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Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2005
Corruption still rampant in 70 countries, says Corruption Perceptions Index 2005
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Corruption still rampant in 70 countries, says Corruption Perceptions Index 2005
Many countries face profound obstacles in escaping the poverty trap
London / Berlin, 18 October 2005 --- More than two-thirds of the 159 nations surveyed in Transparency International’s 2005 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scored less than 5 out of a clean score of 10, indicating serious levels of corruption in a majority of the countries surveyed.
Corruption continues to threaten development
The 2005 Index bears witness to the double burden of poverty and corruption borne by the world’s least developed countries.
“Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it,” said Transparency International Chairman Peter Eigen. “The two scourges feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery. Corruption must be vigorously addressed if aid is to make a real difference in freeing people from poverty.”
Despite progress on many fronts, including the imminent entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, seventy countries - nearly half of those included in the Index - scored less than 3 on the CPI, indicating a severe corruption problem. Among the countries included in the Index, corruption is perceived as most rampant in Chad, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Myanmar and Haiti – also among the poorest countries in the world.
The world has set its sights on halving extreme poverty by 2015. Corruption hampers achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by undermining the economic growth and sustainable development that would free millions from the poverty trap. Fighting corruption must be central to plans to increase resources to achieve the goals, whether via donor aid or in-country domestic action.
Moreover, extensive research shows that foreign investment is lower in countries perceived to be corrupt, which further thwarts their chance to prosper. When countries improve governance and reduce corruption, they reap a “development dividend” that, according to the World Bank Institute, can include improved child mortality rates, higher per capita income and greater literacy.
Nineteen of the world’s poorest countries have been granted debt service relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, testifying to their economic reform achievements. Not one of these countries, however, scored above 4 on the CPI, indicating serious to severe levels of corruption. These countries still face the grave risk that money freed from debt payments now entering national budgets will be forfeited to greed, waste or mismanagement. The commitment and resources devoted to qualifying for HIPC must also be applied to winning the fight against corruption.
Stamping out corruption and implementing recipient-led reforms are critical to making aid more effective, and to realising the crucial human and economic development goals that have been set by the international community.
“Corruption isn’t a natural disaster: it is the cold, calculated theft of opportunity from the men, women and children who are least able to protect themselves,” said David Nussbaum, TI’s Chief Executive. ”Leaders must go beyond lip service and make good on their promises to provide the commitment and resources to improve governance, transparency and accountability.”
Progress has been made against corruption
An increase in perceived corruption from 2004 to 2005 can be measured in countries such as Costa Rica, Gabon, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Uruguay. Conversely, a number of countries and territories show noteworthy improvements – a decline in perceptions of corruption – over the past year, including Estonia, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Qatar, Taiwan and Turkey.
The recent ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption established a global legal framework for sustainable progress against corruption. The Convention, which will enter into force in December 2005, will accelerate the retrieval of stolen funds, push banking centres to take action against money laundering, allow nations to pursue foreign companies and individuals that have committed corrupt acts on their soil, and prohibit bribery of foreign public officials. Low-income countries that embrace and implement the Convention will have a head start in the race for foreign investment and economic growth.
Wealth does not determine progress against corruption
Wealth is not a prerequisite for successful control of corruption. New long-term analysis of the CPI carried out by Prof. Dr. Johann Graf Lambsdorff shows that the perception of corruption has decreased significantly in lower-income countries such as Estonia, Colombia and Bulgaria over the past decade.
In the case of higher-income countries such as Canada and Ireland, however, there has been a marked increase in the perception of corruption over the past ten years, showing that even wealthy, high-scoring countries must work to maintain a climate of integrity.
Similarly, the responsibility in the fight against corruption does not fall solely on lower-income countries. Wealthier countries, apart from facing numerous corruption cases within their own borders, must share the burden by ensuring that their companies are not involved in corrupt practices abroad. Offenders must be prosecuted and debarred from public bidding. The opportunity for ensuring sustainable progress also lies in the hands of the World Trade Organization, which needs to actively promote transparency and anti-corruption in global trade.
