Transparency International .... 2015 list of world's most corrupt countries

The cleanest country is number 1 .....
the most corrupt , number 167

Where does your country rank ?
( I know my country should be way further down the list )

It seems the faceless corporate entities are the biggest
criminals , backed and protected by our elected representatives !

Rank Country/territory 2015 Score
1 Denmark
2 Finland
3 Sweden
4 New Zealand
5 Netherlands
5 Norway
7 Switzerland
8 Singapore
9 Canada
10 Germany
10 Luxembourg
10 United Kingdom
13 Australia
13 Iceland
15 Belgium
16 Austria
16 United States
18 Hong Kong
18 Ireland
18 Japan
21 Uruguay
22 Qatar
23 Chile
23 Estonia
23 France
23 United Arab Emirates
27 Bhutan
28 Botswana
28 Portugal
30 Poland
30 Taiwan
32 Cyprus
32 Israel
32 Lithuania
35 Slovenia
36 Spain
37 Czech Republic
37 Korea (South)
37 Malta
40 Cape Verde
40 Costa Rica
40 Latvia
40 Seychelles
44 Rwanda
45 Jordan
45 Mauritius
45 Namibia
48 Georgia
48 Saudi Arabia
50 Bahrain
50 Croatia
50 Hungary
50 Slovakia
54 Malaysia
55 Kuwait
56 Cuba
56 Ghana
58 Greece
58 Romania
60 Oman
61 Italy
61 Lesotho
61 Montenegro
61 Senegal
61 South Africa
66 Sao Tome and Principe
66 The FYR of Macedonia
66 Turkey
69 Bulgaria
69 Jamaica
71 Serbia
72 El Salvador
72 Mongolia
72 Panama
72 Trinidad and Tobago
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina
76 Brazil
76 Burkina Faso
76 India
76 Thailand
76 Tunisia
76 Zambia
83 Benin
83 China
83 Colombia
83 Liberia
83 Sri Lanka
88 Albania
88 Algeria
88 Egypt
88 Indonesia
88 Morocco
88 Peru
88 Suriname
95 Armenia
95 Mali
95 Mexico
95 Philippines
99 Bolivia
99 Djibouti
99 Gabon
99 Niger
103 Dominican Republic
103 Ethiopia
103 Kosovo
103 Moldova
107 Argentina
107 Belarus
107 Cote d'Ivoire
107 Ecuador
107 Togo
112 Honduras
112 Malawi
112 Mauritania
112 Mozambique
112 Vietnam
117 Pakistan
117 Tanzania
119 Azerbaijan
119 Guyana
119 Russia
119 Sierra Leone
123 Gambia
123 Guatemala
123 Kazakhstan
123 Kyrgyzstan
123 Lebanon
123 Madagascar
123 Timor-Leste
130 Cameroon
130 Iran
130 Nepal
130 Nicaragua
130 Paraguay
130 Ukraine
136 Comoros
136 Nigeria
136 Tajikistan
139 Bangladesh
139 Guinea
139 Kenya
139 Laos
139 Papua New Guinea
139 Uganda
145 Central African Republic
146 Congo Republic
147 Chad
147 Democratic Republic of the Congo
147 Myanmar
150 Burundi
150 Cambodia
150 Zimbabwe
153 Uzbekistan
154 Eritrea
154 Syria
154 Turkmenistan
154 Yemen
158 Haiti
158 Guinea-Bissau
158 Venezuela
161 Iraq
161 Libya
163 Angola
163 South Sudan
165 Sudan
166 Afghanistan
167 Korea (North)
167 Somalia

The human cost of corruption is huge, yet all too often leaders
with notoriously corrupt records continue to enjoy lives of luxury
at the expense of people living in grinding poverty. It’s time they
faced the consequence of their actions.
“Corruption will stop only when we collectively fight against it,”
says photographer AM Ahad . “It is crucial that we change the common
mentality of accepting corruption and treat the crime as the terrible
thing that it is.”
www.transparency.org...

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray
the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep,
and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep.
Ray Davies

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.
Bess Myerson

The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been
and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends,
and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price
we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.
Frank Serpico

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are
always relevant.
Martin Scorsese

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road
it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first,
and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
Thomas Jefferson

Read more at www.brainyquote.com...

a reply to: radarloveguy

I would have thought that what Iceland did with the "Banksters" would have placed it higher up the list.

But I'm glad to see that NZ is 'up there' (Despite our PM signing the TPP and all the nonsense surrounding the way Kim Dotcom was treated).

Still it's probably because we are 'hick town' to the big corporates.

Oh look, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan all sit near the worst on that list.

