What Are The Most & Least Corrupt Countries In The World? (Corruption Perception Index 2023)

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▶ In this video, I take a look at the Corruption Perception Index of 2023 created by Transparency International. Throughout the video we go into the complexities of corruption, exploring its definitions and global impact. The CPI ranks 180 countries based on perceived levels of public sector corruption, shedding light on systemic issues and the need for reform. Despite some arguably contentious scores, the data highlights both progress and persistent challenges worldwide. Join me as we navigate through regional disparities, government types, and the urgent call for justice articulated by Transparency International. From Denmark, Finland, and New Zealand topping the list as the least corrupt nations to Somalia, Venezuela, and Syria grappling with pervasive corruption, the rankings underscore both progress and persistent hurdles on a global scale. I believe While the rankings offer valuable insights, they also invite critical reflection.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Transparency.org Acknowledgement
00:16 What Is Corruption?
00:46 What Can Governments Do To Tackle It?
01:21 What Is The Corruption Perception Index?
02:07 Requirements For Collected Data
02:42 Opinion Disclaimer
02:57 Global Corruption Overview
03:49 South America
04:02 North America
04:19 Europe
04:31 Middle-East
04:54 Asia
05:18 Oceania
05:30 Africa
05:50 Global Highlights
05:54 Least Corrupt Countries
06.54 Most Corrupt Countries
07:18 Evolution Of Performances
08:00 10 Year View
08:15 Performance Based On Regime Type
08:40 Best & Worst Performing Regions
08:56 Lack Of Persecution = More Corruption?
09:44 Percentages Of Negative Countries By Region
10:12 Detailed Look: Western Europe
10:40 Detailed Look: Eastern Europe & Central Asia
11:01 Detailed Look: Middle-East & North Africa
11:21 Detailed Look: North & South America
11:31 Detailed Look: Asia-Pacific
11:51 Detailed Look: Sub-Saharan Africa
12:17 Summary
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[@General.Knowledge]

*Do you agree with your country's ranking in this?*

[@svdgnl]

Is it as a citizen or to do business or have political influence? That can have a influence with the Greece Saudi Arabia difference.

[@thomasfalkenberg8549]

As a Dane, I am happy to say I do.

[@rogerramjet7729]

I live in Melbourne, Victoria, australia and i can say without a doubt that our socialist state government in Victoria is corrupt with untoward influence from unions, china and globalists.

[@jamesl8542]

no

[@jamesl8542]

also it is bias twords US allies

[@tomchamberlain4329]

It's mad hearing someone question why the UK has a lower rating than ever before. Everyone who lives here knows it's corrupt. And nobody really knows how to tackle it.

[@stevilkenevil9960]

See the American revolution. That's how you deal with it

[@TheseWordsTouch]

I didn't know you guys had corruption. All I knew is that myown country is the most corrupt I've ever studied. We Americans legalize rigging elections through gerrymandering, use propaganda to distract the general public from anything politics related, yet still claim we live in a democracy. It's absolute insanity here.

[@georgharutunian9258]

do the same research but considered lobbying to be a corruption because it is

[@shmenged]

bingo.

[@mekingtiger9095]

Lobbying is just legalized corruption. Change my mind.

[@aaltag4068]

Nah lobbying is legal and corruption isn't. Huge difference

[@jackmclaughlin9911]

Lobbying is different from corruption in many ways.

[@deleted-something]

Lobbying can be considered corruption in some cases, but not all

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

Heads up, Transparency International is a German association created by former employees of the World Bank which is stationed in Washington D.C. and "provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects". Do with that information what you will.

[@DSpace1]

well those loans and grants go to countries that get it under control maybe hopefully

[@davisdelp8131]

Well that makes them very qualified

[@archstanton6102]

You have a source for this claim?

[@SuperHorseSense]

So it's more of a credit score than an actual determination of quality of life in the country

[@ferretyluv]

And yet they don’t consider America the least corrupt country. Funny about that.

