The Maldives has slipped one point in the "Corruption Perception Index" (CPI) by Transparency International which measures the perceived level of public sector corruption.
According to information released by Transparency today, the Maldives scored 39 points in the corruption index for last year, down one point from the previous two years. The Maldives earned the highest score in the CPI in 2020 with 43 points. The score in both 2021 and 2022 was 40 points.
With a score of 39 in the CPI for 2023, the Maldives remains amongst the two-thirds of countries to score below 50.
The index published annually by Transparency International shows a country's perceived level of corruption in the state. The index ranks perceived corruption on a scale of zero to 100, where 100 is very clean and zero is the most corrupt.
The CPI score is calculated based on expert assessments and opinion surveys of corruption perception among the public.
The Maldives score was drawn from three international sources. The assessments were conducted by Global Insight Country Risk Ratings, Varieties of Democracy Project, and World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA).
The CPI ranked 180 countries. With a score of 39, the Maldives was ranked 93rd out of 180 countries. Neighbouring India as well as east central Asian countries Kazakhstan and Lesotho were also in the 93rd rank in the index along with the Maldives.
