Singapore remains the fifth least corrupt country globally, according to the Transparency Interna-tional Corruption Perceptions Index, while Denmark ranked first in the list, the South China Morning Post reported.
Singapore remains the only Asian nation in the top 10 list since the index was first published in 1995. Previously, in 2018 and 2020 the country popular for its tourism ranked third, fourth in 2019 and 2021, and fifth in 2022 and 2023.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) released the new index for 2023 ranking countries based on their perceived levels of public sector corruption, with scores ranging from 0 (very corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
The data was gathered from 13 external sources. Denmark (90 points) Finland (87) New Zealand (85) Norway (84) Singapore (83) Sweden (82), Switzerland (82) Netherlands (79) Germany (78), Luxembourg (78) Singapore scored 83 in 2023, the same score it received the year before.
The CPIB said the corruption situation in Sin-gapore “remains firmly under control”, highlighting that the number of public sector corruption cases remains consistently low.
“Public Perception Surveys regularly conducted by CPIB indicate strong public confidence in our national corruption control efforts,” it added.—APP