[@davelucas7337]

As a man from England, I'm not surprised by our score. The last few government set ups have been rather questionable.

[@Earthterrajourney]

Corruption everywhere😢

[@ferretyluv]

Remember that America recently fell down to Flawed Democracy.

[@JamesStewart-lx5wb]

I wonder why. It's not like are elections are rigged by involvement of other countries. Not at all.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

It's been that way for a while. Certain politicians act quite authoritarian, and multiple liberties are being suppressed due to intolerance. Not to mention, there is gerrymandering and the electoral college.

[@ferretyluv]

@@aaronTGP_3756 Yeah but we didn’t have insurrections and waves of political violence back then. Gerrymandering isn’t corruption, it’s the system working as intended.

[@seanpatrick5060]

@@ferretyluvthere wasn’t an insurrection, unarmed people being waved in by the feds under Nancy Pelosi’s orders…

[@aaronTGP_3756]

@@ferretyluv If gerrymandering is the system working as intended, then the system needs changing.

[@mr.turdlybird4387]

If a country thinks they’re not corrupt they are If a country thinks they are corrupt they are

[@rad4924]

In New Zealand there's genuine national concern over the fact that we've fallen into third place. We used to be first, then we were second for ages. Falling into third is actually a bad sign.

[@alexpotts6520]

Hmm. It is possible that falling to third doesn't actually mean NZ has become more corrupt. It could mean another country has become less corrupt and overtaken them.

[@dontcomply3976]

I am a Kiwi, I think we are nowhere near as clean as we used to be. It is just that corruption has become so institutionalised that it is not really seen as such. For example there was a planned transport project, about 20kms of light rail from central Auckland to the airport budgeted at about NZ$30 billion (US $20 billion), it was cancelled after spending a couple of hundred million on consultants with not a single metre of track laid. Projects like this are estimated to cost about five times as much as they ought to.

[@alexpotts6520]

@@dontcomply3976 Take it from someone whose job is project management in civil infrastructure - this isn't corruption, this is just poor planning. It's pretty normal - *every* project ends up costing more than people think it will, not because anyone is skimming money off the top, but because optimism bias is everywhere (ie people always think projects will be easier, quicker and cheaper than they are, they get tripped up by unknown unknowns). And of course, as the costs spiral, projects which represented value for money under the original plans no longer do so. When a scheme no longer has VFM, the corrupt thing to do would be to keep it going. Much better to cut your losses before the expensive bits of a scheme kick in (construction obviously, but also land purchase can be hideously expensive).

[@dontcomply3976]

@alexpotts6520 Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is corruption in the traditional sense. It is a new form of corruption under especially 'woke' governments like the last one here in NZ, with endless cultural reports and payments to their favoured groups.

[@21Kyzix12]

We just had our biggest corruption scandal since the 70s, so I'd expect Japan to drop a bit in the 2024 rankings 😅 They have been getting rid of a lot of people involved, but it was just so pervasive in the LDP that it's not nearly enough.

[@darriendastar3941]

A really timely video. Especially in a year in which most of the world's democracies are having general elections. Obviously, there are some pretty glaring limitations in the methodology here - which you've pointed out very clearly. But it still stands as a benchmark in trying to establish the kind of standards we can work from. Thank you for making this. I'm going to try to share it wherever I can. I don't think anyone else on KZbin has even considered the situation - let alone publicise it. I'm going to share this video wherever I can. Thank you again.

[@danielszekeres8003]

Proud of my country, Hungary, we finally reached Moldovan levels!

[@zouchmusic]

:D I'm surprised you're allowed to stay in the EU, to be honest.

