The 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index has been released. Based on expert opinion, countries are scored from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
Some countries score well, but no country scores a perfect 100. The survey made bad reading for China. They dropped five spots to 80th place out of 176 countries despite being the second largest economy in the world.
The least corrupt countries
1. Denmark
1. (tie) Finland
1. (tie) New Zealand
4. Sweden
5. Singapore
6. Switzerland
7. Australia
7. (tie) Norway
9. Canada
9. (tie) Netherlands
11. Iceland
12. Luxembourg
13. Germany
14. Hong Kong
15. Barbados
16. Belgium
17. Japan
17. (tie) United Kingdom
19. United States
20. Chile
20. (tie) Uruguay
22. Bahamas
22. (tie) France
22. (tie) Saint Lucia
25. Austria
25. (tie) Ireland
The most corrupt countries
1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Myanmar
4. Afghanistan
5. Uzbekistan
6. Turkmenistan
7. Sudan
8. Iraq
9. Haiti
10. Venezuela
