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Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

Transparency International e.V. (TI) is an international non-governmental organization based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1993. Since 1996 TI has published the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) annually. The CPI ranks countries "by their levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys."

The organization generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private benefit."
The CPI 2016 ranks 176 countries/territories on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt).

Below you will find the list of countries, from the least corrupt states to the most corrupt nations.

The Top 10 of the least corrupt countries in 2016 is dominated by European nations with three exceptions: New Zealand shares the first place with Denmark, both countries scored 90 out of hundred points, as the countries which are least affected by corruption.
Singapore, scored 84, is Asia's least corrupt country, ranked at no. 7. Canada ranked at no. 9 is the least corrupt country in the Americas.

TI states: "Higher-ranked countries tend to have higher degrees of press freedom, access to information about public expenditure, stronger standards of integrity for public officials, and independent judicial systems."

Whereas the most corrupt countries are dominated by 'the usual suspects': Somalia (last 176), South Sudan (175), North Korea (174), Syria (173), Yemen (170), Sudan (170), Libya (170), Afghanistan (169), preceded by Guinea-Bissau (168) and Venezuela (166), the most corrupt country in all of the Americas.
All those countries are also in the Fragile States Index (formerly the Failed States Index), an annual report published by the United States think tank, the Fund for Peace

.

Coincidentally five of these countries are affected by the latest US travel ban: Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Libya.

Iran, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Russia and Ukraine are ranked in the same spot (131) in the lower third of the list, making Russia and the Ukraine the most corrupt nations in Europe.

United States
The United States are ranked 18 in 2016, between Austria (17) and Ireland (19). But, an investigation by ProPublica, in conjunction with the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University, has found that officials fleeing prosecution in Colombia, China, South Korea, Bolivia, and Panama have found refuge for themselves and their wealth in this country [the U.S.], taking advantage of lax enforcement of U.S. laws and gaps in immigration and financial regulations. Many have concealed their assets and real-estate purchases by creating trusts and limited liability companies in the names of lawyers and relatives. Source: Pacific Standard

Muslim Nations
The countries with the largest Muslim population do mostly poorly like “Remarkable Indonesia”.
Such advertising slogans hide the fact that corruption is on a high level.
Indonesia scored 37 out of 100 (rank 90), Pakistan 32 (rank 116), Bangladesh 26 (145), Nigeria 28 (136), Iran 29 (131), Turkey, the country closest to Europe scored 41 (rank 75). Best ranked Muslim countries are the rich, oil-producing nations of the United Arab Emirates 66 (rank 24) and Qatar 61 (31), Jordan 48 (rank 57), oil-rich Saudi Arabia 46 (rank 62) and Oman 45 (rank 64).

“Incredible India” which owes its stunted development largely to the rampant corruption ^[1] is ranked together with China and Brazil, which have similar problems, on place 79.