[@danielszekeres8003]

@@zouchmusic our liberal MEPs are fighting to direct funds to municipal governments, companies and ngo's instead of our corrupt state government

[@AndrzejHeller]

First, thank you very much for another great video explaining Corruption Perception Index. Funny thing - before watching it, I had been reading about Cabo Verde, as it is one of the places I’d like to visit some time in future. It looks Cabo Verde could be the highest ranked African country, ahead of South Korea, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic (don’t like to say “Czechia”) and my home Poland. I think it’s pretty impressive for such a small nation. Second, it's difficult to answer question raised in your pinned comment. I’m not surprised Poland is lower than in 2022, but I hope we’ll be able to improve our rank in future.

[@Eoin-B]

It will hopefully go up this year for you. Your new government may seem as corrupt as the PIS, removing PIS's personally placed positions in both the head of the judicial system and in the media. But if I wanted to right that ship, they would be the first to go all to bring Poland back to early 2010's level of government interference and corruption. As well as judicial and media independence again. I was scared for such a budding country, not 20 years behind Ireland in the rate of growth from nothing as we did.

[@Flaminhotbagel]

It looks like from the list shown in the beginning that the Seychelles is the highest, with Cabo Verde in second

[@stuarttunstead6616]

You're not the only one who doesn't like to use 'Czechia'. I visit often, nobody in the country calls it that. 🤪

[@greenkinas6044]

🇨🇻🇨🇻👌🏽

[@abdulrahman_720]

As for Saudi Arabia, the country has gone through a purge back in 2017 by MBS. They have arrested around 400, including Saudi princes, government ministers, and others. so its much better now

[@ferretyluv]

It’s still considered corrupt but not Venezuela-level corrupt.

[@21Kyzix12]

I think the fact that it is perception is key too. Regardless of whether or not the arrests have actually reduced corruption, it is definitely something that would reduce the perception of corruption.

[@JamesStewart-lx5wb]

It's still corrupt. They just try to hide it like every other atrocious act they commit but the world turns a blind eye because of oil. So don't let it fool you. They might be getting better, but they are still an awful country with a corrupt government that will arrest anyone that disagrees with them.

[@recoil53]

@@21Kyzix12 That is actually a motivator for authoritarian governments to have purges. It might increase public perception while being a tool to get rid of political rivals.

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

Advanced corruption hidden

[@General.Knowledge]

Definitely a big issue.

[@atiqrahman7289]

Which country should be given the title of CORRUPTISTAN----THE most corrupt country on earth.

[@deleted-something]

Damn Greenland and the Western Sahara are doing so good that they are out of the scale!

[@shanelenham8736]

As A Brit Considering The Mess Our Government Is Im Not Surprised We Got Our Lowest Score

[@tomquagliata9381]

The U.S. isn’t far behind. It’s become disgusting.

[@ferretyluv]

Why Are You Capitalizing Every Single Word?

[@shanelenham8736]

Out of habit

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

​@@ferretyluvthey're a capitalist!!

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

Considering the HSBC it's surprising our score isn't way lower (and Hong Kong's too)

[@eminemeatingmmswithotherem5879]

In the Balkans we have our own league 🗿 We have a lot of corruption in Greece the last 15 years for anything that happened nobody ever punished or go to jail, persecution of free media, cover up of huge scandals in health, and most recently in the deadly crime committed in Tempi with the train crashes.

[@flyingzone356]

Another great and extremely educational video (as usual).

[@duaneperkins8329]

How do they come up with the regions??? 🤥Having North, Central & South America all lumped together is a mistake. That's like putting both Europe and Africa together since they line up. Should be North & South (you can include Central in the North as otherwise it wouldn't be too lopsided). I also think Western& Eastern Europe should be one group. Just shaking my head on how they divided the regions...almost giving me the perception of corruption, trying to make some look better than others. 😝

[@ChrisFan890]

Love you mate

[@LoFIJak]

I'm surprised the UKs score isn't lower to be honest!

