Posted on 10/26/2010 8:49:33 AM PDT by matt1234
The United States is no longer in the Top 20 of the world’s “least corrupt nations,”according to Transparency International a Berlin based group that calls itself “the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption.”
The United States fell to 22nd on the list from 19th last year, with its score on TI’s list dropping to 7.1 from 7.5 in the 178-nation index due mainly to financial scandals and the influence of money in U.S. politics.
The score is based on independent surveys on corruption. The U.S.’s score of 7.1 this year was the lowest score awarded to the United States in the index's 15-year history and also the first time it had fallen out of the top 20.
This was the lowest score awarded to the United States in the index's 15-year history and also the first time it had fallen out of the top 20.
Somalia was judged the most corrupt country in the world followed by Myanmar and Afghanistan at joint second-worst and then by Iraq.
Heading up the index as “least corrupt” -- in which a score of 10 indicates a country with the highest standards, and 0 as highly corrupt -- were Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore all with a 9.3 score. They were also at the top of the table last year.
The group highlighted the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Madagascar, Niger and the United States as nations where perceptions of corruption had deteriorated.
Might it be that Obama and his administration’s motto (”everybody get some”) has contributed to this?
Simply brilliant observation....another writer expecting a Pulitzer prize.
The first thing we could do to improve our image in the future is to start electing presidents born in America again.
Other folks say we are a banana republic.
I just want my country back.
More reason for term limits for all politicians and for consumers to not buy from crony capitalists companies like GE.
The bigger the government, the more money it has and the more things it does or purports to do, the great the amount of corruption. If you want less corruption in government in the United States, reduce the size and scope of government and its supply of money.
We deserve it.
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Another annual report dropped us from economically free to partially free. I pray that the Republicans will be able to stall Obama for two years and then replace him and add enough senators to prevent a filibuster.
Chile beats Obamaland!
Worldwide Corruption Perceptions ranking of countries
published by Transparency International
Rank Country Index
2010 2010[15] 2009[16] 2008[17] 2007[18] 2006[19] 2005[20] 2004[21] 2003 2002
1 New Zealand 9.3 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.4
1 Denmark 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5
1 Singapore 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.4
4 Sweden 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.0
4 Finland 9.2 8.9 9.0 9.4 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.9
6 Canada 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.7 9.0 8.9
7 Netherlands 8.8 8.9 8.9 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.9 9.0 8.8
8 Switzerland 8.7 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.5 8.4
8 Australia 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.5
10 Norway 8.6 8.6 7.9 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.6
11 Iceland 8.5 8.7 8.9 9.2 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.2
11 Luxembourg 8.5 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.7 9.0 8.7
13 Hong Kong 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.0 8.2 7.9
14 Ireland 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.5 6.9 7.5
15 Germany 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.8 8.0 8.2 7.7 7.3 7.4
15 Austria 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.6 8.7 8.0 7.8 7.8
17 Japan 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.0 7.1 7.1
17 Barbados 7.8 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.9
19 Qatar 7.7 7.0 6.5 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.6
20 United Kingdom 7.6 7.7 7.7 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.3
21 Chile 7.2 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5
22 United States 7.1 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.6
22 Belgium 7.1 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.1 6.6
24 Uruguay 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.1 5.1
25 France 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.5 6.9 6.3 6.7
26 Estonia 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.4 5.5 5.6 5.6
27 Slovenia 6.4 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.2
28 Cyprus 6.3 6.6 6.4 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.4 6.1
28 United Arab Emirates 6.3 6.5 5.9 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.2
30 Israel 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.3 6.4 7.0 7.3
30 Spain 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.1 7.0
32 Portugal 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.3
33 Puerto Rico 5.8 5.8 5.8
33 Botswana 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.0 5.7 6.4
33 Taiwan 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6
36 Bhutan 5.7 5.0 5.4 5.0
37 Malta 5.6 5.2 5.8 5.8 6.4 6.4
38 Brunei 5.5 5.5
39 South Korea 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.3 4.5
39 Mauritius 5.4 5.4 5.5 4.7 5.1 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.5
41 Oman 5.3 5.5 5.5 4.7 5.4 6.3 6.1 6.3
41 Costa Rica 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.1 4.2 4.9 4.3 4.5
41 Poland 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.0
44 Dominica 5.2 5.9 6.0 5.6 4.5 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.2
45 Cape Verde 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.9
46 Macau 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.7 6.6
46 Lithuania 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8
48 Bahrain 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.0 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.1
49 Seychelles 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.5 3.6 4.0 4.4
50 Hungary 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.9
50 Jordan 4.7 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.3 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.5
50 Saudi Arabia 4.7 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 4.5
53 Czech Republic 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.7
54 Kuwait 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 5.3
54 South Africa 4.5 4.7 4.9 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.8
56 Malaysia 4.4 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.2 4.9
56 Namibia 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.7 5.7
56 Turkey 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.2
59 Latvia 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.7
59 Slovakia 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.7
59 Tunisia 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8
62 Croatia 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8
62 Ghana 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.9
62 Macedonia 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.3
62 Samoa 4.1 4.5 4.4 4.5
66 Rwanda 4.0 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.5 3.1
67 Italy 3.9 4.3 4.8 5.2 6.2 6.2 5.2
68 Georgia 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.4 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.8 2.4
69 Cuba 3.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.8 3.7 4.6
69 Montenegro 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.3
69 Romania 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.6
69 Brazil 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.0
73 Bulgaria 3.6 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.0
73 El Salvador 3.6 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.2
