Maldives fails to make TI

Maldives has failed to be included in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for the second consecutive year after the organization could not obtain information on Maldives from 3 minimum sources.

The local chapter of TI, Transparency Maldives (TM) said that information is surveyed from sources such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and Asian Development Bank, from whom the required information on the Maldives could not be obtained.

CPI draws on data sources from independent institutions specializing in governance and business climate analysis. According to TI, the sources of information used for the 2013 CPI are based on data gathered in the past 24 months.

Maldives ranked 134th with a score of 2.5 in the 2011 CPI, an improvement from the 143rd place in 2010.

Following an update of the methodology for calculating the CPI score in 2012, countries are scored from 0 to 100, with 0 perceived to be highly corrupt to 100 perceived to be very clean.

In the 2013 CPI, Denmark and New Zealand tie for first place with scores of 91 and Finland, Sweden, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Australia and Canada among the 10 top ranking countries. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia this year make up the worst performers, scoring just 8 points each.

The SAARC country with the least amount perceived corruption is Bhutan with a ranking of 31st. Sri Lanka holds the rank of 91st, India 94th, Nepal 116th, Pakistan 127th, Bangaldesh 136th and Afghanistan is placed at the bottom of the ranking with 175 along with Somalia and North Korea.