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Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index

Agence France-Presse | 09/23/2008 5:47 PM

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BERLIN - Rankings of 180 nations studied by anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International for its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, released on Tuesday.

The index score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between zero, which is highly corrupt, and 10, which is very clean.

1. Denmark 9.3
=1. Sweden 9.3
=1. New Zealand 9.3
4. Singapore 9.2
5. Finland 9.0
=5. Switzerland 9.0
7. Iceland 8.9
=7. Netherlands 8.9
9. Australia 8.7
=9. Canada 8.7
11. Luxembourg 8.3
12. Austria 8.1
=12. Hong Kong 8.1
14. Germany 7.9
=14. Norway 7.9
16. Ireland 7.7
=16. United Kingdom 7.7
18. United States 7.3
=18. Japan 7.3
=18. Belgium 7.3
21. Saint Lucia 7.1
22. Barbados 7.0
23. France 6.9
=23. Chile 6.9
=23. Uruguay 6.9
26. Slovenia 6.7
27. Estonia 6.6
28. Spain 6.5
=28. Qatar 6.5
=28. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.5
31. Cyprus 6.4
32. Portugal 6.1
33. Israel 6.0
=33. Dominica 6.0
35. United Arab Emirates 5.9
36. Botswana 5.8
=36. Puerto Rico 5.8
=36. Malta 5.8
39. Taiwan 5.7
40. South Korea 5.6
41. Mauritius 5.5
=41. Oman 5.5
43. Macao 5.4
=43. Bahrain 5.4
45. Bhutan 5.2
=45. Czech Republic 5.2
47. Malaysia 5.1
=47. Costa Rica 5.1
=47. Hungary 5.1
=47. Jordan 5.1
=47. Cape Verde 5.1
52. Slovakia 5.0
=52. Latvia 5.0
54. South Africa 4.9
55. Seychelles 4.8
=55. Italy 4.8
57. Greece 4.7
58. Turkey 4.6
=58. Lithuania 4.6
=58. Poland 4.6
61. Namibia 4.5
62. Samoa 4.4
=62. Croatia 4.4
=62. Tunisia 4.4
65. Kuwait 4.3
=65. Cuba 4.3
67. Ghana 3.9
=67. Georgia 3.9
=67. El Salvador 3.9
70. Romania 3.8
=70. Colombia 3.8
72. Bulgaria 3.6
=72. FYR Macedonia 3.6
=72. Peru 3.6
=72. Mexico 3.6
=72. China 3.6
=72. Suriname 3.6
=72. Trinidad and Tobabo 3.6
=72. Swaziland 3.6
80. Burkina Faso 3.5
=80. Brazil 3.5
=80. Saudi Arabia 3.5
=80. Thailand 3.5
=80. Morocco 3.5
85. Senegal 3.4
=85. Panama 3.4
=85. Serbia 3.4
=85. Montenegro 3.4
=85. Madagascar 3.4
=85. Albania 3.4
=85. India 3.4
92. Algeria 3.2
=92. Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2
=92. Sri Lanka 3.2
=92. Lesotho 3.2
96. Gabon 3.1
=96. Mali 3.1
=96. Jamaica 3.1
=96. Guatemala 3.1
=96. Benin 3.1
=96. Kiribati 3.1
102. Tanzania 3.0
=102. Lebanon 3.0
=102. Rwanda 3.0
=102. Dominican Republic 3.0
=102. Bolivia 3.0
=102. Djibouti 3.0
=102. Mongolia 3.0
109. Armenia 2.9
=109. Belize 2.9
=109. Argentina 2.9
=109. Vanuatu 2.9
=109. Solomon Islands 2.9
=109. Moldova 2.9
115. Mauritania 2.8
=115. Maldives 2.8
=115. Niger 2.8
=115. Malawi 2.8
=115. Zambia 2.8
=115. Egypt 2.8
121. Togo 2.7
=121. Vietnam 2.7
=121. Nigeria 2.7
=121. Sao Tome and Principe 2.7
=121. Nepal 2.7
126. Indonesia 2.6
=126. Honduras 2.6
=126. Ethiopia 2.6
=126. Uganda 2.6
=126. Guyana 2.6
=126. Libya 2.6
=126. Eritrea 2.6
=126. Mozambique 2.6
134. Nicaragua 2.5
=134. Pakistan 2.5
=134. Comoros 2.5
=134. Ukraine 2.5
138. Paraguay 2.4
=138. Liberia 2.4
=138. Tonga 2.4
141. Yemen 2.3
=141. Cameroon 2.3
=141. Iran 2.3
=141. Philippines 2.3
145. Kazakhstan 2.2
=145. Timor-Leste 2.2
147. Syria 2.1
147. Bangladesh 2.1
=147. Russia 2.1
=147. Kenya 2.1
151. Laos 2.0
=151. Equator 2.0
=151. Papua New Guinea 2.0
=151. Tajikistan 2.0
=151. Central African Republic 2.0
=151. Cote d'Ivoire 2.0
=151. Belarus 2.0
158. Azerbaijan 1.9
=158. Burundi 1.9
=158. Congo Republic 1.9
=158. Sierra Leone 1.9
=158. Venezuela 1.9
=158. Guinea-Bissau 1.9
=158. Angola 1.9
=158. Gambia 1.9
166. Uzbekistan 1.8
=166. Turkmenistan 1.8
=166. Zimbabwe 1.8
=166. Cambodia 1.8
=166. Kyrgyzstan 1.8
171. Congo, Democratic Republic 1.7
=171. Equatorial Guinea 1.7
173. Guinea 1.6
=173. Chad 1.6
=173. Sudan 1.6
176. Afghanistan 1.5
177. Haiti 1.4
178. Iraq 1.3
=178. Myanmar 1.3
180. Somalia 1.0

as of 09/24/2008 11:07 AM