced\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile Asia Pacific does have a range of improving countries, its average score is decreasing, as vicious cycles of corruption and climate change impacts take their toll,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over a quarter of the countries in the sample (47) got their lowest score yet on 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), the United States (65) and Venezuela (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past five years, seven countries have significantly improved their scores in the index: These include C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (45), the Dominican Republic (36), Kosovo (44), Kuwait (46), the Maldives (38), Moldova (43) and Zambia (39).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, 13 countries saw their scores significantly decline in the index over the past five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The significant decliners were Austria (67), Belarus (33), Belgium (69), El Salvador (30), France (67), Kyrgyzstan (25), Lebanon (22), Myanmar (16), Nicaragua (14), Russia (22), Sri Lanka (32), the United Kingdom (71), and Venezuela (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Countries with significant improvement or decline on Transparency International\u2019s CPI 2024. \u2014 screengrab from CPI 2024 report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Corruption making fight against climate change harder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The global average on the index remained unchanged at 43, highlighting the need for urgent action against corruption and warning of a critical global obstacle to implementing successful climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against a backdrop of record-breaking\u00a0global warming\u00a0and\u00a0extreme weather events,\u00a0erosion of democracy\u00a0and a decline in global climate leadership, the world has its back against the ropes in its fight against the climate crisis. Corruption was making that fight much harder, and the international community must address the link between corruption and the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1708344\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Francois Valerian, chair of Transparency International, said: \u201cCorruption is an evolving global threat that does far more than undermine development \u2014 it is a key cause of declining democracy, instability and human rights violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe international community and every nation must make tackling corruption a top and long-term priority. This is crucial to pushing back against authoritarianism and securing a peaceful, free and sustainable world. The dangerous trends revealed in this year\u2019s Corruption Perception Index highlight the need to follow through with concrete action now to address global corruption,\u201d the report quoted Valerian as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCorruption weakens governance structures, undermines law enforcement and diverts critical climate finance intended to reduce emissions and build resilience,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout robust national anti-corruption measures, the effectiveness of global climate agreements such as the\u00a0Paris Agreement\u00a0remains at risk,\u201d it warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transparency International Chief Executive Officer Ma\u00edra Martini stated: \u201cToday, corrupt forces not only shape but often dictate policies and dismantle checks and balances \u2014 silencing journalists, activists, and anyone fighting for equality and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The CPI highlights the billions of dollars of\u00a0climate funds\u00a0that are at risk of being stolen or misused. Most countries that are highly vulnerable to climate change score below 50 on the CPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huge numbers of people are at needless risk because corruption is impairing climate projects meant to protect them. This highlights the critical need for robust transparency and accountability measures to ensure the effective use of these funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published\u00a0February 11, 2025\u00a0\u00a0Updated\u00a0about 2 hours ago Pakistan\u2019s ranking on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2024 has dropped by 2 spots from 133 in 2023 to 135 in 2024 out of 180 countries, according to a report released by Transparency International on Tuesday. The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4937,"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions\/4937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transparency.org.pk\/new-event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}