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Singapore has come out on top as the least corrupt country in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the 2024 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) report released on Tuesday (Feb 11). This is the first time since 2010 that SingaSingapore ranked least corrupt country in Asia-Pacific, third in world
Singapore has come out on top as the least corrupt country in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the 2024 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) report released on Tuesday (Feb 11). This is the first time since 2010 that Singapore has received the accolade, beating out New Zealand which held the position for 14 years. The report also ranked Singapore as the third least corrupt country in the world. The CPI ranked 180 countries globally and measured them by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Each country is given a score between zero, for highly corrupt, and 100, for very clean. 13 expert assessments and business surveys were used for the 2024 index. Singapore scored 84 points, up by one point from 2022 and 2023. The nation was ranked fifth least corrupt country in the world in the 2023 index. Read more