The country scored 36 versus 34 last year showing an improvement in the country’s anti-corruption drive tying with Algeria, Armenia, Benin, Colombia, Djibouti, India and Suriname on a perceived level of public sector corruption based on a scale of 0-100 (where 0 means a country is perceived as highly corrupt, and 100 means it is perceived as very clean)
In the Southeast Asian region, Singapore in Top 5 ranked the highest, while Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia were second and third (38 and 53). The Philippines was fourth in the region in terms of corruption perception, better than Thailand (102), Indonesia (114), Vietnam (116), and Laos (140). Myanmar struggled at 157th but also considered as one of the most improved countries
In an interview, Lacierda said that these gains reflect improved confidence in President Aquino’s leadership and that his commitment to stamp out corruption is gradually taking effect.
“This year’s improvement continues a trend in which the reforms put in place result in an increasingly positive and encouraging perception of the country, where improvements are measured not only year-by-year, but by leaps and bounds on an annual basis,” he said
He also believes the improvement in the ratings also shows that investors are acknowledging the government’s anti-corruption efforts.
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