World's 30 most corrupt countries

Public outcry at corruption, impunity and economic instability sent shockwaves around the world in 2011.

Protests in many countries quickly spread to unite people from all parts of society. Their backgrounds may be diverse, but their message is the same: more transparency and accountability is needed from our leaders.

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories according to their perceived levels of public sector corruption.

The data sources used to compile the index include questions relating to the abuse of public power and focus on: bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of public funds, and on questions that probe the strength and effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts in the public sector.

As such, it covers both the administrative and political aspects of corruption. In producing the index, the scores of countries/territories for the specific corruption-related questions in the data sources are combined to calculate a single score for each country.

It is an aggregate indicator that combines different sources of information about corruption, making it possible to compare countries.

Let us take a look at 30 most corrupt countries, based on Transparency International's study.

Somalia

Score: 1
Region rank: 48
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Sources: 4
Confidence range: 0.6-1.4
World ranking: 182

North Korea

Score: 1
Region rank: 35
Region: Asia-Pacific
Sources: 3
Confidence range: 0.7-1.3
World ranking: 182

 

Myanmar

Score: 1.5                                  
Region rank: 33
Region: Asia-Pacific
Sources: 4
Confidence range: 1-1.9
World ranking: 180

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