Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 global info-graphic (Transparency International)
In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (21st globally, with 71 points) and Qatar (30th, with 63 points) were found to be the least corrupt, with Israel third.
The results mean Israel is falling closer to the “red line” of 50 points, below which countries are defined by the index has having “a high level of corruption,” Transparency International’s Israel chapter said in a statement.
Former judge Nili Arad, who chairs Transparency’s local chapter, said, “Israel’s low ranking in the corruption index is especially severe in 2020 when the coronavirus is raging on.” She pointed to the “lack of trust and lack of cooperation” from the public during the health and economic crisis.
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Jan. 28, 2021
Israel’s global reputation on public corruption has now slipped for the third year in a row, from 34th to 35th place, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index released on Thursday.
In the new rankings, Israel scored 60 points on a scale of 100, a score also shared by Slovenia, Latvia, the sultanate of Brunei in southeast Asia and Botswana in southern Africa. The new country rankings, which relate to the situation prevailing in 2020, are based on the perceptions of experts and business people from around the world.
Among the countries scoring better than Israel were the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Chile, Barbados and Bhutan. Israel’s lowest score in the annual rankings came in 2011, but it then recovered, climbing to the 28th spot in 2016. It has slipped in the years since, however.
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Illustrative photo of the press service of RK President The Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received the Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Agency Alik Shpekbayev, Kazpravda.kz reports with reference to the press service of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev heard a report on the main indicators of the Agency s work for 2020.
Alik Shpekbayev informed the Head of State about the progress of anti-corruption initiatives and the country s progress in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. According to the Chairman of the Agency, thanks to the consistently pursued political modernization and anti-corruption reforms, Kazakhstan scored 38 points for the first time in this rating, which made it possible to move 19 positions up and take 94th place.