TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

Agence France Presse — English
November 6, 2006 Monday 10:17 AM GMT

Rankings of 163 nations studied by anti-corruption watchdog
Transparency International for its annual Corruption Perceptions Index,
released on Monday.

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.

Country, rank (score out of 10)

=1. Finland 9.6

=1. Iceland 9.6

=1. New Zealand 9.6

4. Denmark 9.5

5. Singapore 9.4

6. Sweden 9.2

7. Switzerland 9.1

8. Norway 8.8

=9. Australia 8.7

=9. Netherlands 8.7

=11. Austria 8.6

=11. Luxembourg 8.6

=11. United Kingdom 8.6

14. Canada 8.5

15. Hong Kong 8.3

16. Germany 8.0

17. Japan 7.6

= 18. France 7.4

= 18. Ireland 7.4

=20. Belgium 7.3

=20. Chile 7.3

=20. United States 7.3

23. Spain 6.8

=24. Barbados 6.7

=24. Estonia 6.7

=26. Macau 6.6

=26. Portugal 6.6

=28. Malta 6.4

=28. Slovenia 6.4

=28. Uruguay 6.4

31. UAE 6.2

=32. Bhutan 6.0

=32. Qatar 6.0

=34. Israel 5.9

=34. Taiwan 5.9

36. Bahrain 5.7

=37. Botswana 5.6

=37. Cyprus 5.6

39. Oman 5.4

40. Jordan 5.3

41. Hungary 5.2

=42. Mauritius 5.1

=42. South Korea 5.1

44. Malaysia 5.0

45. Italy 4.9

=46. Czech Republic 4.8

=46. Kuwait 4.8

=46. Lithuania 4.8

=49. Latvia 4.7

=49. Slovakia 4.7

=51. South Africa 4.6

=51. Tunisia 4.6

53. Dominica 4.5

54. Greece 4.4

=55. Costa Rica 4.1

=55. Namibia 4.1

=57. Bulgaria 4.0

=57. El Salvador 4.0

59. Colombia 3.9

60. Turkey 3.8

=61. Jamaica 3.7

=61. Poland 3.7

=63. Lebanon 3.6

=63. Seychelles 3.6

=63. Thailand 3.6

=66. Belize 3.5

=66. Cuba 3.5

=66. Grenada 3.5

69. Croatia 3.4

=70. Brazil 3.3

=70. China 3.3

=70. Egypt 3.3

=70. Ghana 3.3

=70. India 3.3

=70. Mexico 3.3

=70. Peru 3.3

=70. Saudi Arabia 3.3

=70. Senegal 3.3

=79. Burkina Faso 3.2

=79. Lesotho 3.2

=79. Moldova 3.2

=79. Morocco 3.2

=79. Trinidad and Tobago 3.22

=84. Algeria 3.1

=84. Madagascar 3.1

=84. Mauritania 3.1

=84. Panama 3.1

=84. Romania 3.1

=84. Sri Lanka 3.1

=90. Gabon 3.0

=90. Serbia 3.0

=90. Suriname 3.0

=93. Argentina 2.9

=93. Armenia 2.9

=93. Bosnia and Hercegovina 2.9

=93. Eritrea 2.9

=93. Syria 2.9

=93. Tanzania 2.9

=99. Dominican Republic 2.8

=99. Georgia 2.8

=99. Mali 2.8

=99. Mongolia 2.8

=99. Mozambique 2.8

=99. Ukraine 2.8

=105. Bolivia 2.7

=105. Iran 2.7

=105. Libya 2.7

=105. Macedonia 2.7

=105. Malawi 2.7

=105. Uganda 2.7

=111. Albania 2.6

=111. Guatemala 2.6

=111. Kazakhstan 2.6

=111. Laos 2.6

=111. Nicaragua 2.6

=111. Paraguay 2.6

=111. Timor-Leste 2.6

=111. Vietnam 2.6

=111. Yemen 2.6

=111. Zambia 2.6

=121. Benin 2.5

=121. Gambia 2.5

=121. Guyana 2.5

=121. Honduras 2.5

=121. Nepal 2.5

=121. Philippines 2.5

=121. Russia 2.5

=121. Rwanda 2.5

=121. Swaziland 2.5

=130. Azerbaijan 2.4

=130. Burundi 2.4

=130. Central African Republic 2.4

=130. Ethiopia 2.4

=130. Indonesia 2.4

=130. Papua New Guinea 2.4

=130. Togo 2.4

=130. Zimbabwe 2.4

=138. Cameroon 2.3

=138. Ecuador 2.3

=138. Niger 2.3

=138. Venezuela 2.3

=142. Angola 2.2

=142. Congo 2.2

=142. Kenya 2.2

=142. Kyrgyzstan 2.2

=142. Nigeria 2.2

=142. Pakistan 2.2

=142. Sierra Leone 2.2

=142. Tajikistan 2.2

=142. Turkmenistan 2.2

=151. Belarus 2.1

=151. Cambodia 2.1

=151. Ivory Coast 2.1

=151. Equatorial Guinea 2.1

=151. Uzbekistan 2.1

=156. Bangladesh 2.0

=156. Chad 2.0

=156. Democratic Republic of Congo 2.0

=156. Sudan 2.0

=160. Guinea 1.9

=160. Iraq 1.9

=160. Myanmar 1.9

163. Haiti 1.8
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