List of Rankings of most and Least Corrupt Nations

["Tran Minh Duc" <m_duc@hcm.vnn.vn>]

List of Rankings of most and Least Corrupt Nations

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Following is how countries ranked in the 1999
Corruption Perceptions Index and Bribe Payers Index of 19 leading exporters
issued by Transparency International (rankings begin with the least corrupt
nation):

Rank Country 1999 CPI

Score
1  Denmark               10.0
2  Finland                  9.8
3  New Zealand              9.4
   Sweden               9.4
5  Canada                       9.2
     Iceland            9.2
7  Singapore            9.1
8  Netherlands              9.0
9  Norway                       8.9
     Switzerland            8.9
11 Luxembourg               8.8
12 Australia                8.7
13 United Kingdom       8.6
14 Germany              8.0
15 Hong Kong            7.7
   Ireland              7.7
17 Austria              7.6
18 United States            7.5
19 Chile                        6.9
20 Israel               6.8
21 Portugal             6.7
22 France               6.6
     Spain              6.6
24 Botswana             6.1
25 Japan                6.0
   Slovenia             6.0
27 Estonia              5.7
28 Taiwan                       5.6
29 Belgium                  5.3
   Namibia              5.3
31 Hungary              5.2
32 Costa Rica           5.1
   Malaysia             5.1
34 South Africa         5.0
     Tunisia            5.0
36 Greece               4.9
   Mauritius            4.9
38 Italy                4.7
39 Czech Republic       4.6
40 Peru                             4.5
41 Jordan                       4.4
   Uruguay                  4.4
43 Mongolia                     4.3
44 Poland                       4.2
45 Brazil                       4.1
   Malawi               4.1
   Morocco              4.1
   Zimbabwe             4.1
49 El Salvador          3.9
50 Jamaica              3.8
   Lithuania            3.8
   South Ko             3.8
53 Slovak Republic      3.7
54 Philippines          3.6
   Turkey               3.6
56 Mozambique           3.5
   Zambia               3.5
58 Belarus              3.4
   China                3.4
   Latvia               3.4
   Mexico               3.4
   Senegal              3.4
63 Bulgaria             3.3
   Egypt                3.3
   Ghana                3.3
   Macedonia            3.3
   Romania              3.3
68 Guatemala            3.2
   Thailand             3.2
70 Nicaragua            3.1
71 Argentina                3.0
72 Colombia                     2.9
   India                2.9
74 Croatia              2.7
75 Ivory Coast          2.6
   Moldova              2.6
   Ukraine              2.6
   Venezuela            2.6
   Vietnam              2.6
80 Armenia              2.5
   Bolivia              2.5
82 Ecuador              2.4
   Russia               2.4
84 Albania              2.3
   Georgia              2.3
   Kazakhstan           2.3
87 Kyrgyzstan           2.2
   Pakistan             2.2
   Uganda               2.2
90 Kenya                2.0
   Paraguay             2.0
   Yugoslavia           2.0
93 Tanzania             1.9
94 Honduras             1.8
   Uzbekistan           1.8
96 Azerbaijan           1.7
   Indonesia            1.7
98 Nigeria              1.6
99 Cameroon             1.5

Rank  Country
1999 BPI

Score
1  Sweden               8.3
2  Australia            8.1
   Canada               8.1
4  Austria              7.8
5  Switzerland              7.7
6  Netherlands              7.4
7  United Kingdom       7.2
8  Belgium              6.8
9  Germany              6.2
   United States        6.2
11 Singapore            5.7
12 Spain                        5.3
13 France                   5.2
14 Japan                5.1
15 Malaysia             3.9
16 Italy                3.7
17 Taiwan               3.5
18 South Korea          3.4
19 China(including
    Hong Kong)              3.1

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