2015 showed that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption. Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index than declined.
Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the 2015 index scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean). Yet in places like Guatemala, Sri Lanka and Ghana, citizen activists in groups and on their own worked hard to drive out the corrupt, sending a strong message that should encourage others to take decisive action in 2016.
This year Transparency International is calling on all people to take action by voting at unmaskthecorruption.org. We want to know which cases the public most believe merit urgent attention to send a message that we will take a stand against grand corruption. Brazil was the bigger decliner in the index, falling 5 points and dropping 7 positions to a rank of 76. The unfolding Petrobras scandal brought people into the streets in 2015 and the start of judicial process may help Brazil stop corruption.
The index covers perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries. Denmark took the top spot for the 2nd year running, with North Korea and Somalia the Worst performers, scoring just 8 points each. The big decliners in the past 4 years include Libya, Australia, Brazil, Spain and Turkey. The big improvers include Greece, Senegal and UK.
The Corruption Perceptions Index is based on expert opinions of public sector corruption countries scores can be helped by open government where the public can hold leaders to account, while a poor score is a sign of prevalent bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don't respond to citizens' needs. Sohail Muzaffar, Chairman Transparency International Pakistan said that the CPI score for Pakistan this year has again increased by one point to 30, and rank has improved by three. Pakistan should have performed better which can be achieved by having on ground measures for the implementation of zero tolerance to corruption. We hope that the government will take serious steps to implement the recommendations of TI Pakistan which may result in marked reduction of corruption and much better CPI in future years.
Sohail Muzaffar further stated that amongst the five SAARC countries, Pakistan is the only country that improved its CPI score, whereas the rest either scored the same or scored less as compared to the score in 2014. Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.

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CPI 2015 Scores out of 100
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SAARC Country    2015    2014             Rank
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Pakistan           30      29       + 1 53/168
India              38      38        No Change
Sri Lanka          37      38               -1
Nepal              27      29               -2
Bangladesh         25      25        No Change
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Other Neighbouring Countries
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Turkey             42      45               -3
Iran               27      27        No Change
China              37      37        No Change
Afghanistan        11      12               -1
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