<p>India is ranked 94th in a list of most corrupt countries in the world, doing better than its neighbours Pakistan - ranked at 127 - and Bangladesh - at 136, a new report by Transparency International said Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India has also done better than Thailand (102), Mexico (106), Egypt (114), Nepal (116), Vietnam (116) and Iran (144).<br /><br />More than two-thirds of the 177 countries ranked in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2013, scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (clean).<br /><br />Denmark and New Zealand were tied for the first place with a score of 91, followed by Finland and Sweden (89) and Singapore (86).<br /><br />Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia were at the bottom with a score of 8, said the report released in Berlin.<br /><br />According to the list, India scored 36 points on a scale of 0-100.<br /><br />No country managed to get the perfect 100 score. Top-ranked Denmark and New Zealand scored 91 points each to share the first place on the list.<br /><br />India's neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh scored 27 and 28, respectively.<br /><br />While India maintained status quo with its rank at 94 and the same score as last year, Pakistan and Bangladesh improved their rankings, said Transparency International director Ramanath Jha.<br /><br />Pakistan moved up from a rank of 139 in 2012 to 127 this year and Bangladesh bettered its rank from 144 to 136.<br /><br />A statement said that such a low rank and score for India could be attributed to recently exposed scams involving government officials, politicians and private companies.<br /><br />"Corruption can be tackled only if various stakeholders join hands in their effort to clean the country," said Justice (retd) Kamleshwar Nath, chair of Transparency International India (TII).<br /><br />According to Transparency International, to calculate India's position, 10 out of 13 independent data sources specialising in governance and business climate analysis were used.<br /><br />The sources, including World Bank and World Economic Forum, helped in measuring perceptions of corruption in public sector, and enabled cross-country comparability and comparison over time.<br /></p>
<p>India is ranked 94th in a list of most corrupt countries in the world, doing better than its neighbours Pakistan - ranked at 127 - and Bangladesh - at 136, a new report by Transparency International said Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India has also done better than Thailand (102), Mexico (106), Egypt (114), Nepal (116), Vietnam (116) and Iran (144).<br /><br />More than two-thirds of the 177 countries ranked in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2013, scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (clean).<br /><br />Denmark and New Zealand were tied for the first place with a score of 91, followed by Finland and Sweden (89) and Singapore (86).<br /><br />Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia were at the bottom with a score of 8, said the report released in Berlin.<br /><br />According to the list, India scored 36 points on a scale of 0-100.<br /><br />No country managed to get the perfect 100 score. Top-ranked Denmark and New Zealand scored 91 points each to share the first place on the list.<br /><br />India's neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh scored 27 and 28, respectively.<br /><br />While India maintained status quo with its rank at 94 and the same score as last year, Pakistan and Bangladesh improved their rankings, said Transparency International director Ramanath Jha.<br /><br />Pakistan moved up from a rank of 139 in 2012 to 127 this year and Bangladesh bettered its rank from 144 to 136.<br /><br />A statement said that such a low rank and score for India could be attributed to recently exposed scams involving government officials, politicians and private companies.<br /><br />"Corruption can be tackled only if various stakeholders join hands in their effort to clean the country," said Justice (retd) Kamleshwar Nath, chair of Transparency International India (TII).<br /><br />According to Transparency International, to calculate India's position, 10 out of 13 independent data sources specialising in governance and business climate analysis were used.<br /><br />The sources, including World Bank and World Economic Forum, helped in measuring perceptions of corruption in public sector, and enabled cross-country comparability and comparison over time.<br /></p>