• India has been ranked 86th among 180 countries in Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020, released by Transparency International 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.
• Headquarter of Transparency International - Berlin, Germany.

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.