Rank	Country	2016 Score	2015 Score	2014 Score	2013 Score	2012 Score	Region
1	Denmark	90	91	92	91	90	Europe
1	New Zealand	90	88	91	91	90	Asia Pacific
3	Finland	89	90	89	89	90	Europe
4	Sweden	88	89	87	89	88	Europe
5	Switzerland	86	86	86	85	86	Europe
6	Norway	85	87	86	86	85	Europe
7	Singapore	84	85	84	86	87	Maritime Southeast Asia
8	Netherlands	83	87	83	83	84	Europe
9	Canada	82	83	81	81	84	Americas
10	Germany	81	81	79	78	79	Europe
10	Luxembourg	81	81	82	80	80	Europe
10	United Kingdom	81	81	78	76	74	Europe
13	Australia	79	79	80	81	85	Asia Pacific
14	Iceland	78	79	79	78	82	Europe
15	Belgium	77	77	76	75	75	Europe
15	Hong Kong	77	75	74	75	77	Asia
17	Austria	75	76	72	69	69	Europe
18	United States	74	76	74	73	73	Americas
19	Ireland	73	75	74	72	69	Europe
20	Japan	72	75	76	74	74	East Asia
21	Uruguay	71	74	73	73	72	South America
22	Estonia	70	70	69	68	64	Europe
23	France	69	70	69	71	71	Europe
24	Bahamas	66	N/A	71	71	71	Americas
24	Chile	66	70	73	71	72	South America
24	United Arab Emirates	66	70	70	69	68	Middle East
27	Bhutan	65	65	65	63	63	Asia Pacific
28	Israel	64	61	60	61	60	Middle East
29	Poland	62	62	61	60	58	Europe
29	Portugal	62	63	63	62	63	Europe
31	Barbados	61	N/A	74	75	76	Caribbean
31	Qatar	61	71	69	68	68	Middle East
31	Slovenia	61	60	58	57	61	Europe
31	Taiwan	61	62	61	61	61	Maritime Southeast Asia
35	Botswana	60	63	63	64	65	Sub Saharan Africa
35	Saint Lucia	60	N/A	N/A	71	71	Caribbean
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	60	N/A	67	62	62	Caribbean
38	Cape Verde	59	55	57	58	60	Sub Saharan Africa
38	Dominica	59	N/A	58	58	58	Caribbean
38	Lithuania	59	61	58	57	54	Europe and Central Asia
41	Brunei	58	N/A	N/A	60	55	Maritime Southeast Asia
41	Costa Rica	58	55	54	53	54	Americas
41	Spain	58	58	60	59	65	Europe
44	Georgia	57	52	52	49	52	Europe
44	Latvia	57	55	55	53	49	Europe
46	Grenada	56	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Americas
47	Cyprus	55	61	63	63	66	Europe and Western Asia
47	Czech Republic	55	56	51	48	49	Europe
47	Malta	55	56	55	56	57	Europe
50	Mauritius	54	53	54	52	57	Sub Saharan Africa
50	Rwanda	54	54	49	53	53	Sub Saharan Africa
52	Korea (South)	53	56	55	55	56	East Asia
53	Namibia	52	53	49	48	48	Sub Saharan Africa
54	Slovakia	51	51	50	47	46	Europe
55	Croatia	49	51	48	48	46	Europe
55	Malaysia	49	50	52	50	49	Maritime Southeast Asia
57	Hungary	48	51	54	54	55	Europe
57	Jordan	48	53	49	45	48	Middle East
57	Romania	48	46	43	43	44	Europe
60	Cuba	47	47	46	46	48	Caribbean
60	Italy	47	44	43	43	42	Europe
62	Sao Tome and Principe	46	42	42	42	42	Sub Saharan Africa
62	Saudi Arabia	46	52	49	46	44	Middle East
64	Montenegro	45	44	42	44	41	Europe
64	Oman	45	45	45	47	47	Middle East
64	Senegal	45	44	43	41	36	Sub Saharan Africa
64	South Africa	45	44	44	42	43	Sub Saharan Africa
64	Suriname	45	36	36	36	37	South America
69	Greece	44	46	43	40	36	Europe
70	Bahrain	43	51	49	48	51	Middle East
70	Ghana	43	47	48	46	45	Sub Saharan Africa
72	Burkina Faso	42	38	38	38	38	Sub Saharan Africa
72	Serbia	42	40	41	42	39	Europe
72	Solomon Islands	42	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Asia Pacific
75	Bulgaria	41	41	43	41	41	Europe
75	Kuwait	41	49	44	43	44	Middle East
75	Tunisia	41	38	40	41	41	North Africa
75	Turkey	41	42	45	50	49	Europe and Western Asia
79	Belarus	40	32	31	29	31	Europe
79	Brazil	40	38	43	42	43	South America
79	China	40	37	36	40	39	East Asia
79	India	40	38	38	36	36	South Asia
83	Albania	39	36	33	31	33	Europe
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39	38	39	42	42	Europe
83	Jamaica	39	41	38	38	38	Americas
83	Lesotho	39	44	49	49	45	Sub Saharan Africa
87	Mongolia	38	39	39	38	36	Asia Pacific
87	Panama	38	39	37	35	38	Americas
87	Zambia	38	38	38	38	37	Sub Saharan Africa
90	Colombia	37	37	37	36	36	Americas
90	Indonesia	37	36	34	32	32	Asia Pacific
90	Liberia	37	37	37	38	41	Sub Saharan Africa
90	Morocco	37	36	39	37	37	North Africa
90	Macedonia (Rep. of)	37	42	45	44	43	Europe
