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September 25, 2008

World-Wide Corruption Rankings

Filed under: Crime, List, safety — anne @ 12:01 pm

You probably never heard of Transparency International (I hadn’t), and that’s a pity because their mission is to fight corruption around the globe - and there is way too much of that in this uneasy world of ours.

The organization recently came out with their annual rankings of nations - in terms of corruption (and thanks, Gadling, for the heads-up).

Corruption is defined by Transparency as, “the misuse of entrusted power for private gain.”

These countries - out of a total of 165 — topped the list as “least corrupt” (and note the emphasis on Scandinavia):

Denmark
Sweden
New Zealand
Singapore
Finland

Looks like Norway fell down on the job this year - they only made it to #14 - the U.S. meanwhile made a very respectable showing at #18 (better than France, mon amis).

Last place: Somalia. No surprise, as most of the countries at the end of the list are unbearably poor.

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