Qatar achieved 63 points on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which ranked it second in the Gulf and Arab countries, and 31st among the 180 countries and territories included in the index released by Transparency International for 2021.
The index draws its data from a number of indicators issued by reputable international organizations, such as the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) issued by the International Development Institute, the World Economic Forum, Bertelsmann Foundation, the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Patterns of Democracy project, the Country and Sector Risk Handbook of Political Risk Services.
The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories according to their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesses, uses a scale from zero to 100, with zero being the most corrupt and 100 the most transparent.
