India Secures 86th Rank in Corruption Perception Index 2020; New Zealand and Denmark tops

India has been ranked 86th among 180 countries in Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020, released by Transparency International (Headquarter – Berlin, Germany) on 28 January 2021.
This year, India’s rank has slipped six places compared to 2019, when it was ranked at 80th spot.
The CPI score for India in 2020 is 40.
CPI Index: The CPI index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people.
- The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
Top Country: New Zealand and Denmark have jointly secured first position with scores of 88.
Lowest Country: Somalia and South Sudan rank lowest at 179th position with scores of 12.
India is sharing its position jointly with Burkina Faso, Morocco, East Timor, Trinidad and Tobago and Turkey