Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2003

Transparency International ^ | 7 October 2003

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Country rank	Country	CPI 2003 score	Surveys used	Standard deviation	High-low range
1	Finland	9.7	8	0.3	9.2 - 10.0
2	Iceland	9.6	7	0.3	9.2 - 10.0
3	Denmark	9.5	9	0.4	8.8 - 9.9
	New Zealand	9.5	8	0.2	9.2 - 9.6
5	Singapore	9.4	12	0.1	9.2 - 9.5
6	Sweden	9.3	11	0.2	8.8 - 9.6
7	Netherlands	8.9	9	0.3	8.5 - 9.3
8	Australia	8.8	12	0.9	6.7 - 9.5
	Norway	8.8	8	0.5	8.0 - 9.3
	Switzerland	8.8	9	0.8	6.9 - 9.4
11	Canada	8.7	12	0.9	6.5 - 9.4
	Luxembourg	8.7	6	0.4	8.0 - 9.2
	United Kingdom	8.7	13	0.5	7.8 - 9.2
14	Austria	8.0	9	0.7	7.3 - 9.3
	Hong Kong	8.0	11	1.1	5.6 - 9.3
16	Germany	7.7	11	1.2	4.9 - 9.2
17	Belgium	7.6	9	0.9	6.6 - 9.2
18	Ireland	7.5	9	0.7	6.5 - 8.8
	USA	7.5	13	1.2	4.9 - 9.2
20	Chile	7.4	12	0.9	5.6 - 8.8
21	Israel	7.0	10	1.2	4.7 - 8.1
	Japan	7.0	13	1.1	5.5 - 8.8
23	France	6.9	12	1.1	4.8 - 9.0
	Spain	6.9	11	0.8	5.2 - 7.8
25	Portugal	6.6	9	1.2	4.9 - 8.1
26	Oman	6.3	4	0.9	5.5 - 7.3
27	Bahrain	6.1	3	1.1	5.5 - 7.4
	Cyprus	6.1	3	1.6	4.7 - 7.8
29	Slovenia	5.9	12	1.2	4.7 - 8.8
30	Botswana	5.7	6	0.9	4.7 - 7.3
	Taiwan	5.7	13	1.0	3.6 - 7.8
32	Qatar	5.6	3	0.1	5.5 - 5.7
33	Estonia	5.5	12	0.6	4.7 - 6.6
	Uruguay	5.5	7	1.1	4.1 - 7.4
35	Italy	5.3	11	1.1	3.3 - 7.3
	Kuwait	5.3	4	1.7	3.3 - 7.4
37	Malaysia	5.2	13	1.1	3.6 - 8.0
	United Arab Emirates	5.2	3	0.5	4.6 - 5.6
39	Tunisia	4.9	6	0.7	3.6 - 5.6
40	Hungary	4.8	13	0.6	4.0 - 5.6
41	Lithuania	4.7	10	1.6	3.0 - 7.7
	Namibia	4.7	6	1.3	3.6 - 6.6
43	Cuba	4.6	3	1.0	3.6 - 5.5
	Jordan	4.6	7	1.1	3.6 - 6.5
	Trinidad and Tobago	4.6	6	1.3	3.4 - 6.9
46	Belize	4.5	3	0.9	3.6 - 5.5
	Saudi Arabia	4.5	4	2.0	2.8 - 7.4
48	Mauritius	4.4	5	0.7	3.6 - 5.5
	South Africa	4.4	12	0.6	3.6 - 5.5
50	Costa Rica	4.3	8	0.7	3.5 - 5.5
	Greece	4.3	9	0.8	3.7 - 5.6
	South Korea	4.3	12	1.0	2.0 - 5.6
53	Belarus	4.2	5	1.8	2.0 - 5.8
54	Brazil	3.9	12	0.5	3.3 - 4.7
	Bulgaria	3.9	10	0.9	2.8 - 5.7
	Czech Republic	3.9	12	0.9	2.6 - 5.6
57	Jamaica	3.8	5	0.4	3.3 - 4.3
	Latvia	3.8	7	0.4	3.4 - 4.7
59	Colombia	3.7	11	0.5	2.7 - 4.4
	Croatia	3.7	8	0.6	2.6 - 4.7
	El Salvador	3.7	7	1.5	2.0 - 6.3
	Peru	3.7	9	0.6	2.7 - 4.9
	Slovakia	3.7	11	0.7	2.9 - 4.7
64	Mexico	3.6	12	0.6	2.4 - 4.9
	Poland	3.6	14	1.1	2.4 - 5.6
66	China	3.4	13	1.0	2.0 - 5.5
	Panama	3.4	7	0.8	2.7 - 5.0
	Sri Lanka	3.4	7	0.7	2.4 - 4.4
	Syria	3.4	4	1.3	2.0 - 5.0
70	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3.3	6	0.7	2.2 - 3.9
	Dominican Republic	3.3	6	0.4	2.7 - 3.8
	Egypt	3.3	9	1.3	1.8 - 5.3
	Ghana	3.3	6	0.9	2.7 - 5.0
	Morocco	3.3	5	1.3	2.4 - 5.5
	Thailand	3.3	13	0.9	1.4 - 4.4
