Question: What is the rank of India in Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021?
(a) 82th
(b) 83th
(c) 84th
(d) 85th
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- India is ranked 85 out of 180 countries on the global Corruption Perceptions Index for 2021.
- With a score of 40, India stands at 85th position.
- Pakistan and Bangladesh fare worse in the global corruption index.
- Pakistan has dropped 16 spots and is ranked 140th out of 180 countries.
- Bangladesh’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is 26 and ranks at the 147th position.
- 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).
- The top-performing countries as per the report are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand “all having a corruption perceptions score of 88”.
- These are followed by Norway, Singapore and Sweden with all of them scoring 85.
BY: AMIT GUPTA