Country Corruption rating in the World
This is certainly way off topic but I found it interesting how bad certain countries are.
We tend to think of the US and not as corrupt as others but we ranked #20.
Iraq wasn't even the worse one. There is one worse than that and it is close to us.
You can find out more about it here. Look at the Corruption map below for a general overview.
Take a look a this rating system:
Country Rank
Country
2006 CPI Score
Surveys used
Confidence range
1
Finland
9.6
7
9.4 - 9.7
1
Iceland
9.6
6
9.5 - 9.7
1
New Zealand
9.6
7
9.4 - 9.6
4
Denmark
9.5
7
9.4 - 9.6
5
Singapore
9.4
9
9.2 - 9.5
6
Sweden
9.2
7
9.0 - 9.3
7
Switzerland
9.1
7
8.9 - 9.2
8
Norway
8.8
7
8.4 - 9.1
9
Australia
8.7
8
8.3 - 9.0
9
Netherlands
8.7
7
8.3 - 9.0
11
Austria
8.6
7
8.2 - 8.9
11
Luxembourg
8.6
6
8.1 - 9.0
11
United Kingdom
8.6
7
8.2 - 8.9
14
Canada
8.5
7
8.0 - 8.9
15
Hong Kong
8.3
9
7.7 - 8.8
16
Germany
8.0
7
7.8 - 8.4
17
Japan
7.6
9
7.0 - 8.1
18
France
7.4
7
6.7 - 7.8
18
Ireland
7.4
7
6.7 - 7.9
20
Belgium
7.3
7
6.6 - 7.9
20
Chile
7.3
7
6.6 - 7.6
20
USA
7.3
8
6.6 - 7.8
23
Spain
6.8
7
6.3 - 7.2
24
Barbados
6.7
4
6.0 - 7.2
24
Estonia
6.7
8
6.1 - 7.4
26
Macao
6.6
3
5.4 - 7.1
26
Portugal
6.6
7
5.9 - 7.3
28
Malta
6.4
4
5.4 - 7.3
28
Slovenia
6.4
8
5.7 - 7.0
28
Uruguay
6.4
5
5.9 - 7.0
31
United Arab Emirates
6.2
5
5.6 - 6.9
32
Bhutan
6.0
3
4.1 - 7.3
32
Qatar
6.0
5
5.6 - 6.5
34
Israel
5.9
7
5.2 - 6.5
34
Taiwan
5.9
9
5.6 - 6.2
36
Bahrain
5.7
5
5.3 - 6.2
37
Botswana
5.6
6
4.8 - 6.6
37
Cyprus
5.6
4
5.2 - 5.9
39
Oman
5.4
3
4.1 - 6.2
40
Jordan
5.3
7
4.5 - 5.7
41
Hungary
5.2
8
5.0 - 5.4
42
Mauritius
5.1
5
4.1 - 6.3
42
South Korea
5.1
9
4.7 - 5.5
44
Malaysia
5.0
9
4.5 - 5.5
45
Italy
4.9
7
4.4 - 5.4
46
Czech Republic
4.8
8
4.4 - 5.2
46
Kuwait
4.8
5
4.0 - 5.4
46
Lithuania
4.8
6
4.2 - 5.6
49
Latvia
4.7
6
4.0 - 5.5
49
Slovakia
4.7
8
4.3- 5.2
51
South Africa
4.6
8
4.1 - 5.1
51
Tunisia
4.6
5
3.9 - 5.6
53
Dominica
4.5
3
3.5 - 5.3
54
Greece
4.4
7
3.9 - 5.0
55
Costa Rica
4.1
5
3.3 - 4.8
55
Namibia
4.1
6
3.6 - 4.9
57
Bulgaria
4.0
7
3.4 - 4.8
57
El Salvador
4.0
5
3.2 - 4.8
59
Colombia
3.9
7
3.5 - 4.7
60
Turkey
3.8
7
3.3 - 4.2
61
Jamaica
3.7
5
3.4 - 4.0
61
Poland
3.7
8
3.2 - 4.4
63
Lebanon
3.6
3
3.2 - 3.8
63
Seychelles
3.6
3
3.2 - 3.8
63
Thailand
3.6
9
3.2 - 3.9
66
Belize
3.5
3
2.3 - 4.0
66
Cuba
3.5
3
1.8 - 4.7
66
Grenada
3.5
3
2.3 - 4.1
69
Croatia
3.4
7
3.1 - 3.7
70
Brazil
3.3
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