More than six billion people live in countries that are corrupt, Transparency International said in a report on Wednesday.
More than two-thirds of countries received a poor corruption score in study released on Wednesday, leaving most of the world’s population living in a country characterised as corrupt.
The global average score of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CDI) 2017 by Transparency International was just 43 and 69 per cent of all countries scored less than 50, with 100 being the best possible score.
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“This means over six billion people live in countries that are corrupt,” Transparency International said in a brochure accompanying the release of the report.
The report also said its findings are “disturbing” and that the majority of governments are moving “too slowly” on tackling corruption.
The analysis used factors such as freedom of the…
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