Bangladesh Tops 2019 Trace Bribery Risk Matrix in South Asia

The annual Bribery Risk Matrix 2019 was released by TRACE recently to measure business bribery risk in 200 countries.
TRACE is a US based organisation which provides ranking to various countries in terms of the risk of bribery that companies face in doing business in those countries.

Findings of Index

Bangladesh emerged as the top most nation among the South Asian countries where the bribery risk is high. It has been placed at 178th position among 200 nations with a risk score of 72 out of 100.
Pakistan (153) and Afghanistan (168) were the only other South Asian nations where the bribery risk is ‘high’.
Bhutan (52) has the lowest risk of bribery (41) in South Asia.
India has been placed at 78th spot with bribery risk of 48.
Overall, New Zealand ranked first as the country with lowest bribery risk having risk score of 4 followed by Norway and Denmark.
On the other hand, Somalia (200) emerged as the highest risk of bribe demands nation with a score of 94.

Source: TRACE