Bolivia drops rating in corruption ranking | Bolivia baja calificación en ranking de corrupción

  • The report highlights that the absence of judicial independence weakens the rule of law, promotes corruption and encourages impunity for the corrupt and criminals.
DEMONSTRATION GRAPH OF THE CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX.

Transparency International (TI) published yesterday its Corruption Perception Index, where Bolivia appears in 133rd place out of 180 countries, with a rating that has been lowered compared to last year.

The index is made on a scale from zero to 100, where zero means that a country’s public sector is perceived as “highly corrupt” and 100 implies that it is perceived as “very clean.”

In the ranking that includes the 2023 administration, Bolivia appears with a score of 29, which places it in 133rd place.
In 2022, Bolivia appeared with a rating of 31 and in position 126, that is, there was a setback.

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The lack of independence of the judiciary is one of the main problems in the fight against corruption in Latin America.

The TI report highlights that the absence of judicial independence weakens the rule of law, promotes corruption and encourages impunity for the corrupt and criminals.

In this sense, addressing this problem is essential to combat corruption effectively and guarantee the proper functioning of the system of checks and balances, adds the Berlin-based NGO.

According to Transparency International, the index reflects the perception of experts and business people. Information is collected from various sources such as surveys.

The country that was perceived as “cleanest” in the world in terms of corruption is Denmark with a score of 90, followed by Finland and New Zealand.

In the American region, the country that is highest in the ranking is Canada in 12th place, followed by Uruguay in 16th, Barbados and the United States share 24th place, while Chile is in 29th.

Bolivia, in terms of the American region, is only above Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, which are countries perceived as “more corrupt.” (Agencies)

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