Corruption in Nepal: Nepal has been ranked 110th out of 180 countries and territories in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by Transparency International, a Berlin-based anti-corruption organization. The annual publication shows that Nepal has improved by seven positions compared to its ranking of 117th in 2021
🔴 OUT NOW! The Corruption Perceptions Index 2022 shows that most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption: 95% of countries have made little to no progress since 2017. Check it out!
— Transparency International (@anticorruption) January 31, 2023
Corruption levels almost the same in the country
Transparency International uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 represents the most corrupt and 100 is the least corrupt. A score below 50 signifies high levels of corruption, according to the advocacy group. Nepal scored 34 points in 2022, one point higher than in 2021. Despite this improvement, Transparency International Nepal stated that the country remains in the category of countries with rampant corruption.
The global average in the #CPI2022 remains unchanged at a score of 43 out of 100 for the eleventh year running, and more than two-thirds of countries have a serious corruption problem, coming in at a score below 50.
Here’s the analysis➡️https://t.co/DHUQQhzH9T
The results⬇️ pic.twitter.com/zgYzc6i19o
— Transparency International (@anticorruption) February 1, 2023
In South Asia, Nepal is ranked lower than Bhutan (25th), Maldives (85th), India (85th), and Sri Lanka (101st). Only Pakistan (140th), Bangladesh (147th), and Afghanistan (150th) rank lower than Nepal.
🔴Corruption, conflict and security are profoundly intertwined.
Countries that score lowest on the @GlobPeaceIndex also score very low on the CPI.
➡️ Read our analysis: https://t.co/STz54HTi8V#CPI2022 pic.twitter.com/lvuOERIR74
— Transparency International (@anticorruption) January 31, 2023
CPI remains unchanged
The CPI global average remains unchanged at 43 for the 11th consecutive year, with more than two-thirds of countries scoring below 50 and indicating a serious corruption problem. Denmark tops the index this year with a score of 90, followed by Finland and New Zealand at 87. South Sudan, Syria, and Somalia, all involved in the ongoing conflict, remain at the bottom of the CPI with scores of 13, 13, and 12 respectively.
Denmark leads the tally
Denmark leads with 90 points, and Somalia is last with 12 points. 58 out of 180 countries scored over 50 points. The survey of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) in Nepal was conducted by six international organizations: World Bank, World Economic Forum, Global Insight, Bertelsmann Foundation, World Justice, and Varieties of Democratic Project (V-Dem). The survey covered various aspects, such as the performance of public officials, civil society’s access to information, trade, business, corruption, and the abuse of power for personal gain by government, parliamentary, judicial, and security personnel.
