Posted on 11/11/2010 6:46:12 AM PST by bananaman22
After recent reports that Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other government officials received bags of cash from Iran, it’s no surprise that Afghanistan would be near the top of a ranking published last week of the most corrupt countries in the world.
The Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International, a nongovernmental organization based in Berlin and operating in 70 countries, ranked the Central Asian country second only to Somalia and tied with Myanmar for its perceived level of government corruption.
The annual CPI, first published by TI in 1995, aggregates results from 13 different surveys, though not all surveys cover all countries. The surveys used for the 2010 index took place between January 2009 and September 2010. Businesses often use the index to assess corruption risk in foreign countries.
The ranking of 178 countries, which goes from “highly corrupt” at 0 to “very clean” at 10, assigned a 1.1 to Somalia – the East African country where piracy is a way of life for many – and 1.4 to Afghanistan and Myanmar (the former Burma). At the “very clean” end of the scale, Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore tied for top honors with a score of 9.3. See tables at end.
“Nearly three-quarters of the countries surveyed scored less than 5,” TI chairman Huguette Labelle said, “indicating a severe problem.” Full article at: Top 10 Most Corrupt
ALL of the most corrupt are lead by Muslims and Blacks.
With our voting system We are in the top TEN corrupt!
Anyone know where Haiti ranks? I see Michelle begging for money to send to Haiti on TV all the time, but wonder where all the money went since the previous earthquake disaster there. Even though billions were given to Haiti, it sure doesn’t appear that the money was spent there. Maybe Michelle could go on Haitian TV and ask them to send money here to pay for her trip to Spain and her husband’s $200 million/day trip to India. There must be a couple of TV sets there...
With the Democrats and 0 in charge we should probably be in the group with somalia and the ‘stans.
RACIST! (That was required by law, you know.)
The results look black and white to me (oh no I did-ent :) )
Rank Country Score
1 Denmark 9.3
1 New Zealand 9.3
1 Singapore 9.3
4 Finland 9.2
4 Sweden 9.2
6 Canada 8.9
7 Netherlands 8.8
8 Australia 8.7
8 Switzerland 8.7
10 Norway 8.6
This is what I find remarkable.
TOP 10 MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES
Rank Country Score
178 Somalia 1.1
176 Afghanistan 1.4
176 Myanmar 1.4
175 Iraq 1.5
172 Uzbekistan 1.6
172 Turkmenistan 1.6
172 Sudan 1.6
171 Chad 1.7
170 Burundi 1.8
168 Equatorial Guinea 1.9
168 Angola 1.9
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to hold a press conference. sarc/
Sheik Obama and his posse are doing their best to put the US right up there with Somalia.
Predictable list, bit interesting that we are dropping.
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