Sri Lanka ranked 85th in Global Corruption Index

December 3, 2014

Sri Lanka has showed some improvement in addressing corruption in 2014, ranking 85th among 175 countries as against 91st in the previous year, graft watchdog Transparency International India (TII) said on Wednesday.

Denmark retained its position as the least corrupt country in 2014 with a score of 92 while North Korea and Somalia shared the last place, scoring just 8, the organisation said.

In the country’s neighbourhood, China moved to 100th place, down from 80th in 2013, while Pakistan and Nepal were at 126th position. Bangladesh was 145th and Bhutan 30th in the ranking. India was ranked 85th with Sri Lanka. Afghanistan was at a bleak 172.

According to the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report by TII, the CPI score for the country increased by 2 points in 2014 from its 2013 score, helping its rank move up to 85 in 2014 from 94 in 2013.

The report noted that in terms of the new government, the CPI possibly captured the anti-corruption mandate on which the new government was elected and the possibility of some new reforms in this area.