BERUT: Lebanon ranked 136th in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2014, out of 175 countries on the list.
Lebanon scored 27 points in the index, compared with 28 last year. The minor drop in score resulted in the country falling from 127th place in 2013 to 136th in 2014, however. This placed Lebanon alongside Russia, Iran, Cameroon, Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria, and just ahead of Comoros, Uganda and Ukraine.
Based on expert opinions from around the world, the CPI measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide, and paints an alarming picture, according to Transparency International.
The group said a poor score was likely a “sign of widespread bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don’t respond to citizens’ needs.”
It urged leading financial centers in the EU and U.S. to join with fast-growing economies to stop the corrupt from getting away with it. The G-20, too, needs to prove its global leadership role and prevent money laundering and stop secret companies from masking corruption.
The Middle East and North Africa region had an average score of 38, led by the United Arab Emirates at 70. Europe was the highest scoring region, at 66, followed by the Americas (45) and Asia Pacific (43). The Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and Sub-Saharan Africa both averaged 33.
Within MENA, South Sudan was the lowest ranked at 171, followed by Iraq at 170. Syria's score of 20 placed it at 159th in the ranking.
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