The lessons are clear: risk factors such as government secrecy, inappropriate influence of elite groups and distorted political finance apply to both wealthy and poorer countries, and no rich country is immune to the scourge of corruption.
Transparency International urges the following actions:
By lower-income countries
- Increase resources and political will for anti-corruption efforts.
- Enable greater public access to information about budgets, revenue and expenditure.
By higher-income countries
- Combine increased aid with support for recipient-led reforms.
- Reduce tied aid, which limits local opportunities and ownership of aid programmes.
By all countries
- Promote strong coordination among governments, the private sector and civil society to increase efficiency and sustainability in anti-corruption and good governance efforts.
- Ratify, implement and monitor existing anti-corruption conventions in all countries to establish international norms. These include, the UN Convention against Corruption, the OECD Anti-bribery Convention, and the regional conventions of the African Union and the Organization of American States.
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Note to Editors
The TI Corruption Perceptions Index is a composite survey, reflecting the perceptions of business people and country analysts, both resident and non-resident. It draws on 16 different polls from 10 independent institutions. For a country to be included, it must feature in at least 3 polls. As a result, a number of countries – including some which could be among the most corrupt – are missing because not enough survey data is available.
The Corruption Perceptions Index provides a snapshot, with less capacity to offer year-to-year trends. Nevertheless, time-series data for the CPI have been analysed for the first time this year by Professor Johann Graf Lambsdorff at Passau University in Germany.
TI is advised in relation to the CPI by a group of international specialists. The statistical work on the index was coordinated by Professor Graf Lambsdorff.
Details are available at:
www.transparency.org/surveys/index.html#cpi
Corruption Perceptions Index 2005 world map
TI 2005 Corruption Perceptions Index
Transparency International commissioned Prof. Dr J. Graf Lambsdorff of the University of Passau to produce the CPI table. For information on data and methodology, please consult the frequently asked questions and the CPI methodology: www.transparency.org/surveys/#cpi or www.icgg.org.
For the complete CPI 2005 table and sources, click here.
| TI 2005 Corruption Perceptions Index |
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| Country rank | Country | 2005 CPI score* | Confidence range** | Surveys used*** |
| 1 | Iceland | 9.7 | 9.5 - 9.7 | 8 |
| 2 | Finland | 9.6 | 9.5 - 9.7 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 9.6 | 9.5 - 9.7 | 9 |
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| 4 | Denmark | 9.5 | 9.3 - 9.6 | 10 |
| 5 | Singapore | 9.4 | 9.3 - 9.5 | 12 |
| 6 | Sweden | 9.2 | 9.0 - 9.3 | 10 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 9.1 | 8.9 - 9.2 | 9 |
| 8 | Norway | 8.9 | 8.5 - 9.1 | 9 |
| 9 | Australia | 8.8 | 8.4 - 9.1 | 13 |
| 10 | Austria | 8.7 | 8.4 - 9.0 | 9 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 8.6 | 8.3 - 8.9 | 9 |
| United Kingdom | 8.6 | 8.3 - 8.8 | 11 |
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| 13 | Luxembourg | 8.5 | 8.1 - 8.9 | 8 |
| 14 | Canada | 8.4 | 7.9 - 8.8 | 11 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 8.3 | 7.7 - 8.7 | 12 |
| 16 | Germany | 8.2 | 7.9 - 8.5 | 10 |
| 17 | USA | 7.6 | 7.0 - 8.0 | 12 |
| 18 | France | 7.5 | 7.0 - 7.8 | 11 |
| 19 | Belgium | 7.4 | 6.9 - 7.9 | 9 |
| Ireland | 7.4 | 6.9 - 7.9 | 10 |
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| 21 | Chile | 7.3 | 6.8 - 7.7 | 10 |
| Japan | 7.3 | 6.7 - 7.8 | 14 |
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| 23 | Spain | 7.0 | 6.6 - 7.4 | 10 |
| 24 | Barbados | 6.9 | 5.7 - 7.3 | 3 |
| 25 | Malta | 6.6 | 5.4 - 7.7 | 5 |
| 26 | Portugal | 6.5 | 5.9 - 7.1 | 9 |
| 27 | Estonia | 6.4 | 6.0 - 7.0 | 11 |
