<p>Thailand has been ranked 101st of 180 countries on Transparency International&rsquo;s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), dropping from 99 in 2018 and 96 in 2017.</p>

<div> <div>A global report has ranked Thailand’s perceived level of corruption at 101st out of 176 countries, due to its undemocratic political climate and pervasive corruption.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Though the junta has set the elimination of corruption as a policy priority, Thailand’s ranking has slipped down Transparency International’s <a href="https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016">Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2016</a> from joint 76th in 2015 to joint 101st. Its score also dropped from 38 out of 100, to 35. </div></div>

<p>An international think tank monitoring corruption has revealed in its latest report that Thailand’s defence spending is among the least transparent in the world, especially since the 2014 coup d’état.</p> <p>According to the 2015&nbsp;<a href="http://government.defenceindex.org/countries/thailand/">Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index (GI)</a>&nbsp;compiled by Transparency International, Thailand’s defence spending is graded ‘E’ in an index with grades ranging from ‘A’ for best practice to ‘F’ for the worst. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>