76	Senegal	3.2	6	1.2	2.2 - 5.5
77	Turkey	3.1	14	0.9	1.8 - 5.4
78	Armenia	3.0	5	0.8	2.2 - 4.1
	Iran	3.0	4	1.0	1.5 - 3.6
	Lebanon	3.0	4	0.8	2.1 - 3.6
	Mali	3.0	3	1.8	1.4 - 5.0
	Palestine	3.0	3	1.2	2.0 - 4.3
83	India	2.8	14	0.4	2.1 - 3.6
	Malawi	2.8	4	1.2	2.0 - 4.4
	Romania	2.8	12	1.0	1.6 - 5.0
86	Mozambique	2.7	5	0.7	2.0 - 3.6
	Russia	2.7	16	0.8	1.4 - 4.9
88	Algeria	2.6	4	0.5	2.0 - 3.0
	Madagascar	2.6	3	1.8	1.2 - 4.7
	Nicaragua	2.6	7	0.5	2.0 - 3.3
	Yemen	2.6	4	0.7	2.0 - 3.4
92	Albania	2.5	5	0.6	1.9 - 3.2
	Argentina	2.5	12	0.5	1.6 - 3.2
	Ethiopia	2.5	5	0.8	1.5 - 3.6
	Gambia	2.5	4	0.9	1.5 - 3.6
	Pakistan	2.5	7	0.9	1.5 - 3.9
	Philippines	2.5	12	0.5	1.6 - 3.6
	Tanzania	2.5	6	0.6	2.0 - 3.3
	Zambia	2.5	5	0.6	2.0 - 3.3
100	Guatemala	2.4	8	0.6	1.5 - 3.4
	Kazakhstan	2.4	7	0.9	1.6 - 3.8
	Moldova	2.4	5	0.8	1.6 - 3.6
	Uzbekistan	2.4	6	0.5	2.0 - 3.3
	Venezuela	2.4	12	0.5	1.4 - 3.1
	Vietnam	2.4	8	0.8	1.4 - 3.6
106	Bolivia	2.3	6	0.4	1.9 - 2.9
	Honduras	2.3	7	0.6	1.4 - 3.3
	Macedonia	2.3	5	0.3	2.0 - 2.7
	Serbia & Montenegro	2.3	5	0.5	2.0 - 3.2
	Sudan	2.3	4	0.3	2.0 - 2.7
	Ukraine	2.3	10	0.6	1.6 - 3.8
	Zimbabwe	2.3	7	0.3	2.0 - 2.7
113	Congo, Republic of the	2.2	3	0.5	2.0 - 2.8
	Ecuador	2.2	8	0.3	1.8 - 2.6
	Iraq	2.2	3	1.1	1.2 - 3.4
	Sierra Leone	2.2	3	0.5	2.0 - 2.8
	Uganda	2.2	6	0.7	1.8 - 3.5
118	Cote d'Ivoire	2.1	5	0.5	1.5 - 2.7
	Kyrgyzstan	2.1	5	0.4	1.6 - 2.7
	Libya	2.1	3	0.5	1.7 - 2.7
	Papua New Guinea	2.1	3	0.6	1.5 - 2.7
122	Indonesia	1.9	13	0.5	0.7 - 2.9
	Kenya	1.9	7	0.3	1.5 - 2.4
124	Angola	1.8	3	0.3	1.4 - 2.0
	Azerbaijan	1.8	7	0.3	1.4 - 2.3
	Cameroon	1.8	5	0.2	1.4 - 2.0
	Georgia	1.8	6	0.7	0.9 - 2.8
	Tajikistan	1.8	3	0.3	1.5 - 2.0
129	Myanmar	1.6	3	0.3	1.4 - 2.0
	Paraguay	1.6	6	0.3	1.2 - 2.0
131	Haiti	1.5	5	0.6	0.7 - 2.3
132	Nigeria	1.4	9	0.4	0.9 - 2.0
133	Bangladesh	1.3	8	0.7	0.3 - 2.2
Explanatory notes A more detailed description of the CPI 2003 methodology is available at http://www.transparency.org/cpi/ index.html#cpi or at http://www.gwdg.de/~uwv A CPI 2003 Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people, academics and risk analysts, and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). A Surveys Used refers to the number of surveys that assessed a country's performance. A total of 17 surveys were used from 13 independent institutions, and at least three surveys were required for a country to be included in the CPI. Standard Deviation indicates differences in the values of the sources: the greater the standard deviation, the greater the differences of perceptions of a country among the sources. High-Low Range provides the highest and lowest values of the different sources.