| 28 | Israel | 6.3 | 5.7 - 6.9 | 10 |
| Oman | 6.3 | 5.2 - 7.3 | 5 |
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| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 6.2 | 5.3 - 7.1 | 6 |
| 31 | Slovenia | 6.1 | 5.7 - 6.8 | 11 |
| 32 | Botswana | 5.9 | 5.1 - 6.7 | 8 |
| Qatar | 5.9 | 5.6 - 6.4 | 5 |
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| Taiwan | 5.9 | 5.4 - 6.3 | 14 |
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| Uruguay | 5.9 | 5.6 - 6.4 | 6 |
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| 36 | Bahrain | 5.8 | 5.3 - 6.3 | 6 |
| 37 | Cyprus | 5.7 | 5.3 - 6.0 | 5 |
| Jordan | 5.7 | 5.1 - 6.1 | 10 |
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| 39 | Malaysia | 5.1 | 4.6 - 5.6 | 14 |
| 40 | Hungary | 5.0 | 4.7 - 5.2 | 11 |
| Italy | 5.0 | 4.6 - 5.4 | 9 |
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| South Korea | 5.0 | 4.6 - 5.3 | 12 |
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| 43 | Tunisia | 4.9 | 4.4 - 5.6 | 7 |
| 44 | Lithuania | 4.8 | 4.5 - 5.1 | 8 |
| 45 | Kuwait | 4.7 | 4.0 - 5.2 | 6 |
| 46 | South Africa | 4.5 | 4.2 - 4.8 | 11 |
| 47 | Czech Republic | 4.3 | 3.7 - 5.1 | 10 |
| Greece | 4.3 | 3.9 - 4.7 | 9 |
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| Namibia | 4.3 | 3.8 - 4.9 | 8 |
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| Slovakia | 4.3 | 3.8 - 4.8 | 10 |
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| 51 | Costa Rica | 4.2 | 3.7 - 4.7 | 7 |
| El Salvador | 4.2 | 3.5 - 4.8 | 6 |
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| Latvia | 4.2 | 3.8 - 4.6 | 7 |
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| Mauritius | 4.2 | 3.4 - 5.0 | 6 |
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| 55 | Bulgaria | 4.0 | 3.4 - 4.6 | 8 |
| Colombia | 4.0 | 3.6 - 4.4 | 9 |
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| Fiji | 4.0 | 3.4 - 4.6 | 3 |
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| Seychelles | 4.0 | 3.5 - 4.2 | 3 |
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| 59 | Cuba | 3.8 | 2.3 - 4.7 | 4 |
| Thailand | 3,8 | 3.5 - 4.1 | 13 |
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| Trinidad and Tobago | 3,8 | 3.3 - 4.5 | 6 |
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| 62 | Belize | 3.7 | 3.4 - 4.1 | 3 |
| Brazil | 3,7 | 3.5 - 3.9 | 10 |
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| 64 | Jamaica | 3.6 | 3.4 - 3.8 | 6 |
| 65 | Ghana | 3.5 | 3.2 - 4.0 | 8 |
| Mexico | 3.5 | 3.3 - 3.7 | 10 |
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| Panama | 3.5 | 3.1 - 4.1 | 7 |
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| Peru | 3.5 | 3.1 - 3.8 | 7 |
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| Turkey | 3.5 | 3.1 - 4.0 | 11 |
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| 70 | Burkina Faso | 3.4 | 2.7 - 3.9 | 3 |
| Croatia | 3.4 | 3.2 - 3.7 | 7 |
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| Egypt | 3.4 | 3.0 - 3.9 | 9 |
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| Lesotho | 3.4 | 2.6 - 3.9 | 3 |
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| Poland | 3.4 | 3.0 - 3.9 | 11 |
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| Saudi Arabia | 3.4 | 2.7 - 4.1 | 5 |
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| Syria | 3.4 | 2.8 - 4.2 | 5 |
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| 77 | Laos | 3.3 | 2.1 - 4.4 | 3 |
| 78 | China | 3.2 | 2.9 - 3.5 | 14 |
| Morocco | 3.2 | 2.8 - 3.6 | 8 |
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| Senegal | 3.2 | 2.8 - 3.6 | 6 |
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| Sri Lanka | 3.2 | 2.7 - 3.6 | 7 |
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| Suriname | 3.2 | 2.2 - 3.6 | 3 |
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| 83 | Lebanon | 3.1 | 2.7 - 3.3 | 4 |
| Rwanda | 3.1 | 2.1 - 4.1 | 3 |
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| 85 | Dominican Republic | 3.0 | 2.5 - 3.6 | 6 |
| Mongolia | 3.0 | 2.4 - 3.6 | 4 |
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| Romania | 3.0 | 2.6 - 3.5 | 11 |
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| 88 | Armenia | 2.9 | 2.5 - 3.2 | 4 |
