See Countries Ranked High On Transparency International’s Corruption Index
International non-government organization, Transparency International, TI, has ranked Nigeria among nations with high corrupt profile records in its most recent Corruptions Perceptions Index.
Other countries ranked alongside Nigeria on the index are Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey,The Independent of London reported on Wednesday, October 14.
They are however not among the 20 most corrupt as rated by the index, just as they are far from Denmark, New Zealand, Finland and Sweden, which scored the best in the research.
The index rated by rigged elections, bribery, or counterfeit medicines trickling into hospitals and widespread backroom deals across the world.
The ‘most corrupt’ country in the world, according to TI is war-ravaged Sudan with a score of 8 per cent; just as North Korea and Somalia. Afghanistan follows with 12 per cent; followed by South Sudan, Iraq, Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Libya; and Eritrea. Making the list of top-20 most corrupt nations also are: Yemen; Venezuela; Haiti; Guinea-Bissau; Angola; Syria; Burundi; Zimbabwe; Myanmar; and Cambodia.
Côte d´Ivoire, Egypt, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, also rose by five points, TI said, warning that “bribes and backroom deals don’t just steal resources from the most vulnerable – they undermine justice and economic development, and destroy public trust in government and leaders.”
United Kingdom occupied the 14th position on the list of 20 ‘least corrupt’ countries in the world, which was led by Denmark with a score of 92 per cent; followed by New Zealand’s 91 per cent. Finland was third on the list; ahead of Sweden, as well as Norway And Switzerland on the sixth position with 86 per cent score.
Singapore follows on number seven; Netherlands; Luxembourg; Canada; Australia; Germany; and Iceland. Belgium and Japan jointly came 15th on the list with 76 per cent; ahead of Barbados, Hong Kong, Ireland and the United States with 74 per cent each.
