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Corruption Perceptions Index - 2018


areppim line chart and statistics of CPI (corruption perceptions index) ranking for the year 2018.

The publication by Transparency International (TI) of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2018 does not offer any big surprises – changes seldom happen while you are asleep. Corruption is alive and well, notwithstanding the perorations that cascade from those whose actual job is the right opposite of what they pretend it to be: to serve themselves, instead of being at the service of the administered. At the top of the integrity scale we find the traditional North European countries in the company of New Zealand and Singapore, in the following order: Denmark 88, New Zealand 87, Finland 85, Singapore 85, and Sweden 85.

At the opposite side of the spectrum, we have Somalia with the lowest score (highest corruption level) of 10, preceded by Syria and South Sudan 13, North Korea and Yemen 14. It is difficult to miss one common denominator for this group of countries. With the exception of North Korea, an outcast state under continuous threat that has eluded overt aggression so far, all others have been zeroed in on by the Western powers, led by the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the NATO for a sustained job of destruction and killing. Could foreign aggression, economic boycott and war be decisive agents of corruption that escaped the searching eyes of the World Bank, the United Nations, the OECD, Transparency International and the other dedicated corruption hunters?

The median score is 38 (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland) and the average, the red vertical line in the chart, is 43.12 (Morocco, South Africa, Suriname, Tunisia).

Corruption Perceptions Index ¹

2018

Upper 25%Middle 50%Lower 25%
CountryIndexCountryIndexCountryIndex
Denmark88Costa Rica56Bolivia29
New Zealand87Rwanda56Honduras29
Finland85Saint Lucia55Kyrgyzstan29
Singapore85Malta54Laos29
Sweden85Namibia53Myanmar29
Switzerland85Grenada52Paraguay29
Norway84Italy52Guinea28
Netherlands82Oman52Iran28
Canada81Mauritius51Lebanon28
Luxembourg81Slovakia50Mexico28
Germany80Jordan49Papua New Guinea28
United Kingdom80Saudi Arabia49Russia28
Australia77Croatia48Comoros27
Austria76Cuba47Guatemala27
Hong Kong76Malaysia47Kenya27
Iceland76Romania47Mauritania27
Belgium75Hungary46Nigeria27
Estonia73Sao Tome and Principe46Bangladesh26
Ireland73Vanuatu46Central African Republic26
Japan73Greece45Uganda26
France72Montenegro45.0Azerbaijan25
United States71Senegal45.0Cameroon25
United Arab Emirates70Belarus44.0Madagascar25
Uruguay70Jamaica44.0Nicaragua25
Barbados68Solomon Islands44.0Tajikistan25
Bhutan68Morocco43.0Eritrea24
Chile67South Africa43.0Mozambique23
Seychelles66Suriname43.0Uzbekistan23
Bahamas65Tunisia43.0Zimbabwe22
Portugal64Bulgaria42.0Cambodia20
Brunei Darussalam63Burkina Faso41.0Congo, Democratic Republic of20
Taiwan63Ghana41.0Haiti20
Qatar62India41.0Turkmenistan20
Botswana61Kuwait41.0Angola19
Israel61Lesotho41.0Chad19
Poland60Trinidad and Tobago41.0Congo, Republic of19
Slovenia60Turkey41.0Iraq18
Cyprus59Argentina40.0Venezuela18
Czech Republic59Benin40.0Burundi17
Lithuania59China39.0Libya17
Georgia58Serbia39.0Afghanistan16
Latvia58Bosnia and Herzegovina38.0Equatorial Guinea16
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines58Indonesia38.0Guinea-Bissau16
Spain58Sri Lanka38.0Sudan16
Cape Verde57Swaziland38.0Korea, D.P.R of14
Dominica57Gambia37.0Yemen14
Korea, Republic of57Guyana37.0South Sudan13
  Kosovo37.0Syria13
  Macedonia FYR37Somalia10
  Mongolia37  
  Panama37  
  Albania36  
  Bahrain36  
  Colombia36  
  Philippines36  
  Tanzania36  
  Thailand36  
  Algeria35  
  Armenia35  
  Brazil35  
  Côte d'Ivoire35  
  Egypt35  
  El Salvador35  
  Peru35  
  Timor-Leste35  
  Zambia35  
  Ecuador34  
  Ethiopia34  
  Niger34  
  Moldova33  
  Pakistan33  
  Vietnam33  
  Liberia32  
  Malawi32  
  Mali32  
  Ukraine32  
  Djibouti31  
  Gabon31  
  Kazakhstan31  
  Maldives31  
  Nepal31  
  Dominican Republic30  
  Sierra Leone30  
  Togo30  
¹ Corruption Perceptions Index has been developed by the organization Transparency International since 1995, and purports to rank countries by the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians. The country with the lowest score is the one where corruption is perceived to be the greatest. This reversal of scales should justify that the index be named Probity rather than Corruption Perceptions Index.

 

Sources: Transparency International.