Sri Lanka up two notches on Corruption Perceptions Index 2015

Jan 28, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been ranked 83rd among 168 countries in the 2015 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index showing a marginal improvement on its 85th place in 2014.

The index which ranks countries according to the perceived level of public sector corruption is based on a scoring system that ranges between 0 (public sector perceived as highly corrupt) to 100 (public sector perceived as very clean).

Two-thirds of the 168 countries assessed scored below 50. In 2015 Sri Lanka has scored 37 points, which marks a slight decline on the 2014 score of 38 points.

This indicates that from the perspective of business people and country experts, based on data sources from independent institutions specialising in governance and business climate analysis, the perception of the extent of corruption in the Sri Lankan public sector has slightly worsened.

“The potential wider public dissemination of public servant asset declarations, the long awaited enactment of the RTI Bill and the government signing up to the Open Government Partnership can yield dividends in 2016.” the Executive Director of Transparency International Sri Lanka, Asoka Obeyesekere said.

Sri Lanka is clubbed together with four other countries – Benin, China, Colombia and Liberia – all with a score of 37.

Among the South Asian countries Sri Lanka ranks third below Bhutan and India. Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are ranked below.

Denmark took the top spot for the 2nd year running, with Finland, Sweden and New Zealand making up the top four.

North Korea and Somalia were ranked at the bottom. Austria, Czech Republic, Jordan and Kuwait were the biggest gainers while the biggest decliners are Brazil, Guatemala and Lesotho.

CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2015

Rank	Country/territory	2015 Score	2014 Score	2013 Score	2012 Score
1	Denmark	91	92	91	90
2	Finland	90	89	89	90
3	Sweden	89	87	89	88
4	New Zealand	88	91	91	90
5	Netherlands	87	83	83	84
5	Norway	87	86	86	85
7	Switzerland	86	86	85	86
8	Singapore	85	84	86	87
9	Canada	83	81	81	84
10	Germany	81	79	78	79
10	Luxembourg	81	82	80	80
10	United Kingdom	81	78	76	74
13	Australia	79	80	81	85
13	Iceland	79	79	78	82
15	Belgium	77	76	75	75
16	Austria	76	72	69	69
16	United States	76	74	73	73
18	Hong Kong	75	74	75	77
18	Ireland	75	74	72	69
18	Japan	75	76	74	74
21	Uruguay	74	73	73	72
22	Qatar	71	69	68	68
23	Chile	70	73	71	72
23	Estonia	70	69	68	64
23	France	70	69	71	71
23	United Arab Emirates	70	70	69	68
27	Bhutan	65	65	63	63
28	Botswana	63	63	64	65
28	Portugal	63	63	62	63
30	Poland	62	61	60	58
30	Taiwan	62	61	61	61
32	Cyprus	61	63	63	66
32	Israel	61	60	61	60
32	Lithuania	61	58	57	54
35	Slovenia	60	58	57	61
36	Spain	58	60	59	65
37	Czech Republic	56	51	48	49
37	Korea (South)	56	55	55	56
37	Malta	56	55	56	57
40	Cape Verde	55	57	58	60
40	Costa Rica	55	54	53	54
40	Latvia	55	55	53	49
40	Seychelles	55	55	54	52
44	Rwanda	54	49	53	53
45	Jordan	53	49	45	48
45	Mauritius	53	54	52	57
45	Namibia	53	49	48	48
48	Georgia	52	52	49	52
48	Saudi Arabia	52	49	46	44
50	Bahrain	51	49	48	51
50	Croatia	51	48	48	46
50	Hungary	51	54	54	55
50	Slovakia	51	50	47	46
54	Malaysia	50	52	50	49
55	Kuwait	49	44	43	44
56	Cuba	47	46	46	48
56	Ghana	47	48	46	45
58	Greece	46	43	40	36
58	Romania	46	43	43	44
60	Oman	45	45	47	47
61	Italy	44	43	43	42
61	Lesotho	44	49	49	45
61	Montenegro	44	42	44	41
61	Senegal	44	43	41	36
61	South Africa	44	44	42	43
66	Sao Tome and Principe	42	42	42	42
66	The FYR of Macedonia	42	45	44	43
66	Turkey	42	45	50	49
69	Bulgaria	41	43	41	41
69	Jamaica	41	38	38	38
71	Serbia	40	41	42	39
72	El Salvador	39	39	38	38
72	Mongolia	39	39	38	36
72	Panama	39	37	35	38
72	Trinidad and Tobago	39	38	38	39
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38	39	42	42
76	Brazil	38	43	42	43
76	Burkina Faso	38	38	38	38
76	India	38	38	36	36
76	Thailand	38	38	35	37
76	Tunisia	38	40	41	41
76	Zambia	38	38	38	37
83	Benin	37	39	36	36
83	China	37	36	40	39
83	Colombia	37	37	36	36
83	Liberia	37	37	38	41
83	Sri Lanka	37	38	37	40
88	Albania	36	33	31	33
88	Algeria	36	36	36	34
88	Egypt	36	37	32	32
88	Indonesia	36	34	32	32
88	Morocco	36	39	37	37
88	Peru	36	38	38	38
88	Suriname	36	36	36	37
95	Armenia	35	37	36	34
95	Mali	35	32	28	34
95	Mexico	35	35	34	34
95	Philippines	35	38	36	34
99	Bolivia	34	35	34	34
99	Djibouti	34	34	36	36
99	Gabon	34	37	34	35
99	Niger	34	35	34	33
103	Dominican Republic	33	32	29	32
103	Ethiopia	33	33	33	33
103	Kosovo	33	33	33	34
103	Moldova	33	35	35	36
107	Argentina	32	34	34	35
107	Belarus	32	31	29	31
107	Cote d’Ivoire	32	32	27	29
107	Ecuador	32	33	35	32
107	Togo	32	29	29	30
112	Honduras	31	29	26	28
112	Malawi	31	33	37	37
112	Mauritania	31	30	30	31
112	Mozambique	31	31	30	31
112	Vietnam	31	31	31	31
117	Pakistan	30	29	28	27
117	Tanzania	30	31	33	35
119	Azerbaijan	29	29	28	27
119	Guyana	29	30	27	28
119	Russia	29	27	28	28
119	Sierra Leone	29	31	30	31
123	Gambia	28	29	28	34
123	Guatemala	28	32	29	33
123	Kazakhstan	28	29	26	28
123	Kyrgyzstan	28	27	24	24
123	Lebanon	28	27	28	30
123	Madagascar	28	28	28	32
123	Timor-Leste	28	28	30	33
130	Cameroon	27	27	25	26
130	Iran	27	27	25	28
130	Nepal	27	29	31	27
130	Nicaragua	27	28	28	29
130	Paraguay	27	24	24	25
130	Ukraine	27	26	25	26
136	Comoros	26	26	28	28
136	Nigeria	26	27	25	27
136	Tajikistan	26	23	22	22
139	Bangladesh	25	25	27	26
139	Guinea	25	25	24	24
139	Kenya	25	25	27	27
139	Laos	25	25	26	21
139	Papua New Guinea	25	25	25	25
139	Uganda	25	26	26	29
145	Central African Republic	24	24	25	26
146	Congo Republic	23	23	22	26
147	Chad	22	22	19	19
147	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22	22	22	21
147	Myanmar	22	21	21	15
150	Burundi	21	20	21	19
150	Cambodia	21	21	20	22
150	Zimbabwe	21	21	21	20
153	Uzbekistan	19	18	17	17
154	Eritrea	18	18	20	25
154	Syria	18	20	17	26
154	Turkmenistan	18	17	17	17
154	Yemen	18	19	18	23
158	Haiti	17	19	19	19
158	Guinea-Bissau	17	19	19	25
158	Venezuela	17	19	20	19
161	Iraq	16	16	16	18
161	Libya	16	18	15	21
163	Angola	15	19	23	22
163	South Sudan	15	15	14	N/A
165	Sudan	12	11	11	13
166	Afghanistan	11	12	8	8
167	Korea (North)	8	8	8	8
167	Somalia	8	8	8	8