2020 Corruption Perceptions Index: Georgia ranks 45th among 180 countries
In the index, which measures sector corruption according to experts and business people, Georgia has received 56 points of total 100. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia ranks 45th among 180 countries and territories across the world in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020 published by the Transparency International, standing on top of all Eastern European and Central Asian countries.
In the index, which measures sector corruption according to experts and business people, Georgia has received 56 points of total 100.
Georgia’s score of 56 points in the index is unchanged from 2019, when it dropped by two points compared with 2018. However, compared to 2012 Georgia has improved the ranking by four points.
With an average score of 36, Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the second-lowest performing region on the CPI and vulnerable to corruption compounded by Covid-19.
Image: Transparency International.
Georgia (56), Armenia (49) and Belarus (47) lead the region, while Uzbekistan (26), Tajikistan (25) and Turkmenistan (19) bring up the rear.
Denmark and New Zealand top the index, with 88 points. Syria, Somalia and South Sudan come last, with 14, 12 and 12 points, respectively.
Transparency International has released its Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI) for 2020, the world’s leading assessment of corruption in government defence institutions, in which Georgia placed third in Central and Eastern Europe after Latvia and North Macedonia, with some of the least corruption risk in the region.
Georgia has ranked 37th among 180 countries in the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index. The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index measures the sustainable competitiveness of countries by calculating 116 measurable, quantitative indicators derived from sources such as the World Bank, the IMF, and various UN agencies.
Georgia ranks 53rd of 167 countries on the Legatum Prosperity Index 2020 which assesses political, social, economic and environmental standings of l countries. Since 2010, Georgia has moved up the rankings by 11 places, says the index.
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, with Georgia ranking 44th among 180 countries and territories across the world, standing on top of all Eastern European and Central Asian countries.In the index, which measures sector corruption according to experts and business people, Georgia has received 56 scores of total 100.
Over the past two years, Georgia has implemented two more recommendations issued by the Council of Europe anti-corruption body GRECO in 2016 on the prevention of corruption amongst MPs, judges and prosecutors, said GRECO in a new compliance report published today.
Georgia’s position in the 2021 Global Governance Efficiency Index has risen by eight places, making the country a competitor among World Bank member states and the top 20 countries in Europe. Georgia surpassed France, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Portugal and other leading countries in the Governance Efficiency ranking.
Swiss risk management company Global Risk Profile (GRP) has released the Global Corruption Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 41st, following 50th place last year, among 196 countries, and ahead of nine EU and NATO member states. On the index, which measures corruption risk levels in the countries, Georgia received a score of 33.26 on a 0-100 scale, while the risk of corruption in the country was evaluated as ‘low’.
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 45th among 180 countries and territories worldwide, and above all Eastern European and Central Asian states.