CPI 2020: Asia Pacific
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The Asia Pacific region struggles to combat corruption and tackle the profound health and economic impact of COVID-19.
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Corruption Perceptions Index
2020 Rank
170/180
2020 Score
18/100
Since its inception in 1995, the Corruption Perceptions Index, Transparency International’s flagship research product, has become the leading global indicator of public sector corruption. The index offers an annual snapshot of the relative degree of corruption by ranking countries and territories from all over the globe. In 2012, Transparency International revised the methodology used to construct the index to allow for comparison of scores from one year to the next.
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Conflict at the bottom
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As in previous years, many of the countries near the bottom of the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index have been severely affected by violent conflict in recent years. Why is this…
Asia Pacific: little to no progress on anti-corruption
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With an average score of just 44 for three consecutive years, the Asia Pacific region is making little progress in the fight against corruption. Why is Asia Pacific making little…
Slow, Imperfect Progress across Asia Pacific
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While no country in the Asia Pacific region scores a perfect 100, not even New Zealand or Singapore, which both experienced their share of scandals in the last year, our analysis…
