Perceived levels of public-sector corruption

The 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index scores 183 countries and territories from 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean) based on perceived levels of public sector corruption. It uses data from 17 surveys that look at factors such as enforcement of anti-corruption laws, access to information and conicts of interest.

Worldwide corruption
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SCORE
VERY CLEAN 9 - 10 8 - 8.9 7 - 7.9 6 - 6.9 5 - 5.9 4 - 4.9 3 - 3.9 2 - 2.9 1 - 1.9 0 - 0.9 No data

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Best ranked countries

RANK COUNTRY/TERRITORY SCORE
1 2 2 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 16 16 19 19 21 22 22 24 25 28 29 30 31 32 New Zealand Denmark Finland Sweden Singapore Norway Netherlands Australia Switzerland Canada Luxembourg Hong Kong Iceland Germany Japan Austria Barbados United Kingdom Belgium Ireland Bahamas Chile Qatar United States France United Arab Emirates Estonia Cyprus Spain Botswana 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1
HIGHLY CORRUPT

Worst ranked countries

RANK COUNTRY/TERRITORY SCORE
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 164 164 164 164 168 Central African Republic 2.2 Congo Republic 2.2 Cte dIvoire 2.2 Guinea-Bissau 2.2 Kenya 2.2 Laos 2.2 Nepal 2.2 Papua New Guinea 2.2 Paraguay 2.2 Zimbabwe 2.2 Cambodia 2.1 Guinea 2.1 Kyrgyzstan 2.1 Yemen 2.1 Angola 2.0 168 168

Number of countries according to perceived levels of public sector corruption

Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo 168 Libya 172 Burundi 172 Equatorial Guinea 172 Venezuela 175 Haiti 175 Iraq 177 Sudan 177 Turkmenistan 177 Uzbekistan 180 Afghanistan 180 Myanmar 182 Korea (North) 182 Somalia

2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0

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countries score less than 5.

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Very clean
6

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Sources: Transparency International

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

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