Nepal ranks 107th in 2024 CPI with score of 34
Denmark, on the other hand, has consistently held the position of the least corrupt country for the past seven years, with a score of 90 points.
KATHMANDU: Nepal has ranked 107th out of 180 countries and territories in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), as revealed by Transparency International Nepal on Tuesday. The index places South Sudan at the bottom with a score of 8 points, marking it as the most corrupt nation this year.
Denmark, on the other hand, has consistently held the position of the least corrupt country for the past seven years, with a score of 90 points. Transparency International’s CPI uses a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 signifies the highest corruption and 100 the least. A score below 50 indicates a relatively high level of corruption.
Over the past five years, seven countries have shown notable improvements in their CPI scores. In 2024, however, two-thirds of the world’s nations scored below 50, highlighting significant global corruption issues. The global average remains stagnant at 43 for the 12th consecutive year, with over two-thirds of countries falling below the 50-point threshold, indicating severe corruption concerns, according to Transparency International.
Nepal’s score stands at 34 out of 100 in 2024, a slight decline from 35 in 2023 and a one-point improvement from 2022.
In South Asia, Bhutan leads with 72 points, followed by India and Maldives at 38 points each, Nepal at 34 points, Sri Lanka at 32 points, Pakistan at 27 points, Bangladesh at 23 points, and Afghanistan at 17 points. China, Nepal’s neighboring country, scored 43 points.
For the CPI, Transparency International utilized data from 13 international surveys to compile the rankings.