| Benin | 2.9 | 2.1 - 4.0 | 5 |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.9 | 2.7 - 3.1 | 6 |
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| Gabon | 2.9 | 2.1 - 3.6 | 4 |
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| India | 2.9 | 2.7 - 3.1 | 14 |
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| Iran | 2.9 | 2.3 - 3.3 | 5 |
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| Mali | 2.9 | 2.3 - 3.6 | 8 |
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| Moldova | 2.9 | 2.3 - 3.7 | 5 |
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| Tanzania | 2.9 | 2.6 - 3.1 | 8 |
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| 97 | Algeria | 2.8 | 2.5 - 3.3 | 7 |
| Argentina | 2.8 | 2.5 - 3.1 | 10 |
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| Madagascar | 2.8 | 1.9 - 3.7 | 5 |
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| Malawi | 2.8 | 2.3 - 3.4 | 7 |
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| Mozambique | 2.8 | 2.4 - 3.1 | 8 |
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| Serbia and Montenegro | 2.8 | 2.5 - 3.3 | 7 |
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| 103 | Gambia | 2.7 | 2.3 - 3.1 | 7 |
| Macedonia | 2.7 | 2.4 - 3.2 | 7 |
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| Swaziland | 2.7 | 2.0 - 3.1 | 3 |
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| Yemen | 2.7 | 2.4 - 3.2 | 5 |
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| 107 | Belarus | 2.6 | 1.9 - 3.8 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 2.6 | 1.7 - 3.5 | 3 |
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| Honduras | 2.6 | 2.2 - 3.0 | 7 |
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| Kazakhstan | 2.6 | 2.2 - 3.2 | 6 |
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| Nicaragua | 2.6 | 2.4 - 2.8 | 7 |
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| Palestine | 2.6 | 2.1 - 2.8 | 3 |
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| Ukraine | 2.6 | 2.4 - 2.8 | 8 |
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| Vietnam | 2.6 | 2.3 - 2.9 | 10 |
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| Zambia | 2.6 | 2.3 - 2.9 | 7 |
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| Zimbabwe | 2.6 | 2.1 - 3.0 | 7 |
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| 117 | Afghanistan | 2.5 | 1.6 - 3.2 | 3 |
| Bolivia | 2.5 | 2.3 - 2.9 | 6 |
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| Ecuador | 2.5 | 2.2 - 2.9 | 6 |
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| Guatemala | 2.5 | 2.1 - 2.8 | 7 |
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| Guyana | 2.5 | 2.0 - 2.7 | 3 |
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| Libya | 2.5 | 2.0 - 3.0 | 4 |
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| Nepal | 2.5 | 1.9 - 3.0 | 4 |
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| Philippines | 2.5 | 2.3 - 2.8 | 13 |
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| Uganda | 2.5 | 2.2 - 2.8 | 8 |
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| 126 | Albania | 2.4 | 2.1 - 2.7 | 3 |
| Niger | 2.4 | 2.2 - 2.6 | 4 |
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| Russia | 2.4 | 2.3 - 2.6 | 12 |
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| Sierra Leone | 2.4 | 2.1 - 2.7 | 3 |
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| 130 | Burundi | 2.3 | 2.1 - 2.5 | 3 |
| Cambodia | 2.3 | 1.9 - 2.5 | 4 |
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| Congo, Republic of | 2.3 | 2.1 - 2.6 | 4 |
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| Georgia | 2.3 | 2.0 - 2.6 | 6 |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 2.3 | 2.1 - 2.5 | 5 |
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| Papua New Guinea | 2.3 | 1.9 - 2.6 | 4 |
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| Venezuela | 2.3 | 2.2 -2.4 | 10 |
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| 137 | Azerbaijan | 2.2 | 1.9 - 2.5 | 6 |
| Cameroon | 2.2 | 2.0 - 2.5 | 6 |
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| Ethiopia | 2.2 | 2.0 - 2.5 | 8 |
