Agence France Presse — English
October 20, 2004 Wednesday 8:31 AM GMT
Bangladesh, Haiti at bottom in global corruption chart
BERLIN Oct 20
A global corruption index released Wednesday by graft watchdog
Transparency International highlights countries perceived by business
leaders, academics and risk analysts to be the least and most
corrupt.
The index lists countries in terms of the degree to which corruption
is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians.
Following are the top 101 countries and the bottom 18, ranked
according to their score out of a possible perfect 10.
Top
1: Finland, 9.7
2: New Zealand, 9.6
3: Denmark, Iceland, 9.5
5: Singapore, 9.3
6: Sweden, 9.2
7: Switzerland, 9.1
8: Norway, 8.9
9: Australia, 8.8
10: Netherlands, 8.7
11: United Kingdom, 8.6
12: Canada, 8.5
13: Austria, Luxembourg 8.4
15: Germany, 8.2
16: Hong Kong, 8.0
17: Belgium, Ireland, USA, 7.5
20: Chile, 7.4
21: Barbados, 7.3
22: France, Spain, 7.1
24: Japan, 6.9
25: Malta, 6.8
26: Israel, 6.4
27: Portugal, 6.3
28: Uruguay 6.2
29: Oman, United Arab Emirates 6.1
31: Botswana, Estonia, Slovenia, 6.0
34: Bahrain, 5.8
35: Taiwan, 5.6
36: Cyprus, 5.4
37: Jordan, 5.3
38: Qatar, 5.2
39: Malaysia, Tunisia, 5.0
41: Costa Rica, 4.9
42: Hungary, Italy, 4.8
44: Kuwait, Lithuania, South Africa, 4.6
47: South Korea, 4.5
48: Seychelles, 4.4
49: Greece, Suriname, 4.3
51: Czech Republic, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, 4.2
54: Bulgaria, Mauritius, Namibia, 4.1
57: Latvia, Slovakia, 4.0
59: Brazil, 3.9
60: Belize, Colombia, 3.8
62: Cuba, Panama, 3.7
64: Ghana, Mexico, Thailand, 3.6
67: Croatia, Peru, Poland, Sri Lanka, 3.5
71: China, Saudia Arabia, Syria, 3.4
74: Belarus, Gabon, Jamaica, 3.3
77: Benin, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Turkey, 3.2
82: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Madagascar, 3.1
85: Mongolia, Senegal, 3.0
87: Dominican Republic, Iran, Romania, 2.9
90: Gambia, India, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Russia, Tanzania, 2.8
97: Algeria, Lebanon, Macedonia (FYR), Nicaragua, Serbia and
Montenegro 2.7
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Bottom
129: Cameroon, Iraq, Kenya, Pakistan, 2.1
133: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Georgia,
Indonesia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 2.0
140: Azerbaijan, Paraguay, 1.9
142: Chad, Myanmar, 1.7
144: Nigeria 1.6
145: Haiti, Bangladesh 1.5
End of list
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress