Corruption Perceptions Index 2018: Georgia is best among East European, Central Asian countries
Georgia has cemented itself as among the best of Eastern European and Central Asian countries. Photo by anticorruptiondigest.com.
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Global anti-corruption organisation, Transparency International (TI) has today released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and Georgia has cemented itself as among the best of Eastern European and Central Asian countries.
This year Georgia ranked 41st out of 168 foreign nations.
The report studied different countries’ perceived corruption levels in the public sector. Georgia received an overall score of 58 out of 100.
In the ranking, 100 points indicate the lowest level of perceived corruption while 0 – its highest level.
Georgia’s score has improved by two points compared with the last year’s edition of the CPI.
However a two-point change is considered statistically insignificant. Notably, Georgia does not appear on the list of the countries whose CPI score has changed significantly (either for better or for worse) since 2012.
TI’s methodology in the CPI report noted an increase or decrease of more than four points indicated a "significant change” in a country’s corruption level.
This means over the past several years in Georgia, the country has not fallen negatively in terms of corruption.
This year’s least corrupt countries were Denmark (with a score of 88), Finland, (85) Sweden (89), New Zeeland (87) and the Netherlands (87).
The CPI has been published by TI annually since 1995 and is based on expert opinions of public sector corruption.
Since 2012, the Index has been compiled with a new methodology, making it possible to compare results from different years. The CPI is a composite index and is produced based on the studies conducted by a number of authoritative organisations.
See full report here.
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