Guardian
December 1, 2011
Corruption around the world remains a deeply entrenched, global concern according to Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) – the world’s most credible measure of of domestic, public sector corruption.
This year, two thirds of countries covered by the index were given scores less than 5 – which means they are considered significantly corrupt.
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Transparency international world corruption index
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2011 rank
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Country / Territory
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CPI 2011 Score
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CPI 2010 Score
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CPI 2009 Score
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CPI 2008 Score
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SOURCE: Transparency International |
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| 1 | New Zealand | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
| 2 | Denmark | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| 2 | Finland | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 4 | Sweden | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
| 5 | Singapore | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
| 6 | Norway | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.9 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Australia | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| 10 | Canada | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| 13 | Iceland | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| 14 | Germany | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8 | 7.9 |
| 14 | Japan | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| 16 | Austria | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 |
| 16 | Barbados | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 19 | Ireland | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 19 | Belgium | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 |
| 21 | Bahamas | 7.3 | |||
| 22 | Qatar | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 22 | Chile | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| 24 | United States | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| 25 | Uruguay | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| 25 | France | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 7.0 | |||
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 29 | Estonia | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| 30 | Cyprus | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 31 | Spain | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 32 | Portugal | 6.1 | 6 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 32 | Botswana | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 32 | Taiwan | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 35 | Slovenia | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| 36 | Israel | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6 |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.8 | |||
| 38 | Bhutan | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 39 | Malta | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 41 | Poland | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 41 | Cape Verde | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 43 | Korea (South) | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 44 | Brunei | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 44 | Dominica | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 46 | Mauritius | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 46 | Macau | 5.1 | 5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 46 | Bahrain | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 49 | Rwanda | 5.0 | 4 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 50 | Oman | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 50 | Lithuania | 4.8 | 5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 50 | Seychelles | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 54 | Hungary | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 54 | Kuwait | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 56 | Jordan | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 57 | Czech Republic | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 57 | Namibia | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 60 | Malaysia | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 61 | Turkey | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 61 | Latvia | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 61 | Cuba | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 64 | South Africa | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 64 | Georgia | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 66 | Slovakia | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 66 | Croatia | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 66 | Montenegro | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 69 | Ghana | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 69 | Samoa | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 69 | Macedonia, FYR | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 69 | Italy | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 73 | Tunisia | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 73 | Brazil | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 75 | Romania | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 75 | China | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 77 | Lesotho | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 77 | Gambia | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
| 80 | El Salvador | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 80 | Thailand | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 80 | Peru | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 80 | Greece | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 80 | Colombia | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 80 | Morocco | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 86 | Panama | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 86 | Serbia | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 86 | Jamaica | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 91 | Liberia | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 91 | Zambia | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 95 | Albania | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 95 | India | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 95 | Kiribati | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 95 | Swaziland | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 95 | Tonga | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 100 | Malawi | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 100 | Djibouti | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 100 | Mexico | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 100 | Sao Tome & Principe | 3.0 | 3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 100 | Argentina | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 100 | Benin | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 100 | Gabon | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 100 | Indonesia | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 100 | Tanzania | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 100 | Madagascar | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 100 | Suriname | 3.0 | |||
| 112 | Egypt | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 112 | Senegal | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 112 | Moldova | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 112 | Algeria | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 112 | Kosovo | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Vietnam | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 118 | Bolivia | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 118 | Mali | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 120 | Guatemala | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 120 | Mongolia | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 120 | Mozambique | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 120 | Ecuador | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 120 | Iran | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 2.6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 129 | Armenia | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 129 | Syria | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 129 | Honduras | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 129 | Philippines | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 134 | Guyana | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 134 | Eritrea | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 134 | Niger | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 134 | Lebanon | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 134 | Pakistan | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 134 | Maldives | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 134 | Cameroon | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 143 | Timor-Leste | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 143 | Belarus | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 143 | Uganda | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 143 | Azerbaijan | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 143 | Togo | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 143 | Nigeria | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 143 | Mauritania | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 143 | Comoros | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 143 | Russia | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 152 | Ukraine | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 154 | Nepal | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 154 | Paraguay | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 154 | Côte d´Ivoire | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 154 | Congo Republic | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 154 | Central African Republic | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 154 | Laos | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 154 | Kenya | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 164 | Yemen | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 164 | Cambodia | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 164 | Guinea | 2.1 | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.1 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 168 | Libya | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 168 | Congo, Dem Rep | 2.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 168 | Angola | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 168 | Chad | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 172 | Venezuela | 1.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 172 | Burundi | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 175 | Haiti | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 175 | Iraq | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 177 | Sudan | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 180 | Myanmar | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 182 | Somalia | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 182 | Korea (North) | 1.0 | |||
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