[@KristersAndersons]

Not a bad review but I might add some notes for creator as well as for others: - In the monarchic (Saudi Arabia, as You mentioned) system it's not corruption if everything goes according to the monarch. In democracy the risk is higher because of more people responsible for one thing means you have better chance to get that benefit. - Lobbying is legal because the public knows that lobbyists are fighting for their rights or benefits. RN in most of EU there's farmers lobbying in form of protest. - What differs corruption between lobbying is that first is hidden and it includes 'taxes' to politicians for the benefits for lobbyists.

[@Arauto_Kagnos]

Can't say I am surprised at Brazil ranking so poorly, while I love my homeland and wouldn't want to live anywhere else I am not blind to the fact that the governments here tend to be corrupt regardless of parties. Though like another guy mentioned the company behind this did do some shady shit here in the past, so while I'm sure our score would not be great I am not so sure on the final validity of the their score.

[@MSW_Skule]

There are a lot of issues with transparency intl. But honestly a little suprised Australia got off so easy, the NSW gov has carried out campaigns against journalism including firebombing a youtubers house. Seems like they should rank a little lower eh?

[@SayuriAsahina]

Do you mean friendlyjordies? I followed that - what a mess.

[@debbieanne7962]

NSW is only one state in Australia not the entire country

[@vincent412l7]

Also consider the military. Some places if the military is not being satisfied will seize power.

[@davidsmith1310]

The correlation between the perception of corruption and the prosecution of it could also be that where there is corruption mechanisms to fight it never form or are removed.

[@poLINGlot99]

Cool video 👌

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@hugobragg6380]

I’d be interested in seeing how population size correlates to levels of corruption. I would imagine that smaller countries have a much easier time of “stamping out corruption” than larger ones. And if that’s the case what could larger countries learn from smaller countries?

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Very good video.

[@yonathor]

In the Netherlands there is no corruption. When mentioned they call it "conflict of interests". So how do you measure corruption?

[@skoot2488]

least corrupt or the crooks are just better at hiding it?

[@user-lv4lb2gp8n]

The corruptions is covered by the law. The crooks can steal without any fear in these countries. Mostly Western Europe

[@matprlz]

As a Brit who moved to Copenhagen, I won! Unless anyone here is in Denmark from Sub-Sahara Africa??

[@welshed]

The UK is going to continue to slide.

[@AllieBorse]

As someone who lives in the UK it always surprises me when we're actually as high in positive things as we are, but then again it could be regional and personal bias (I'm northern and our queer community is... going through it)

[@saalok]

The five people in Greenland are not corrupt

[@sortingoutmyclothes8131]

How do you actually fix corruption though? Al of those suggestions have to be enforced by someone. Who is supposed to do it if the government itself is corrupt?

[@Deqxfieldgaming]

4:28 it's also shows a little bit about how europe still on this date is divided between west and east, the cold war consequences has hurt the east europe extremely

[@Salam_Damai431]

Another thing that would reduce corruption is reducing complex bureaucratic systems. The more red tape people have to navigate the more likely they are to offer and receive bribes.

[@rpgbb]

It’s interesting how these indexes get it so wrong. Normally one would take it at face value but knowing the actual situation on the ground, one can see this ranking is totally off mark. Supposedly Singapore ranks 5th but the political and social systems are themselves corrupted. And the fact that Politicians and Civil Servants can’t take brides that easily are not enough for a system that actively supports the triads activities. The laws in Singapore are designed to protect the triads. I just happen to know this case, so I wonder how many other countries ranking are really that accurate

[@tktopaz1h903]

Could I get a source on how the SG government supports triads? I have researched this topic at length before and couldn’t find anything.

[@rpgbb]

@@tktopaz1h903Of course there’s no any source. The Singaporean government will make sure anything against them gets suppressed. Any Singaporean who is critical publicly will get sued out of everything they got. You will need to live there to find out. The laws are designed to protect the Chinese majority in general and the triads in particular. For example, assault is not an arrestable offence, killing someone in a fight is not murder, etc, etc. You can research on the Orchard Tower July 2019 murders and how the authorities handled the case. Actually anyone critical got punished by the government. Corruption at the highest level

[@timothymckane6362]

I'm not sure if the USA ranked 69 is intentional or not due to the meaning of that number....

