Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has dropped points again in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perception Index 2022 (CPI 2022) score.
In the anti-graft group’s latest report, Malaysia had a CPI score of 47 for 2022.
This means that the nation has dropped six points in Transparency International’s annual CPI over the past three years.
In 2019, Malaysia had a CPI score of 53, but this reduced to 51 in 2020, and 48 in 2021.
However, Malaysia had improved in terms of ranking out of 180 countries, being ranked 61 for 2022, an improvement from the 62nd position under the CPI 2021 report.
In 2020, Malaysia ranked 57, a steep drop from the 51st spot it held in 2019.
With the latest drop in the score, Malaysia now ranks behind Saudi Arabia, Namibia, and Mauritius. Singapore is the only Southeast Asian country to make it to the top 10 and was ranked fifth in the world with a score of 83.
Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Muhammmad Mohan said there should be greater emphasis on the nation’s CPI score rather than its ranking.
“Rankings can go up and down but the index score is more crucial to look at,” he said at a press conference here.
