Despite lower report, government’s ranking improves one spot in Transparency International study
Discussed: 12 Feb 2025 at 18: 47
Thailand’s score has in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index ( CPI ) declined to 34 from 35 the year before, though its global ranking improved one place to 107th, according to Transparency International.
The most recent study conducted by Transparency International this year included 180 nations from around the world. Denmark topped the list of cleanest countries with 90 points out of 100, followed by Finland (88 ), Singapore ( 84 ), New Zealand (83 ), while Luxembourg, Norway and Switzerland were tied with 81 points.
Thailand’s world rating was on par with five different countries: Algeria, Brazil, Malawi, Nepal and Niger. Singapore came in second place and Myanmar came in third, with a rating of 168, which puts the country in fifth place.
In the past century, the best CPI index Thailand has achieved was 38, in both 2014 and 2015. Rankings can change more frequently depending on how well different nations perform. Thailand increased nine areas to 101 in 2022 despite only increasing one place to 36. The rating dropped to 108th place the following month, but the score dropped to 35th.
The three worst performers in the 2024 survey were South Sudan with 8 points, Somalia ( 9 ) and Venezuela ( 10 ).
The worldwide average index, according to Transparency International in Berlin, is unchanged from the year before, at 43, with two-thirds of the nations surveyed receiving scores below 50.
The study ranks nations and territories based on how much public-sector corruption is perceived by businessmen and experts alike. It relies on 13 separate files options, among them the World Economic Forum.
According to Transparency International’s most recent report, fraud and the climate crisis are two of the biggest issues that society faces.
” Resources for adaptation and mitigation remain terribly limited while billions of people around the world are dealing with the normal effects of climate change. Problem intensifies these challenges, posing more threats to prone areas”, it said.
” Although there are no adequate transparency and accountability systems, there is a greater chance that weather funds may be squandered or extorted.”