73 Panama 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.0
73 Trinidad and Tobago 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.9
73 Vanuatu 3.6 3.2 2.9 3.1
78 Greece 3.5 3.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2
78 Colombia 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6
78 Peru 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.4
78 Thailand 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.2
78 Lesotho 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.4
78 China 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.5
78 Serbia[22] 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.3
85 Malawi 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9
85 Morocco 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.7
87 India 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7
87 Albania 3.3 3.2 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
87 Liberia 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.1 2.2
87 Jamaica 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.8 4.0
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.0 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.3
91 Djibouti 2.8 3.0 2.9
Rank Country Index
2010 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
91 Swaziland 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.5 2.7
91 Guatemala 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.5
91 Sri Lanka 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.7
91 Gambia 3.2 2.9 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.5
91 Kiribati 3.2 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.7
98 Burkina Faso 3.1 3.6 3.5 2.9 3.2 3.4
98 Mexico 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6
98 Egypt 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4
101 Dominican Republic 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.5
101 Tonga 3.0 3.0 2.4 1.7
101 Zambia 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6
101 São Tomé and Príncipe 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7
105 Moldova 2.9 3.3 2.9 2.8 3.2 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.1
105 Senegal 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1
105 Argentina 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.8
105 Kazakhstan 2.9 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.3
105 Algeria 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.6
110 Benin 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.9 3.2
110 Gabon 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.3
110 Indonesia 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.9
110 Bolivia 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.2
110 Solomon Islands 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8
110 Kosovo 2.8
106 Niger 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.2
111 Mali 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.0
111 Togo 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.4
120 Armenia 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.0
120 Ethiopia 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.5 3.5
120 Mongolia 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.0
120 Vietnam 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4
99 Madagascar 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.1 2.6 1.7
126 Eritrea 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.6
126 Guyana 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5
126 Syria 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.4
126 Tanzania 2.6 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.7
130 Honduras 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.7
130 Lebanon 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.1 2.7 3.0
130 Libya 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.1
130 Maldives 2.5 2.8 3.3
130 Mauritania 2.5 2.8 2.6 3.1
130 Mozambique 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7
130 Nicaragua 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5
130 Nigeria 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.6
130 Uganda 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.1
139 Bangladesh 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.2
139 Belarus 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.6 3.3 4.2 4.8
139 Pakistan 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.6
139 Philippines 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6
143 Azerbaijan 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.0
143 Comoros 2.3 2.5 2.6
143 Nepal 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.8
146 Cameroon 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.8 2.2
146 Ecuador 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.2
146 Kenya 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.9
146 Russia 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.7
146 Sierra Leone 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.2
146 Timor-Leste 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.6
146 Ukraine 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.4
146 Zimbabwe 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.7
154 Côte d’Ivoire 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.7
154 Papua New Guinea 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.1
154 Paraguay 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.7
154 Yemen 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.4
158 Cambodia 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 1.5 1.3 1.2
158 Central African Republic 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4
158 Laos 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.6 3.3
158 Tajikistan 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8
162 Angola 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.7
162 Republic of the Congo 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.2
162 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0
162 Guinea-Bissau 1.9 1.9 2.2
162 Kyrgyzstan 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1
162 Venezuela 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5
168 Burundi 1.8 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.3
168 Equatorial Guinea 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.9
168 Guinea 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.9
168 Haiti 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5 2.2
168 Iran 1.8 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.0
168 Turkmenistan 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.0
174 Uzbekistan 1.7 1.8 1.7 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.9
175 Chad 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.7
176 Iraq 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.2
176 Sudan 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
178 Myanmar 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6
179 Afghanistan 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.5
180 Somalia 1.1 1.0 1.4 2.1
– Belize 2.9 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.5
– Grenada 3.4 3.5
[edit]
“Obama has taken us full third world.”
Yep. He brought the Chicago Way to the Beltway. We’re all the losers for it. For a man who claims to be so preoccupied with world opinion, this is an ironic turn of events.
That is because Saul Alinsky thugs are now running the nation
Our reputation is catching up with reality.
Chicago Thugery on parade.
come on all you registered Democrats..you can do better! Lets drive us to the MOST corrupt!
What I find amazing about the list is certainly not our slide (though depending on who compiles it, the Supreme Court decision saying companies could donate might have had an impact, which is BS).
The amazing thing is that Singapore, which is basically a one party state ruled by one family is so damned highly rated. Now I suppose it is possible that that family is uncorruptable, but that does seem a bit fishy.
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