Maldives has dropped three ranks in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) after being scored one point less.
CPI, published by Transparency International, annually scores and ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived level of public sector corruption, drawing on surveys and expert assessments. 
According to Transparency Maldives, Maldives has fallen one point in the CPI score, from 39 to 38. Subsequently, Maldives, which had been ranked 93rd in CPI in 2023, has dropped to 96th in 2024 ranking. Maldives also remains amongst the two-thirds of countries to score below 50. 
Transparency Maldives states Maldives’ score and ranking demonstrate that there has been little to no progress on the efforts against anti-corruption. As such, they emphasized the need for strengthened investigation, prosecution and implementation of laws to hold corrupt political and public officials accountable. 
CPI 2024 focused on how corruption undermines climate action globally. The index uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
CPI 2024 is topped by Denmark with a score of 90.
Maldives’ 2024 score was drawn from the composite assessment of three international sources: Global Insight Country Risk Ratings, Varieties of Democracy Project, and World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA).