December 3, 2014
BERLIN, (AFP) - The following is a list of the top- and bottom-ranked 10 nations -- plus 10 big economies in the mid-range -- on graft watchdog Transparency International's 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index, released Wednesday.
The index score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by country analysts and business people, and ranges from zero, which is highly corrupt, to 100, which is very clean.
(The equals symbol means nations share the same rank)
TOP TEN:
1. Denmark 92
2. New Zealand 91
3. Finland 89
4. Sweden 87
5. Norway 86
= Switzerland 86
7. Singapore 84
8. Netherlands 83
9. Luxembourg 82
10. Canada 81
TEN IN MID-RANGE:
12. Germany 79
14. Britain 78
15. Japan 76
17. United States 74
26. France 69
64. Turkey 45
69. Brazil 43
85. India 38
100. China 36
136. Russia 27
BOTTOM TEN:
166. Eritrea 18
= Libya 18
= Uzbekistan 18
169. Turkmenistan 17
170. Iraq 16
171. South Sudan 15
172. Afghanistan 12
173. Sudan 11
174. North Korea 8
= Somalia 8
The full list will be published on www.transparency.org