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| Indonesia | 2.2 | 2.1 - 2.5 | 13 |
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| Iraq | 2.2 | 1.5 - 2.9 | 4 |
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| Liberia | 2.2 | 2.1 - 2.3 | 3 |
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| Uzbekistan | 2.2 | 2.1 - 2.4 | 5 |
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| 144 | Congo, Democratic Republic | 2.1 | 1.8 - 2.3 | 4 |
| Kenya | 2.1 | 1.8 - 2.4 | 8 |
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| Pakistan | 2.1 | 1.7 - 2.6 | 7 |
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| Paraguay | 2.1 | 1.9 - 2.3 | 7 |
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| Somalia | 2.1 | 1.6 - 2.2 | 3 |
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| Sudan | 2.1 | 1.9 - 2.2 | 5 |
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| Tajikistan | 2.1 | 1.9 - 2.4 | 5 |
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| 151 | Angola | 2.0 | 1.8 - 2.1 | 5 |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.9 | 1.7 - 2.1 | 4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1.9 | 1.6 - 2.1 | 3 |
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| Nigeria | 1.9 | 1.7 - 2.0 | 9 |
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| 155 | Haiti | 1.8 | 1.5 - 2.1 | 4 |
| Myanmar | 1.8 | 1.7 - 2.0 | 4 |
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| Turkmenistan | 1.8 | 1.7 - 2.0 | 4 |
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| 158 | Bangladesh | 1.7 | 1.4 - 2.0 | 7 |
| Chad | 1.7 | 1.3 - 2.1 | 6 |
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Explanatory notes
* CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt).
** Confidence range provides a range of possible values of the CPI score. This reflects how a country's score may vary, depending on measurement precision. Nominally, with 5 percent probability the score is above this range and with another 5 percent it is below. However, particularly when only few sources (n) are available an unbiased estimate of the mean coverage probability is lower than the nominal value of 90%.
*** Surveys used refers to the number of surveys that assessed a country's performance. 18 surveys and expert assessments were used and at least 3 were required for a country to be included in the CPI.
What TI spokespeople say about corruption around the world:
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Chantal Uwimana, Regional Director for Africa & the Middle East (DW-World)
Silke Pfeiffer, Regional Director for Americas
Laura Puertas, Executive Director, TI Perú
David Nussbaum, Chief Executive, Transparency International
Akere Muna, TI Board Member & President of the Cameroon Bar Association
Hari Pal Singh, Chairman, TI Fiji {
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Cobus de Swardt, Global Programmes Director
Rena Safaralieva, Executive Director, Transparency Azerbaijan
David Nussbaum, Spearheading the tough battle against corruption, The Monitor, 25 October 2005
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TI in the news
Africa
Survey shows signs of 'rampant corruption' in Africa, Mail and Guardian, 18 October 2005
Burkina Faso: Le Burkina épinglé pour la première fois, Le Faso, 27 October 2005 (PDF)
Cameroon: Cameroon; Akere T. Muna : "Government Has Become More Aware", Cameroon Tribune, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
Cameroon :Corruption: léger mieux, Cameroon Tribune, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
Ghana: The TI "results" Accra Daily Mail, 19 October 2005 (PDF)
Ghana: Corruption!!! Ghana Worsens, Nigeria Improves, Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra), 19 October 2005
Kenya: Africa in a league all of its own when corruption is the barometer, Business Day, 18 October 2005 (PDF)
Kenya: The corruption fight, Business Day (Editorial), 20 October 2005 (PDF)
Madagascar: Les organes de lutte anti-corruption reconnaissent leurs lacunes (Agencies fighting the anti-corruption battle recognize their faults), L’Express de Madagascar, 27 October 2005 (PDF)
