Online Desk : Bangladesh has been ranked thirteen among the most corrupt countries in the latest ratings by Transparency International (TI).

The country’s position in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of the TI was 12th in 2020.

In 2021, Bangladesh ranked 147th on the global corruption list.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman unveiled the report at a virtual press conference on Tuesday morning.

The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

Bangladesh scored only 26 out of 100 points.

The CPI global average remains unchanged at 43 for the tenth year in a row, and two-thirds of countries score below 50.

The top countries on the Index are Denmark (88), Finland (88) and New Zealand (88), all of which also rank in the top 10 per cent in the world on the Democracy Index civil liberties score.

Somalia (13), Syria (13) and South Sudan (11) remain at the bottom of the CPI. Syria is also ranked last in civil liberties (Somalia and South Sudan are unrated).

27 countries - among them Cyprus (53), Lebanon (24) and Honduras (23) - are all at historic lows this year.