Question – ‘Corruption Perception Index 2021’ was released by Transparency International in January 2022. With reference to this, consider the following statements:
(i) 180 countries have been ranked in this index.
(ii) Denmark, Finland and New Zealand jointly topped the index.
(iii) India ranked 85th in this.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) only (i) and (ii)
(b) only (ii) and (iii)
(c) only (i) and (iii)
(d) all of the above
Answer—(d)
Related facts—
- ‘Corruption Perception Index 2021’ was released by Transparency International in January 2022.
- Key Points —
- A total of 180 countries/regions have been ranked in this index.
- This index is expanded from 0 to 100, with 0 meaning most corrupt and 100 meaning most honest.
- Denmark, Finland and New Zealand jointly topped the index.
- Their combined score was 88.
- It was followed by Norway, Singapore, Sweden (with a score of 85) in joint fourth place.
- Switzerland (Score-84) and Netherlands (Score-82) were ranked 7th and 8th respectively.
- Luxembourg (Score-81) and Germany (Score-80) finished 9th and 10th respectively.
- In this index, South Sudan has got the lowest position (180th).
- Of course, it is the most corrupt country.
- India was jointly ranked 85th (score-40) along with Maldives in this index.
- Whereas last year India was ranked 86th (score-40) in this index.
- Among India’s neighboring countries, Bhutan was ranked 25th, China 66th, Sri Lanka 102nd, Nepal 117th, Pakistan 140th and Bangladesh 147th.
- Among other major countries of the world, UK was ranked 11th, Australia and Japan 18th, France 22nd and USA 27th.
By – Pankaj Pandey
Link:
https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021
https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/CPI2021_Report_EN-web.pdf