The Most Corrupt Countries In The World

Released on the 17th of November 2009, these corruption statistics for the World are taken from Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). All of the 180 countries which are evaluated by Transparency International are listed below. The 2009 CPI rating is based on 13 different independent surveys, however not all surveys are used for all listed countries. The ratings are derived from a perceived measure of domestic public sector and governmental corruption, within each nation, and each country/territory has been graded on a scale from 1.0 (most corruption) to 10.0 (least corruption).

	Country	Continent(s)	Corruption Perceptions Index 2009 Rating [1]
1	Somalia	Africa	1.1
2	Afghanistan	Asia	1.3
3	Burma	Asia	1.4
4	Sudan	Africa	1.5
4	Iraq	Asia	1.5
6	Chad	Africa	1.6
7	Uzbekistan	Asia	1.7
8	Turkmenistan	Asia	1.8
8	Iran	Asia	1.8
8	Haiti	North America	1.8
8	Guinea	Africa	1.8
8	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1.8
8	Burundi	Africa	1.8
14	Venezuela	South America	1.9
14	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	1.9
14	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1.9
14	DR Congo	Africa	1.9
14	Republic of the Congo	Africa	1.9
14	Angola	Africa	1.9
20	Tajikistan	Asia	2
20	Laos	Asia	2
20	Central African Republic	Africa	2
20	Cambodia	Asia	2
24	Yemen	Asia	2.1
24	Paraguay	South America	2.1
24	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	2.1
24	Ivory Coast	Africa	2.1
28	Zimbabwe	Africa	2.2
28	Ukraine	Europe	2.2
28	East Timor	Asia	2.2
28	Sierra Leone	Africa	2.2
28	Russia	Asia / Europe	2.2
28	Kenya	Africa	2.2
28	Ecuador	South America	2.2
28	Cameroon	Africa	2.2
36	Nepal	Asia	2.3
36	Comoros	Africa	2.3
36	Azerbaijan	Asia / Europe	2.3
39	Philippines	Asia	2.4
39	Pakistan	Asia	2.4
39	Belarus	Europe	2.4
39	Bangladesh	Asia	2.4
43	Uganda	Africa	2.5
43	Nigeria	Africa	2.5
43	Nicaragua	North America	2.5
43	Mozambique	Africa	2.5
43	Mauritania	Africa	2.5
43	Maldives	Asia	2.5
43	Libya	Africa	2.5
43	Lebanon	Asia	2.5
43	Honduras	North America	2.5
52	Tanzania	Africa	2.6
52	Syria	Asia	2.6
52	Guyana	South America	2.6
52	Eritrea	Africa	2.6
56	Vietnam	Asia	2.7
56	Mongolia	Asia	2.7
56	Kazakhstan	Asia / Europe	2.7
56	Ethiopia	Africa	2.7
56	Bolivia	South America	2.7
56	Armenia	Asia / Europe	2.7
62	Togo	Africa	2.8
62	Solomon Islands	Oceania	2.8
62	Sao Tome & Principe	Africa	2.8
62	Mali	Africa	2.8
62	Kiribati	Oceania	2.8
62	Indonesia	Asia / Oceania	2.8
62	Egypt	Africa	2.8
62	Djibouti	Africa	2.8
62	Algeria	Africa	2.8
71	Niger	Africa	2.9
71	Gambia	Africa	2.9
71	Gabon	Africa	2.9
71	Benin	Africa	2.9
71	Argentina	South America	2.9
76	Zambia	Africa	3
76	Tonga	Oceania	3
76	Senegal	Africa	3
76	Madagascar	Africa	3
76	Jamaica	North America	3
76	Dominican Republic	North America	3
76	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3
83	Sri Lanka	Asia	3.1
83	Liberia	Africa	3.1
85	Vanuatu	Oceania	3.2
85	Albania	Europe	3.2
87	Rwanda	Africa	3.3
87	Morocco	Africa	3.3
87	Moldova	Europe	3.3
87	Mexico	North America	3.3
87	Malawi	Africa	3.3
87	Lesotho	Africa	3.3
93	Thailand	Asia	3.4
93	Panama	North America	3.4
93	India	Asia	3.4
93	Guatemala	North America	3.4
93	El Salvador	North America	3.4
98	Serbia	Europe	3.5
99	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	3.6
99	Swaziland	Africa	3.6
99	China	Asia	3.6
99	Burkina Faso	Africa	3.6

