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16 Oct. 2002 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781359.html.The 2002 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index
According to the annual survey by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International, the world’s least corrupt country is Finland and its most corrupt is Bangladesh. 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 15 surveys from 9 independent institutions, which gathered the opinions of business people and country analysts. Because of the absence of reliable data, only 102 of the world’s countries are included in the survey. The scores range from 10 (squeaky clean) to zero (highly corrupt). A score of 5.5 is the number Transparency International considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do not have a serious corruption problem.
Country
rank Country 2002
CPI Score
- Finland 9.7
- Denmark 9.5
New Zealand 9.5 - Iceland 9.4
- Singapore 9.3
Sweden 9.3 - Canada 9.0
Luxembourg 9.0
Netherlands 9.0 - United Kingdom 8.7
- Australia 8.6
- Norway 8.5
Switzerland 8.5 - Hong Kong 8.2
- Austria 7.8
- United States 7.7
- Chile 7.5
- Germany 7.3
Israel 7.3 - Belgium 7.1
Japan 7.1
Spain 7.1 - Ireland 6.9
- Botswana 6.4
- France 6.3
Portugal 6.3 - Slovenia 6.0
- Namibia 5.7
- Estonia 5.6
Taiwan 5.6 - Italy 5.2
- Uruguay 5.1
- Hungary 4.9
Malaysia 4.9
Trinidad & Tobago 4.9 - Belarus 4.8
Lithuania 4.8
South Africa 4.8
Tunisia 4.8 - Costa Rica 4.5
Jordan 4.5
Mauritius 4.5
South Korea 4.5 - Greece 4.2
- Brazil 4.0
Bulgaria 4.0
Jamaica 4.0
Peru 4.0
Poland 4.0 - Ghana 3.9
- Croatia 3.8
- Czech Republic 3.7
Latvia 3.7
Morocco 3.7
Slovak Republic 3.7
Sri Lanka 3.7 - Colombia 3.6
Mexico 3.6 - China 3.5
Dominican Rep. 3.5
Ethiopia 3.5 - Egypt 3.4
El Salvador 3.4 - Thailand 3.2
Turkey 3.2 - Senegal 3.1
- Panama 3.0
- Malawi 2.9
Uzbekistan 2.9 - Argentina 2.8
- Côte d’Ivoire 2.7
Honduras 2.7
India 2.7
Russia 2.7
Tanzania 2.7
Zimbabwe 2.7 - Pakistan 2.6
Philippines 2.6
Romania 2.6
Zambia 2.6 - Albania 2.5
Guatemala 2.5
Nicaragua 2.5
Venezuela 2.5 - Georgia 2.4
Ukraine 2.4
Vietnam 2.4 - Kazakhstan 2.3
- Bolivia 2.2
Cameroon 2.2
Ecuador 2.2
Haiti 2.2 - Moldova 2.1
Uganda 2.1 - Azerbaijan 2.0
- Indonesia 1.9
Kenya 1.9 - Angola 1.7
Madagascar 1.7
Paraguay 1.7 - Nigeria 1.6
- Bangladesh1 1.2