[@reineh3477]

They isn't ranked 69, they got 69 points and is ranked 24. By the way, on a list someone has to be 69 you can't skip a number just because you find it funny.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

​@@reineh3477Yes, I can confirm that jokes about the number 69 are funny. Those jokes are childish but they are funny.

[@Ettibridget]

Iceland was on same level as the scandinavian countries, but after the financial crisis they started to decline.

[@YOUTEACH789]

Watching

[@eattherich2]

I agree that Denmark, Norway and Finland likely is at the top with New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Ireland, Netherlands and Canada close behind. I am not surprised by this. I expected Iceland to be ranked higher to be honest. I am not at all surprised that Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Nicaragua would be near the bottom. But slightly surprise Tajikistan is so low, and Cambodia below Honduras. I am also very surprised Panama is ranked above the Philippines, Turkey and Indonesia. Also surprised to see Tanzania, Brazil, India, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Albania above Serbia, Thailand, Argentina, Morocco, Nepal and Bosnia Herzegovina. Spain, the UK, Portugal, the US and Italy is also surprisingly low with Qatar, China, Colombia, Armenia and Kuwait being a bit above what I expected. But generally there is not really too much unexpected in this list and ranking.

[@richdobbs6595]

I think the classification on the basis of democracy is arbitrary and biased. I think that it might be possible to create a liberty index that was less arbitrary and in some cases might be more enlightening.

[@ayadhyist]

There’s the Freedom Index, which is less biased and also covers more countries.

[@whohan779]

Am I the only one who realized all the countries in the top-5 have between 5.22 (New Zealand) and 5.96 (Denmark) million inhabitants and apart from Germany no country in the top-16 has more inhabitants than Canada? 🤔 Interesting correlation considering Denmark is just 112th(/114th when counting HK & Taiwan) and Canada is 36th out of 195(/240 when counting [almost] all unrecognized countries) by population. Apparently being a more populous country correlates negatively with corruption (perception).

[@evanneal4936]

I know that you didn't make this list and that you may not agree with it either. But I honestly think the USA is more corrupt than they said, there may be a bit of bias shown in the study. Also the USA is technically a flawed democracy because the people can't make decisions directly like a real democracy, they have to use elected officials to represent them instead more like a republic, democracy and republic are not the same thing. We function more like Rome did during the republic of Rome. Not a democracy. Soviets were a republic, you can be democratic or a republic or both but they are different...thus by True definition USA is not a real democracy.

[@johng4093]

Nobody said U.S. was a democracy, it's been a republic since inception. Most countries are republics. To say it's a flawed democracy makes as much sense as saying it's a flawed monarchy.

[@debbieanne7962]

Unfortunately most nations in Africa are basket cases with extreme corruption

[@richdobbs6595]

In principle, a country could be an absolute monarchy and still have low corruption, if it was led by some sort of philosopher king that arbitrarily created a fair, just, system with a lot of liberty. Probably doesn't describe a country that is run by a clan seeking personal wealth of its members.

[@tgx3529]

Corruption started in my country with the advent of socialism, when there was nothing anywhere, nobody could get anything. A hundred years ago, people were brought up differently. They didn't throw away so many things, they valued them, they also valued work, and those who were capable were duly rewarded. They valued food more than today mainly because they also valued God himself, whom they believed in. After all, even the fruit itself is his work, thanks to him it grew here on Earth.

[@YukonGhibli]

Why is Belize white in the map while all other sovereign countries are ranked?

[@SayuriAsahina]

It's more than Belize, and I think it's for countries for which there's inadequate data.

