The corruption index

The corruption index

An agency has compiled a list that ranks the world’s nations according to how corrupt they are.  Read this for the story and see the list of the top and bottom 20 after the jump.  (Guess where the USA is.)

 

The 20 ‘least corrupt’ countries in the world

1 Denmark 92

2 New Zealand 91

3 Finland 89

4 Sweden 87

5 Norway 86

5 Switzerland 86

7 Singapore 84

8 Netherlands 83

9 Luxembourg 82

10 Canada 81

11 Australia 80

12 Germany 79

12 Iceland 79

14 United Kingdom 78

15 Belgium 76

15 Japan 76

17 Barbados 74

17 Hong Kong 74

17 Ireland 74

17 United States 74

 

The 20 ‘most corrupt’ countries in the world

156 Cambodia 21

156 Myanmar 21

156 Zimbabwe 21

159 Burundi 20

159 Syria 20

161 Angola 19

161 Guinea-Bissau 19

161 Haiti 19

161 Venezuela 19

161 Yemen 19

166 Eritrea 18

166 Libya 18

166 Uzbekistan 18

169 Turkmenistan 17

170 Iraq 16

171 South Sudan 15

172 Afghanistan 12

173 Sudan 11

174 Korea (North)8

174 Somalia 8

Rankings and scores by Transparency International

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via Global corruption index: Australia drops out of top 10 countries and UK ‘not good enough’ – Australasia – World – The Independent.

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