(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The State of Qatar was ranked 30th in the world out of 180 countries in the Transparency International corruption Perceptions index 2019, advancing three positions compared to last year.
The Administrative Control and Transparency Authority said yesterday that the annual index is published by Transparency International. They noted that the index is of particular interests to states, investors, developmental and rights organisations all over the world.
The index relies on 13 different institutions, as well as experts and the business communities. It uses data from international organizations such as the World Bank, World Economic Forum, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Qatar's score of 62 was 23 points higher than the average for the Middle-East and North Africa region. The organization noted the negative impact some of the recent development's in the region had on the countries' score. They highlighted that the State of Qatar was one of the top countries in the region thanks to its efforts in transparency and combatting corruption.
This comes despite the unjust blockade imposed on the country. The Administrative Control and Transparency Authority highlighted that a lot of the state's efforts in the field of transparency were not reflected by the index, given that it is based on research done last year.
The top countries in the Index are New Zealand and Denmark, with scores of 87 each, followed by Finland (86), Singapore (85), Sweden (85) and Switzerland (85). The bottom countries are Somalia, South Sudan and Syria with scores of 9, 12 and 13, respectively.
According to Transparency International, in the last eight years, only 22 countries significantly improved their CPI scores, including Greece, Guyana and Estonia. In the same period, 21 countries significantly decreased their scores, including Canada, Australia and Nicaragua. In the remaining 137 countries, the levels of corruption show little to no change.
The Index uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year's CPI, with an average score of just 43.
Similar to previous years, the data shows that despite some progress, a majority of countries are still failing to tackle public sector corruption effectively.
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