[@YukonGhibli]

@@SayuriAsahina the others on the map are all territories, but yes it is for inadequate data but why. Belize releases such figures.

[@AshtonishingJelly]

Iceland?? How can Iceland be that "low"? I am surpriced!

[@lucas13flu]

The ranking for Brazil is unsurprising. We elected an ex-con, convicted of *corruption* to be our president 😂

[@BlackDoveNYC]

Brazil has always been generally seen as corrupt, like pretty much all of South America and the Caribbean however, if you are referring to Lula he and Dilma situation seemed to be more like a political hit job driven and carried out by a technocratic class that is very corrupt and seemed bent on making as much as possible at the expense of the rest of the population. Not saying Lula is perfect or anything but that he like leaders worldwide don’t exist in a vacuum.

[@gamingsolveseverything]

Actually corruption in India is even worse than shown on the. India corruption rate should be around 30 not 39map like every other politician or even a simple cop is so corrupt and if you want to do something for example you want to get a fir on someone some cops take money to just do that or even don't make a fir See I am also an Indian and I know that corruption has decreased a lot but it's still not in a very good condition

[@mothra727]

another index i find interesting is the 'Extortion & protection racketeering' index, italy is 7.5, lmao

[@londonalicante]

As a Brit I am entirely unsurprised by our low and falling ranking. Firstly, we are very lucky to have a press who call out any kind of corruption. Secondly, our current government is a total mess (and will lose heavily at the next election, which they are required to hold within approx 1 year.) - Brexit has been a disaster and it's apparent that we were lied to - it was done to avoid financial regulation of the super-rich. - The government continues to exaggerate the "immigration crisis", while failing to process them. Afghan citizens who supported us are being left to be persecuted by the Taliban, while convicted sex offenders are allowed to stay. And rather than do something about the backlog, the government's proposed "solution" is an illegal scheme to send asylum seekers to a centre in Rwanda for indefinite hold. - Nothing is being done to solve the real problems of ordinary people: an under-resourced health service, dangerous housing stock and school buildings, and the cost of living crisis which has been exacerbated by Brexit. - Although people have largely forgotten about it, Boris Johnson was forced to resign for partying during Covid while imposing lockdown on others, and there is a general sense that the current government has lost its way.

[@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123]

The thins is that most of these « international » organisations, are based in Western Europe or America so I think it is safe to assum that these results are not Acurate because they show allies well and foes bad.

[@recoil53]

Side notes - while it is obvious the Brits were sold a bunch of lies on Brexit, it was also obvious at the time that they were a bunch of lies. The public just chose to believe the unbelievable. Boris Johnson was so wildly bad that it's kind of surprising that the party scandal was what brought him down

[@alexpotts6520]

I mean, none of this is good, but most of it is temporary and lots of it is not so much corruption as government incompetence.

[@dontcomply3976]

Policies you don't agree with are not corruption e.g. Brexit, in fact in it is the opposite, implementation of the peoples will

[@RM-ti8nf]

Did the public get good information from reputable sources about how brexit would actually work? ​@@dontcomply3976

[@JamesStewart-lx5wb]

So this continues to confirm my theory that the Nordic countries are the greatest. Why can't the rest of the world be like them?

[@edwardw92]

Well, these countries also pay the highest income taxes in the world….

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Because they're not Nordic, duh

[@Argonhubert]

@@edwardw92no they don’t, not even close. They just pay the highest in the democratic west due to their VAT taxes (if you want to be like them in that regard than understand the VAT tax). Countries like Greece and Portugal used to pay a similar level as well. Taxes have nothing to do with corruption if that is the point you are trying to make.

[@escmadeira]

Portugal prestes a bater o mínimo histórico 😂😂😂

[@fidel1803]

In post-ussr region Ukraine is totally corrupted, Belarus is almost free of corruption. Difference is huge! But both marked by same colour.