Hasn't the democracy we brought them been transformative

/end sarcasm

this list is a joke, laughable at best. the mere fact that the USA only came in at 16 considering the astonishing e-mail scandle of hillary clinton that the bovine masses seem to be oblivious to as they chew the cud and graze on by.

My beautiful country comes in at number 4...I'd believe that. I would have thought Mexico and the U.S would be closer to the bottom of the list.

originally posted by: suzynz
My beautiful country comes in at number 4...I'd believe that. I would have thought Mexico and the U.S would be closer to the bottom of the list.

And Russia is only somewhere in the middle...

Perhaps not quite the mafia run state that the US wants us to believe it is after all

a reply to: suzynz
dont be fooled, Aotearoa as well as Australia and other parts of the colony are all smaller pieces of the bigger puzzle.
Our politicions are puppets.
remeber this incident :

originally posted by: PLAYERONE01
this list is a joke, laughable at best. the mere fact that the USA only came in at 16 considering the astonishing e-mail scandle of hillary clinton that the bovine masses seem to be oblivious to as they chew the cud and graze on by.

Disclaimer: the legitimacy of this list is clearly in question. Having said that, here is my response to your opinion-

Yea, I know right? Why can't objectivity hate the U.S as much as the rest of the world?

a reply to: TechniXcality
It's not about who hates who, it's about reality.

a reply to: radarloveguy

"The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.
Bess Myerson"

She hits it on the head, but its only since we have had the web that we can all speak out.

I don't know that by bringing up a list of countries that isn't qualified with evidence as to their placing is quite the way to get to the real culprits.

Surely its by looking at the family cartels and people like Soros that you start to get to the real culprits and a list of those and their means of interfering in other countries and creating things like the refugee situation is really what we need.

I suspect if you look at the family links between the Danish Royal Family and other rulers around, especially the Western World you will find many strutting their wealth as though blood money is something to be proud of obtaining.

This list is a step in the right direction for starting to weed out the culprits and name and shaming them as Bess pointed out to us. Once that's in the open we can then move to prosecute them and redistribute their wealth where they have done the most damage to people's lives.

a reply to: PLAYERONE01

Ok, let's talk about reality- Can you provide a list that you would favor that shined the U.S in any positive light?

What kind of country is the most corrupt?

A country that shows it is a feudal power pyramid or a country that manipulates people thinking to hide the fact how flawed it really is?

There should be an list of how much lies/simplifications/distractions the wordsmiths politicians/journalist/thinktanks have to tell to keep the people in the country docile.

And Sweden would in that list be worse than UK on that list with it's hiding the facts from the public regarding law and order. Denmark/Iceland/Norway would probably be at top 10 while Sweden would be towards the bottom.

originally posted by: TechniXcality
a reply to: PLAYERONE01

Ok, let's talk about reality- Can you provide a list that you would favor that shined the U.S in any positive light?

You were just being nice then:
Top 10 Largest Donors of Foreign Aid in the World:
1. United States 23.53 Billion $
www.fundsforngos.org...

a reply to: PLAYERONE01

Lol, fair enough carry on.

Corruption is THE key factor in whether a society is successful or not. We have nothing else in this world but our word.

I'm not exactly for draconian laws, but in the case of breaking public trust, a bullet to the brain pan and a bill to the family for the cost of said bullet wouldn't lose me any sleep.

I'll just say that it's suspicious (to me) that these "Transparency International" people seem to favor socialist countries.

Especially when we know darn well that morbid internationalism and socialism are such frequent bedfellows.

a reply to: PLAYERONE01
If you brought up the case of Hillary, the compilers would probably say "That still only counts as one".
They are probably trying to measure how widespread the corruption is, in terms of cases or individuals.

The key here is that they are ALL COMPLICIT....a reply to: radarloveguy

originally posted by: markosity1973

originally posted by: suzynz
My beautiful country comes in at number 4...I'd believe that. I would have thought Mexico and the U.S would be closer to the bottom of the list.

And Russia is only somewhere in the middle...

Perhaps not quite the mafia run state that the US wants us to believe it is after all

Russia is slightly less corrupt than Uganda. You should be bursting with pride.

originally posted by: PLAYERONE01

originally posted by: TechniXcality
a reply to: PLAYERONE01

Ok, let's talk about reality- Can you provide a list that you would favor that shined the U.S in any positive light?

You were just being nice then:
Top 10 Largest Donors of Foreign Aid in the World:
1. United States 23.53 Billion $
www.fundsforngos.org...

We all know that a lot of money ended up in the wrong hands, so unless there is a list with information where exactly the money went, it's useless.

Concerning the list, I'm from Austria and pretty ashamed being equal as the US.


ETA: Ahm, just realized, an European country sends money to Afghanistan (#166) and we wanna talk transparency? Couldn't the money just end up in the country it came from, without anyone ever realizing? (Just a thought)