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The Most and Least Corrupt Nations, 2008
According to the annual survey by the Berlin-based organization
Transparency International, Sweden, Denmark, and New Zealand are perceived
to be the world's least corrupt countries, and Somalia, Iraq, Haiti, and
Myanmar are perceived to be the most corrupt. The index defines corruption
as the abuse of public office for private gain and measures the degree to
which corruption is perceived to exist among a country's public officials
and politicians. It is a composite index, drawing on 14 polls and surveys
from 12 independent institutions, which gathered the opinions of
businesspeople and country analysts. Only 180 of the world's 193 countries
are included in the survey, due to an absence of reliable data from the
remaining countries. The scores range from ten (squeaky clean) to zero
(highly corrupt). A score of 5.0 is the number Transparency International
considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do
not have a serious corruption problem.
Countries that have significantly improved their rating since the 2007
index were Albania, Cyprus, Georgia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar,
South Korea, Tonga, and Turkey. Some of the countries that have a
significantly worse rating since 2007 include Bulgaria, Burundi, Maldives,
Norway, and the United Kingdom.
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