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[Chaos2Frozen]

Source: https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016

Let's get straight to the point: No country gets close to a perfect score in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.

Over two-thirds of the 176 countries and territories in this year's index fall below the midpoint of our scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The global average score is a paltry 43, indicating endemic corruption in a country's public sector. Top-scoring countries (yellow in the map below) are far outnumbered by orange and red countries where citizens face the tangible impact of corruption on a daily basis.

This year’s results highlight the connection between corruption and inequality, which feed off each other to create a vicious circle between corruption, unequal distribution of power in society, and unequal distribution of wealth.

The lower-ranked countries in our index are plagued by untrustworthy and badly functioning public institutions like the police and judiciary. Even where anti-corruption laws are on the books, in practice they're often skirted or ignored. People frequently face situations of bribery and extortion, rely on basic services that have been undermined by the misappropriation of funds, and confront official indifference when seeking redress from authorities that are on the take.

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But high-scoring countries can't afford to be complacent, either. While the most obvious forms of corruption may not scar citizens' daily lives in all these places, the higher-ranked countries are not immune to closed-door deals, conflicts of interest, illicit finance, and patchy law enforcement that can distort public policy and exacerbate corruption at home and abroad.

Top 10 LEAST corrupted:

1. Denmark
2. New Zealand
3. Finland
4. Sweden
5. Switzerland
6. Norway
7. Singapore
8. Netherlands
9. Canada
10. Germany/Luxembourg/United Kingdom


Top 10 MOST corrupted:

159. Republic of Congo/Haiti/Chad/Central African Republic/Burundi
164. Eritrea/Angola
166. Venezuela/Iraq
168. Guinea-Bissau
169. Afghanistan
170. Yemen/Sudan/Libya
173. Syria
174. North Korea
175. South Sudan
176. Somalia

 

[Sinfamy]

In terms on dollar amount, i assume the US is number one if we account for "legalized" bribery.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Can't wait for US to take that #159 spot in 2017!

 

[yanipheonu]

9. Canada

You can only imagine how petty allegations of corruption from the opposition in Canada sound when you've got Trump next door.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

For now though you guys would have to settle for #20.