95	Argentina	36	32	34	34	35	Americas
95	Benin	36	37	39	36	36	Sub Saharan Africa
95	El Salvador	36	39	39	38	38	Americas
95	Kosovo	36	33	33	33	34	Europe
95	Maldives	36	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	South Asia
95	Sri Lanka	36	37	38	37	40	South Asia
101	Gabon	35	34	37	34	35	Sub Saharan Africa
101	Niger	35	34	35	34	33	Sub Saharan Africa
101	Peru	35	36	38	38	38	Americas
101	Philippines	35	35	38	36	34	Maritime South East Asia
101	Thailand	35	38	38	35	37	South East Asia
101	Timor-Leste	35	28	28	30	33	Maritime South East Asia
101	Trinidad and Tobago	35	39	38	38	39	Caribbean
108	Algeria	34	36	36	36	34	North Africa
108	Côte d´Ivoire	34	32	32	27	29	Sub Saharan Africa
108	Egypt	34	36	37	32	32	Middle East and North Africa
108	Ethiopia	34	33	33	33	33	Sub Saharan Africa
108	Guyana	34	29	30	27	28	South America
113	Armenia	33	35	37	36	34	Europe and Western Asia
113	Bolivia	33	34	35	34	34	South America
113	Vietnam	33	31	31	31	31	South East Asia
116	Mali	32	35	32	28	34	Sub Saharan Africa
116	Pakistan	32	30	29	28	27	South Asia and Central Asia
116	Tanzania	32	30	31	33	35	Sub Saharan Africa
116	Togo	32	32	29	29	30	Sub Saharan Africa
120	Dominican Republic	31	33	32	29	32	Caribbean
120	Ecuador	31	32	33	35	32	South America
120	Malawi	31	31	33	37	37	Sub Saharan Africa
123	Azerbaijan	30	29	29	28	27	Central Asia
123	Djibouti	30	34	34	36	36	Sub Saharan Africa
123	Honduras	30	31	29	26	28	Central America
123	Laos	30	25	25	26	21	South East Asia
123	Mexico	30	35	35	34	34	North America
123	Moldova	30	33	35	35	36	Europe
123	Paraguay	30	27	24	24	25	South America
123	Sierra Leone	30	29	31	30	31	Sub Saharan Africa
131	Iran	29	27	27	25	28	Middle East
131	Kazakhstan	29	28	29	26	28	Central Asia
131	Nepal	29	27	29	31	27	South Asia
131	Russia	29	29	27	28	28	Europe and Northern Asia
131	Ukraine	29	27	26	25	26	Europe
136	Guatemala	28	28	32	29	33	Central America
136	Kyrgyzstan	28	28	27	24	24	Central Asia
136	Lebanon	28	28	27	28	30	Middle East
136	Myanmar	28	22	21	21	15	South East Asia
136	Nigeria	28	26	27	25	27	Sub Saharan Africa
136	Papua New Guinea	28	25	25	25	25	Maritime South East Asia
142	Guinea	27	25	25	24	24	Sub Saharan Africa
142	Mauritania	27	31	30	30	31	North Africa
142	Mozambique	27	31	31	30	31	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Bangladesh	26	25	25	27	26	South Asia
145	Cameroon	26	27	27	25	26	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Gambia	26	28	29	28	34	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Kenya	26	25	25	27	27	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Madagascar	26	28	28	28	32	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Nicaragua	26	27	28	28	29	Central America
151	Tajikistan	25	26	23	22	22	Central Asia
151	Uganda	25	25	26	26	29	Sub Saharan Africa
153	Comoros	24	26	26	28	28	Sub Saharan Africa
154	Turkmenistan	22	18	17	17	17	Central Asia
154	Zimbabwe	22	21	21	21	20	Sub Saharan Africa
156	Cambodia	21	21	21	20	22	South East Asia
156	Democratic Republic of Congo	21	22	22	22	21	Sub Saharan Africa
156	Uzbekistan	21	19	18	17	17	Central Asia
159	Burundi	20	21	20	21	19	Sub Saharan Africa
159	Central African Republic	20	24	24	25	26	Sub Saharan Africa
159	Chad	20	22	22	19	19	Sub Saharan Africa
159	Haiti	20	17	19	19	19	Caribbean
159	Republic of Congo	20	23	23	22	26	Sub Saharan Africa
164	Angola	18	15	19	23	22	Sub Saharan Africa
164	Eritrea	18	18	18	20	25	Sub Saharan Africa
166	Iraq	17	16	16	16	18	Middle East
166	Venezuela	17	17	19	20	19	South America
168	Guinea-Bissau	16	17	19	19	25	Sub Saharan Africa
169	Afghanistan	15	11	12	8	8	Central Asia
170	Libya	14	16	18	15	21	North Africa
170	Sudan	14	12	11	11	13	North Africa
170	Yemen	14	18	19	18	23	Middle East
173	Syria	13	18	20	17	26	Middle East
174	Korea (North)	12	8	8	8	8	Asia Pacific
175	South Sudan	11	15	15	14	N/A	Sub Saharan Africa
176	Somalia	10	8	8	8	8	Sub Saharan Africa
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