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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 2nd 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 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 3rd lowest among 31 Asia-Pacific countries, better than only Cambodia, followed jointly by Afghanistan and North Korea.
In South Asia Bhutan continues to score the highest (68), ranked 25th from top.
Denmark, New Zealand, and Finland jointly topped the list with the score of 88, while South Sudan occupies the last position, scoring a measly 11.