Nigeria: Nigeria Improves On TI Rating, Daily Champion, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
Nigeria: Nigeria glad to be only sixth most corrupt country, Agence France Presse, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Ranked 124th Corrupt Country, Concord Times, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
South Africa: Perception Index Rates SA as Third Least Corrupt in Africa, BuaNews (Tshwane), 18 October 2005 (DOC)
South Africa: SA drops on corruption perception index, SABC, 18 October 2005
South Africa: SA slips on graft index despite axing of Zuma, Business Day, 19 October 2005
Uganda: Corruption On the Rise - TI Report, The New Vision, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
Uganda: Invitation to Corruption, The New Vision (Editorial) 20 October 2005
Americas
Latin America: A. Latina, la segunda región más corrupta a nivel mundial, Economía y Negocios, 19 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
Chile: Transparencia Internacional apoya fin del secretismo en el Senado, La Segunda, 19 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
Peru: Mayor percepción de corrupción hoy se debe a la falta de libertad de prensa en el Fujimorismo, Peru 21, 19 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
El Salvador: El Salvador con alto nivel de corrupción, La Prensa Gráfica, 19 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
Mexico: Se estanca el combate a la corrupción, El Universal online, 19 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
Bolivia: Bolivia es menos corrupta que Paraguay y Venezuela, Bolivia Noticias, 19 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
Nicaragua: Nicaragua sigue siendo parte del grupo de países donde “la corrupción es alarmante, NotiExpress, 18 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
Argentina: La Argentina sigue siendo considerada muy corrupta, La Nación, 19 de Octubre de 2005 (DOC)
Asia and Pacific
Bangladesh, Chad come bottom of corruption list, New York Times via Reuters, 18 October 2005
Asia-Pacific corruption high, worries over tsunami aid, Japan Economic Newswire, 18 October 2005 (DOC)
Fiji: Fiji given high corruption ranking, Fijivillage, 18 October 2005
India: Rising corruption takes a toll on Indian poor, Indian Express, 18 October 2005 (DOC)
Nepal: Nepal Slips to 117 on Corruption Perception Index 2005, The Himalayan Times, 18 October 2005 (DOC)
Taiwan: Taiwan ranks 32nd in 2005 World Corruption Perceptions Index, Central News Agency - Taiwan, 18 October 2005 (DOC)
South Korea: Korea jumps to 40th in Transparency, Korea Times, 18 October 2005 (DOC)
Europe
Latest corruption rankings give mixed marks to new EU members, aspirants, The Associated Press, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
Romania: In raportul Transparency International, tara noastra sta mai prost decat Bulgaria si Turcia, Evenimentul Zilei, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
Russia: Corruption in Russia is 'endemic', Independent, 20 October 2005
Russia: Russia becomes more opaque, Moscow Times, 19 October 2005
France: La France lutte mieux contre la corruption mais peut mieux faire (France is fighting well against corruption but could do better), Reuters, 18 October 2005
France: Misère et corruption main dans la main (Misery and corruption go hand in hand), Libération, 19 October 2005
France: La corruption régresse en France, selon Transparency International (Corruption decreases in France, according to Transparency International), Le Monde, 18 October 2005
Germany: Corruption on the rise in Germany, UPI, 18 October 2005 (DOC)
Germany: Korruptionswächter schlagen Alarm (Corruption watchdog rings alarm), Frankfurter Rundschau, 19 October 2005
Germany: Korruption in Deutschland nimmt zu (Corruption in Germany increases), Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19 October 2005
Germany: Deutschland konstant korrupt (Germany continuous corrupt), taz, 19 October 2005
Germany: Saubere Hände (Clean hands), Die Welt, 19 October 2005
Hungary: Kicsit javuló korrupciós helyzet (Slightly improving corruption situation), Nepszabadsag, 19 October 2005
