Nepal Ranked One of the Most Corrupt Countries in the World
Nepal has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world by Transparency International Report 2023. It has ranked Nepal in 108th position out of 180 countries in the world in the Corruption Perceptions Index. Nepal was ranked in the 110th position in 2022 and was 117th in 2021.
Despite some improvement in Nepal’s score, it remains in the category of countries with rampant corruption, Transparency International Nepal said in a statement.
Transparency International uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is the most corrupt and 100 is the least corrupt. A score below 50 is considered to have a higher level of corruption in a country. Nepal received 35 points in 2023.
Nepal is the fourth most corrupt country in South Asia, ranking below Bhutan (26th), the Maldives (93rd), and India (93rd). In contrast, Bhutan is the least corrupt country in South Asia.
Sri Lanka (115th), Pakistan (133rd), Bangladesh (149th) and Afghanistan (162nd) are the countries behind Nepal. Nepal’s northern neighbour China has been ranked 76th with 42 points.
Denmark topped the index for the sixth consecutive year as the least corrupt country with 90 points out of 100, with Finland and New Zealand following closely with scores of 87 and 85, respectively. Due to well-functioning justice systems, these countries are also among the top scorers in the Rule of Law Index, according to the report.
Somalia (11), Venezuela (13), Syria (13), South Sudan (13) and Yemen (16) take the bottom spots in the index. They are all affected by protracted crises, mostly armed conflicts.
