India ranks 76th in Global Corruption Index

India has climbed nine points to rank 76th in this year's global corruption index topped by Denmark, with watchdog Transparency International calling graft a global blight

• India has improved its past year's position of 85 and has a score of 38 out of 100 which indicates the least corrupt, according to Transparency International's International Corruption Perceptions Index 2015.

• According to the Berlin-based firm, 68% of countries worldwide have a serious corruption problem and half of the G20 are among them.

• Denmark tops the index for the 2nd straight year as the least corrupt nation with 91 points. North Korea and Somalia remained at the bottom with unchanged scored of 8.

• The US rose one spot this year to 16th place with a score of 76, tying with Austria. The UK rose three spots to place 10th, with a score of 81 that tied it with Germany and Luxembourg.

• The other top spots, from second to ninth, were occupied by Finland, Sweden, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Singapore and Canada.

• Brazil and Turkey were among the nations that tumbled the most. Brazil slid to 76th place, sharing its position with India, down from 69th this year. Turkey fell two spots to 66th, continuing its descent from 53rd place in 2013.

• Observing that India's leaders "are falling short of their bold promises", the corruption watchdog said that the index of corruption in the government for 2015 remained unchanged from the previous year.

• Thailand, Brazil, Tunisia, Zambia and Burkina Faso are also ranked 76th.

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