[@bronydoc1220]

that is the hufe problem it's Proception and that all depends on ones ethics and values. the alternitive is no better yjough doing by what the country think is currtion by law tis chart would be renders far more useless.

[@DelijeSerbia]

its funny how in countries where corruption is low lobbying is legal. lmao Western map making is always funny and shows how delusional everyone there is.

[@AnimeAddictedNerd]

Swizzerrllllaaannnddddd iisssssss beessttttttt pure democracy!!!!!!!!! We shall rule ze wöööörllllllldddddd!!!

[@ovzimsedoc5739]

Save yourself some time, and start your viewing at 6:21

[@AntiCommunistHungarian]

North korea be like:yesn't.

[@andreujuanc]

Do private sector and the Netherlands will end up first ;)

[@sudonum3108]

It’s interesting that the most prosperous countries also happen to rank amongst the least corrupt in the world. I wonder if that’s more than a happy coincidence; a culture of hard work rewarded boosting morale vs wide spread thievery deflating morale? Why work when it's just going to be stolen from you?

[@ferretyluv]

Both. If you don’t have a stable government, it’s hard to get ahead with merit.

[@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123]

I mean I mostly wonder were these « international » organisations are based. They are all mostly based in europe or america so I think that its not a coincident that the best countries on the list are those places and there allies.

[@ferretyluv]

@@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123 Probably because all the international languages are English and French. Switzerland and Belgium are famously neutral, so they’re popular locations for international orgs. The UN is based in New York because it’s the most diverse city in the world.

[@recoil53]

There could be the problem of people feeling prosperous enough that they don't feel the system is hurting them. Because they don't feel a problem, they don't go looking for it. Why rock the boat when it's all going so well>

[@flzrin]

they rank amongst the least corrupt because they can hide their corruption very well. the west is shown to be the paradise of earth but western countries are more corrupt than some african countries.

[@doodooman9]

Mobile AL is pronounced "moe-bill"

[@Kasai-Shibata]

It's very sad to see these maps

[@user-lv4lb2gp8n]

Western and Northern Europe countries like Germany, Netherland, Sweden or Belgium are way more corrupt than given by this index. The corruption here is enabled by the law. It is enough to look at the high level of debt and high level of taxes. What happened to the money? Exactly.

[@liamzulficari8729]

Proud on 🇦🇹 😊

[@fluffyraichu9706]

Add lobbying as a factor into the general scoring of this and you get a bingo

[@Map42892]

It doesn't make statistical sense to. Lobbying isn't a separate "measure" of what this index is already considering. If anything, this may show us that the often-ideological belief that lobbying=corruption is misplaced.

[@jorgecandeias]

The biggest flaw of this is the fact that it restricts itself to public sector corruption perception, as by far most of the actual corruption lies in the private sector.

[@General.Knowledge]

I'm not sure if most of it, but definitely a good part of it, yeah

[@jorgecandeias]

@@General.Knowledge I look at how things go in Portugal and whenever there's a corruption case involving the public sector, the private sector is involved as well, plus there's a lot of economic crime as well where the puiblic sector involvement is non-existent or negligible. Hence the opinion expressed above.

[@Argonhubert]

@@jorgecandeiasthat is not the case in Venezuela or countries like North Korea, because the private sector is almost nonexistent. If anything thing this map demonstrates the other way around.

[@jorgecandeias]

@@Argonhubert High corruption countries are very different to low corruption countries. In high corruption countries you can't do *anything* without bribing someone (and if you have the funds and connections to bribe the right people, you can do anything... the opposite kind of anything), and this often implies having to pay all sorts of middle and low management people, cops, and so on, many of which (but not all, as it involves all kinds of services and some services are private almost everywhere - North Korea is an exception) work in the public sector. In low corruption countries, there's very little of this widespread corruption, and most corruption happens higher up in the ladder, involving much bigger sums of money. This is where private sector corruption absolutely rules. This kind of big corruption also happens (a lot) in high corruption countries, but it's kinda diluted by the other smaller one, with its much lower volume of money exchanged per transaction, but much, MUCH bigger quantity of transactions. Besides, for each North Korea out there, there's also a Somalia or a Libya, where there's practically no public sector whatsoever (as there's practically no state and therefore no state institutions) and everything happens between private entities, from the warlords at the top to the little people just running their own little angles in an attempt to survive. All private.

