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2004

Corruption Perceptions Index

A total of 106 out of 146 countries score less than 5 against a clean score of 10, according to the 2004 Corruption Perceptions Index. Sixty countries score less than 3 out of 10, indicating rampant corruption. Corruption is perceived to be most acute in Bangladesh, Haiti, Nigeria, Chad, Myanmar, Azerbaijan and Paraguay, all of which have a score of less than 2.

"Corruption robs countries of their potential," says Peter Eigen, Chair of Transparency International. "As the Corruption Perceptions Index 2004 shows, oil-rich Angola, Azerbaijan, Chad, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Nigeria, Russia, Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen all have extremely low scores. In these countries, public contracting in the oil sector is plagued by revenues vanishing into the pockets of western oil executives, middlemen and local officials."

If we hope to reach the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, governments need to seriously tackle corruption in public contracting.
Peter Eigen Chair of Transparency International
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Country
Region
Score
1
Finland
WE/EU
9.7
2
New Zealand
AP
9.6
3
Iceland
WE/EU
9.5
3
Denmark
WE/EU
9.5
5
Singapore
AP
9.3
6
Sweden
WE/EU
9.2
7
Switzerland
WE/EU
9.1
8
Norway
WE/EU
8.9
9
Australia
AP
8.8
10
Netherlands
WE/EU
8.7
11
United Kingdom
WE/EU
8.6
12
Canada
AME
8.5
13
Luxembourg
WE/EU
8.4
13
Austria
WE/EU
8.4
15
Germany
WE/EU
8.2
16
Hong Kong
AP
8
17
USA
AME
7.5
17
Ireland
WE/EU
7.5
17
Belgium
WE/EU
7.5
20
Chile
AME
7.4