Macedonia: Press clippings, 19 October 2005 (DOC)
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UK
Chad, Bangladesh named most corrupt, Times Online, 18 October 2005
Corruption watchdog issues warning on 'severe' debt risk, Financial Times, 19 October 2005
Bangladesh tops corruption list, BBC News, 18 October 2005
Middle East
Israel slips in international corruption rating to 28th place, Haaretz, 19 October 2005
Jordan, Dialogue on the CPI with TI Jordan (arabic), Al Jazeera, 22 October 2005
Lebanon, Study shows decline in perceived levels of corruption. Lebanese Transparency association says there is a sense of optimism in the country, Daily Star, 19 October 2005
Lebanon: مرتبط بدخول دول جديدة على المؤشر لبنان يحتل مرتبة متقدمة على سلّم الفساد للسنة الثالثة على التوالي والتحسّن من المرتبة 97 الى 83 A l Anwar, 19 October 2005
Lebanon, Study shows decline in perceived levels of corruption, Daily Star, 19 October 2005
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National Chapter Press Releases and Events
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| Launch of the CPI 2005 in Chile with TI-S Regional Director Silke Pfeiffer (left) and President of TI Chile Davor Harasic | Launch of the CPI 2005 in Lebanon with LTA Chairman Mohammad Matar (left) and Khalil Gebara, co-executive director at LTA |
List of National Chapter events (PDF)
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List of National Chapter Press Releases:
TI Algeria: Très mauvaise note de l’Algérie pour la 3 ème année consécutive (PDF)
TI Argentina Conferencia de Prensa: ¿Argentina sigue siendo percibido como uno de los países más corruptos en Sudamérica? (PDF), Press Release: Indice de Percepción de la Corrupción
TI Austria: Einladung zur Pressekonferenz (PDF)
TI Bahrain: Media Advisory (PDF)
TI Bosnia and Herzegovina: Corruption out of control – government should quit (PDF)
TI Cameroon: Programme for Seminar: Measuring and Improving Governance, 17 - 18 October, 2005 (PDF)
TI Colombia: Por primera vez, Colombia obtiene 4,0/10 en el Índice de Percepción de Corrupción de Transparencia internacional (PDF), Anexo 1, Anexo 2
TI Costa Rica: Hoy entregan informe de percepción de corrupción (PDF)
TI Ecuador: Ecuador se ubica en el puesto 117 de 159 países (PDF)
TI Germany: Hinweis zur Pressekonferenz (PDF)
TI Lebanon: Lebanon on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2005
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TI Morocco: Enlisement du Maroc dans la corruption (french version) (PDF)
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préparé par Transparency Maroc sur le IPC (arabic version) (PDF)
TI Mauritius: La corruption sévit toujours dans 70 pays, selon l’Indice de Perceptions de la Corruption 2005 (PDF)
TI Nicaragua: Nicaragua en el Índice de Percepción de Corrupción de Transparencia Internacional 2005 (PDF)
TI Panama: Según el Índice de Percepción de la Corrupción 2005, la corrupción sigue alarmante en 70 países. (PDF)
TI Panama: Boletín: El Indice de Percepción de la Corrupción como herramienta de medición (PDF)
TI Peru: Press conference Presentation on the CPI in Spanish (PPT)
TI Peru: Perú mantiene preocupante elevada percepción de corrupción según medición de Transparencia Internacional (PDF)
TI Dominican Republic: La organización Transparencia Internacional pone en circulación el Indice de Percepción de la Corrupción a nivel mundial (PDF)
TI Switzerland: Die Schweiz: weder verbessert noch verschlechtert (PDF)
TI Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago again seen to be more corrupt: what can we do about it? (PDF)
TI Venezuela: “Venezuela mantiene el Indice de Percepción de la Corrupción en el 2005
Media Contacts for the CPI 2005:
Berlin:
Sarah Tyler / Inés Selvood
Tel: +49 30 3438 2045/19
Email: press@transparency.org
UK:
Barbara Ann Clay:
Phone: +49 (0) 171 499 2061
Jesse Garcia:
Phone: +49 (0) 162 419 6454
Additional technical CPI information
Prof. Dr Johann Graf Lambsdorff
(TI Adviser and director of the statistical work on the CPI)
Passau University, Germany
Tel: +49 851 509 2551
jlambsd@uni-passau.de
Berlin, 18 October 2005