[@aaronadam4747]

Gulf countries are less corrupt because their citizens are bathing in money in the first place and also strict Shariah laws are implemented to punish the corrupt.

[@Allright890]

❤💯

[@randombanana640]

Hmm, Indonesia is 34

[@sloglas]

So, lobbying and demons of Davos not counting? Get yourself together man.

[@lorenzoblum868]

That is why this list is BS. It's just ranking countries according to the degree of how sophisticated the corruption is.

[@LizemPool]

Brazil should be dark red

[@vincent412l7]

Somaliland should be considered separately from Somalia.

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

Here in Brazil we had a serious problem witj Trasparency International: they fully supported a lawfare capaign here, with serious consequencies for our democracy. They supported legislation that made our democracy weaker and they supported a judge who had a pact with prossecutors to prossecute and even forge evidences against politicians only of one political specter, while they were ignoring all the other politicians with a lot of evidences of corruption. The lawfare plot in brazil was corruption, because the judge and prossecutors recive a lot of favours and money from companies, media and by transparency international... they also recive positions in thr former government... And this organization was fully involved in this corruption. They arent realiable.

[@frankthetank5708]

You do even know that it's a German based organisation with less than 30 employees? How can these few people make problems in Brazil?

[@TheRagingPlatypus]

These lists are such BS. Germany, for example, you have no right to deny a chimney sweep access to your home, can't for the most part homeschool your children, can be fined for insulting someone...

[@pollutingpenguin2146]

ON A SCALE FROM VENEZUELA TO DENMARK - HOW CORRUPT IS YOUR COUNTRY?😂 amazing lol

[@kittybribri100]

Interesting that palestine isn't shown and the fact that Israeli is 2nd in the middle east eventhough they are literally committing war crimes as we speak

[@CarlosWilliamsMaximoGarc-wx7uu]

what

[@SingleCongratulation]

US scores 69? Nice!

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

The scores for the UK and Hong Kong probably don't take HSBC into account...

[@nicolasrossi3474]

Según este informe los paraísos fiscales no son corrupción. 😂

[@vinny_the_kidd]

Brazil!Brazil!Brazil 😂

[@evog35viii]

Oh come oooon!!! How can " 69 " be not bad?

[@ace.of.skulls]

North Korea 🇰🇵

[@hasinabegum1038]

UAE is very well governed country so as Saudi Arabia that's why this countries have relatively low corruption

[@JesusOrDestruction]

US should be dark red 😂

[@Map42892]

Not really though. The US isn't particularly corrupt in any objective sense.

[@hasinabegum1038]

USA has Lobbying not no big corruption

[@dontcomply3976]

The Biden crime family, amirite?

[@stevilkenevil9960]

These rankings are fucked

[@thundershadow]

No.

[@drmursalabdikulmiye3556]

Somaliland is somalia 🇸🇴

[@CrAzYDr1veR]

poortugal needs a bit more red...

[@henriquecarvalho8919]

Soo ... Is not corruption if you called lobbying

[@Map42892]

Lobbying can be corrupt, but lobbying isn't inherently synonymous with corruption. It doesn't matter, because the methodology used here would already consider any impacts of lobbying.

[@MrAllenIverson]

USA is actually number 1 and you cant change my mind on that.

[@McNeuvillette]

Morocco is fucked here

[@v.prestorpnrcrtlcrt2096]

What volume and speed is this supposed to be? I only hear burping. Lots of burping.

[@Clinton221087]

This map was awful. South Africa should be way worse.