India Ranks 82nd in TRACE Global Business Bribery Risk Rankings 2021

India Ranks 82nd in TRACE Global Business Bribery Risk Rankings 2021

• India is placed at 82nd position in the TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2021. The country stood at 77 position in 2020.
• India has achieved the score of 44 in a global list that measures business bribery risks in 2021. 
• North Korea, Turkmenistan, Venezuela and Eritrea showed highest commercial bribery risk.
• Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and New Zealand reported lowest bribery risk.
• The TRACE Matrix list is released by TRACE International, an anti-bribery standard setting organisation, which measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions.
• The score is based on four factors, which are business interactions with the government, anti-bribery deterrence and enforcement, government and civil service transparency, and capacity for civil society oversight which includes the role of the media.