	Country	Continent(s)	Corruption Perceptions Index 2009 Rating [1]
103	Suriname	South America	3.7
103	Peru	South America	3.7
103	Colombia	South America	3.7
103	Brazil	South America	3.7
107	Romania	Europe	3.8
107	Greece	Europe	3.8
107	Macedonia	Europe	3.8
107	Bulgaria	Europe	3.8
111	Montenegro	Europe	3.9
111	Ghana	Africa	3.9
113	Kuwait	Asia	4.1
113	Georgia	Asia / Europe	4.1
113	Croatia	Europe	4.1
116	Tunisia	Africa	4.2
117	Saudi Arabia	Asia	4.3
117	Italy	Europe	4.3
119	Turkey	Asia / Europe	4.4
119	Cuba	North America	4.4
121	Slovakia	Europe	4.5
121	Samoa	Oceania	4.5
121	Namibia	Africa	4.5
121	Malaysia	Asia	4.5
121	Latvia	Europe	4.5
126	South Africa	Africa	4.7
127	Seychelles	Africa	4.8
128	Lithuania	Europe	4.9
128	Czech Republic	Europe	4.9
130	Poland	Europe	5
130	Jordan	Asia	5
130	Bhutan	Asia	5
133	Hungary	Europe	5.1
133	Cape Verde	Africa	5.1
133	Bahrain	Asia	5.1
136	Malta	Europe	5.2
137	Macau	Asia	5.3
137	Costa Rica	North America	5.3
139	Mauritius	Africa	5.4
140	Oman	Asia	5.5
140	South Korea	Asia	5.5
140	Brunei	Asia	5.5
143	Taiwan	Asia	5.6
143	Botswana	Africa	5.6
145	Puerto Rico	North America	5.8
145	Portugal	Europe	5.8
147	Dominica	North America	5.9
148	Spain	Europe	6.1
148	Israel	Asia	6.1
150	Saint Vincent & Grenadines	North America	6.4
151	United Arab Emirates	Asia	6.5
152	Slovenia	Europe	6.6
152	Estonia	Europe	6.6
152	Republic of Cyprus	Asia / Europe	6.6
155	Uruguay	South America	6.7
155	Chile	South America	6.7
157	France	Europe	6.9
158	Saint Lucia	North America	7
158	Qatar	Asia	7
160	Belgium	Europe	7.1
161	Barbados	North America	7.4
162	United States	North America	7.5
163	United Kingdom	Europe	7.7
163	Japan	Asia	7.7
165	Austria	Europe	7.9
166	Republic of Ireland	Europe	8
166	Germany	Europe	8
168	Luxembourg	Europe	8.2
168	Hong Kong	Asia	8.2
170	Norway	Europe	8.6
171	Iceland	Europe	8.7
171	Canada	North America	8.7
171	Australia	Oceania	8.7
174	Netherlands	Europe	8.9
174	Finland	Europe	8.9
176	Switzerland	Europe	9
177	Sweden	Europe	9.2
177	Singapore	Asia	9.2
179	Denmark	Europe	9.3
180	New Zealand	Oceania	9.4

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References
[1] "Corruption Perceptions Index 2009" Released on the 17th of November 2009, these are the yearly CPI Index scores for the 180 countries which it evaluates. The CPI rating is based on 13 different independent surveys, however, not all surveys are used for all countries. The index rating ranges from 1.0 to 10.0.

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