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This is just the table of the countries surveyed, go to the Transparency International website for more information.

[Support Free Republic]

Hi mom!

[Servant of the 9]

Some of these numbers are way strange.

So9

[Cicero]

As I look these figures over, they strike me as completely arbitrary and meaningless.

[VU4G10]

[Tacis]

I agree that they are strange. I understand that the Bangladeshis and Nigerians still send their most corrupt folks to Mexico for advanced training.

[dagnabbit]

Greetings Kind Sir,

My name is Aleksi Virtanen. I am the former manager of a large Finnish logging company, with surplus funds in the amount of US dollars 55,400,000 that must be removed from Finland. In exchange for your assistance...

[VU4G10]

DEAR DAGNABBIT,

I AM HASSAN MOHAMMED COUSIN OF MOHAMMED ABACHA
SON OF THE FORMER HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA, LATE
GENERAL SANNI ABACHA.

SINCE THE DEATH OF LATE HEAD OF STATE, MOST OF HIS
COLLEAGUES AND SUBORDINATES ARE AGAINST THE FAMILY AS
THEY ARE BENT ON PROBING THE FAMILY. THE FAMILY IS NOW
HEADED BY THE SECOND SON (MOHAMMED) WHO WAS CONDITIONALLY
RELEASED FROM DETENTION ON MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2002.
THE FIRST SON(IBRAHIM), WHO WAS AN ERUDITE LAWYER,
WAS SET UP IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1996.

AS AT THIS MOMENT OF CONTACTING YOU FOR ASSISTANCE, I
DO NOT TRUST ANY NIGERIAN NEITHER DO I TRUST THE
FAMILY LAWYERS AND HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU
DIRECTLY HAVING GOTTEN YOUR NAME, INFORMATION
AND PARTICULARS FROM A DIRECTORY ON THE INTERNET.

I FEEL YOU MUST BE A GENUINE, WELL ESTABLISHED AND
POSSIBLY HONEST INVESTOR I CAN TRY TO RELY ON FOR AN
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INVESTMENT OF ABOUT US$36 MILLION
IN YOUR COMPANY OR A SISTER COMPANY IN YOUR COUNTRY
WITHOUT THE NOTICE OF THIS PRESENT CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT
IN POWER. THIS IS BECAUSE FROM THE LOOK OF THINGS,THEY
HAVE SWORN TO DEAL WITH THE ABACHA FAMILY IN RECOVERING
ALL HIS LOOT. ALL OF THEIR BANK ACCOUNT IN EUROPE AND
AMERICA WHERE THE LATE HEAD OF STATE DEPOSITED FINANCIAL
GIFTS FROM FOREIGN CONTRACTORS, WHOM HE HELPED DURING
HIS TENURE HAVE BEEN FROZEN.

BUT THERE IS THIS VERY US$45 MILLION OF GENUINE
ORIGIN, ACCRUED FROM PERSONAL GIFT AND TIPS RECEIVED
FROM FOREIGN OIL FIRMS WHOM THE LATE HEAD OF STATE
HELPED TO OBTAIN THEIR LICENSES OF OPERATION IN
NIGERIA AND ONLY MOHAMMED KNOWS THE WHEREABOUT.
THIS MONEY WAS QUICKLY AND DILIGENTLY SNEAKED
OUT OF NIGERIA'S APEX BANK (THE CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA) THROUGH DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY THE
LATE HEAD OF STATE DIED, BY HIS SECOND SON TO GHANA, A
NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY TO NIGERIA IN THE WEST COAST OF
AFRICA. THE MONEY IS IN THE SAFE CUSTODY OF A
SECURITY/FINANCE FIRM IN GHANA AND THE CLAIM DOCUMENT
TOGETHER WITH THE PASSWORD IS WITH ME.

PRESENTLY, HE CANNOT TRAVEL OUT OF NIGERIA BECAUSE THE
GOVERNMENT SEIZED HIS TRAVELLING PASSPORTS. WE INTEND
INVESTING US$36,000,000.00 (THIRTY-SIX MILLION US
DOLLARS) OUT OF THE US$45MILLION IN YOUR COMPANY. WE
SHALL COMPENSATE YOU WITH 20% (US$9MILLION) OF THE
TOTAL FUND FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME
QUICKLY, IF YOU ARE CREDIBLE ENOUGH TO HANDLE PROJECT.


THIS ARRANGEMENT IS 100% RISK FREE AS LONG AS IT IS
KEPT VERY CONFIDENTIAL BY YOU. PLEASE, I WOULD WANT TO
HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST AS TIME IS NO LONGER ON OURSIDE.


BEST REGARDS,
HASSAN MOHAMMED

[dagnabbit]

What a great deal!

A Brad Christensen has a site Quatloos devoted to exposing various types of scams. His exchanges with Nigerian scamsters are quite funny.