Bangladesh improves on TIB Corruption Perceptions Index

Bangladesh has ranked 13th in the list of most corrupt among 180 countries, improving from last year’s 12th place, in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021 by global graft watchdog Transparency International.

The information was presented during a webinar by the Bangladesh chapter of the organisation on Tuesday.

In the global index, Bangladesh ranks 147th from the top among 180 countries, which is one step below from 2020. Counting from the bottom, the rank is 13th.

Among the eight South Asian countries, Bangladesh remains second lowest both in score and rank – better than only Afghanistan which has scored 16 and ranked 174th from top.

The CPI uses a scale of 0 to 100, which means 100 is very clean and 0 is most corrupt.

Bangladesh’s score in the latest index is 26. This score is the same as 2020, 2019, and 2018, but two points lower than 28 in 2017.

Bangladesh’s performance is disappointing – no improvement in score and one step lower ranking from the top, though an insignificant one step better in terms of ranking from below, the presentation noted.

Bangladesh’s ranking is the third lowest among 31 Asia-Pacific countries, better than only Cambodia, followed jointly by Afghanistan and North Korea.