** Countries - Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) **

[Rapp-Chikk]

I just did some research and noticed that there is no news about "Corruption in USA" in wikipedia .... but can find the news about China, India and other countries... Is it true that there is no corruption in USA...?? Do you believe that..??

TIMES-OF-INDIA link: November 2009

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-retains-position-among-the-worlds-most-corrupt-nations/articleshow/5239959.cms

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Other Source Info: January, 2009

Corruption watchdog Transparency International has released a list of the world’s most and least corrupt nations.The report comes ahead of a conference in Bali this week where more than 100 countries are expected to gather for a United Nations anti-corruption conference.

Four countries from the region made it to the list of most corrupt countries in the world: Somalia and Myanmar tied in the top spot, followed by Iraq and Sudan.

The least corrupt countries in the world are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand, scoring 9.4 on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The UAE ranked 36 in the list.

The lower the CPI of a country, the higher corruption is, with 0 being the most corrupt and 10 being very clean.

Most corrupt country and CPI (Corruption Perceptions Index) score

Somalia: 1.4

Myanmar: 1.4

Iraq: 1.5

Haiti: 1.6

Uzbekistan: 1.7

Tonga: 1.7

Sudan: 1.8

Chad: 1.8

Afghanistan: 1.8

Laos: 1.9

Norway: 8.7

Least corrupt country and CPI score

Denmark: 9.4

Finland: 9.4

New Zealand: 9.4

Singapore: 9.3

Sweden: 9.3

Iceland: 9.2

Netherlands: 9.0

Switzerland: 9.0

Canada: 8.7

The least corrupt countries in the world are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand, according to Transparency International.

http://media.transparency.org/imaps/cpi2009/

[hanuchava]

US raked around 20 in corruption index.

[bingoooo]

India ledenti bhayya negative index unnavaatini list lo kuda pettaledaa????