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The Corruption Perceptions Index (1998)
Please read a statement by our chairman, Peter Eigen, on the role of the Corruption Perceptions Index.
To understand what this table means, be sure to read the notes accompanying this document.
More information explaining the meaning of this survey can be found in our press release on the CPI.
Also see some feedback to the CPI from Tanzania
The Transparency International 1998 Corruption Perceptions Index
|
Country Rank |
Country |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Denmark |
10.0 |
0.7 |
9 |
|
2 |
Finland |
9.6 |
0.5 |
9 |
|
3 |
Sweden |
9.5 |
0.5 |
9 |
|
4 |
New Zealand |
9.4 |
0.7 |
8 |
|
5 |
Iceland |
9.3 |
0.9 |
6 |
|
6 |
Canada |
9.2 |
0.5 |
9 |
|
7 |
Singapore |
9.1 |
1.0 |
10 |
|
8 |
Netherlands |
9.0 |
0.7 |
9 |
|
Norway |
9.0 |
0.7 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
Switzerland |
8.9 |
0.6 |
10 |
|
11 |
Australia |
8.7 |
0.7 |
8 |
|
Luxembourg |
8.7 |
0.9 |
7 |
|
|
United Kingdom |
8.7 |
0.5 |
10 |
|
|
14 |
Ireland |
8.2 |
1.4 |
10 |
|
15 |
Germany |
7.9 |
0.4 |
10 |
|
16 |
Hong Kong |
7.8 |
1.1 |
12 |
|
17 |
Austria |
7.5 |
0.8 |
9 |
|
United States |
7.5 |
0.9 |
8 |
|
|
19 |
Israel |
7.1 |
1.4 |
9 |
|
20 |
Chile |
6.8 |
0.9 |
9 |
|
21 |
France |
6.7 |
0.6 |
9 |
|
22 |
Portugal |
6.5 |
1.0 |
10 |
|
23 |
Botswana |
6.1 |
2.2 |
3 |
|
Spain |
6.1 |
1.3 |
10 |
|
|
25 |
Japan |
5.8 |
1.6 |
11 |
|
26 |
Estonia |
5.7 |
0.5 |
3 |
|
27 |
Costa Rica |
5.6 |
1.6 |
5 |
|
28 |
Belgium |
5.4 |
1.4 |
9 |
|
29 |
Malaysia |
5.3 |
0.4 |
11 |
|
Namibia |
5.3 |
1.0 |
3 |
|
|
Taiwan |
5.3 |
0.7 |
11 |
|
|
32 |
South Africa |
5.2 |
0.8 |
10 |
|
33 |
Hungary |
5.0 |
1.2 |
9 |
|
Mauritius |
5.0 |
0.8 |
3 |
|
|
Tunisia |
5.0 |
2.1 |
3 |
|
|
36 |
Greece |
4.9 |
1.7 |
9 |
|
37 |
Czech Republic |
4.8 |
0.8 |
9 |
|
38 |
Jordan |
4.7 |
1.1 |
6 |
|
39 |
Italy |
4.6 |
0.8 |
10 |
|
Poland |
4.6 |
1.6 |
8 |
|
|
41 |
Peru |
4.5 |
0.8 |
6 |
|
42 |
Uruguay |
4.3 |
0.9 |
3 |
|
43 |
South Korea |
4.2 |
1.2 |
12 |
|
Zimbabwe |
4.2 |
2.2 |
6 |
|
|
45 |
Malawi |
4.1 |
0.6 |
4 |
|
46 |
Brazil |
4.0 |
0.4 |
9 |
|
47 |
Belarus |
3.9 |
1.9 |
3 |
|
Slovak Republic |
3.9 |
1.6 |
5 |
|
|
49 |
Jamaica |
3.8 |
0.4 |
3 |
|
50 |
Morocco |
3.7 |
1.8 |
3 |
|
51 |
El Salvador |
3.6 |
2.3 |
3 |
|
52 |
China |
3.5 |
0.7 |
10 |
|
Zambia |
3.5 |
1.6 |
4 |
|
|
54 |
Turkey |
3.4 |
1.0 |
10 |
|
55 |
Ghana |
3.3 |
1.0 |
4 |
|
Mexico |
3.3 |
0.6 |
9 |
|
|
Philippines |
3.3 |
1.1 |
10 |
|
|
Senegal |
3.3 |
0.8 |
3 |
|
|
59 |
Ivory Coast |
3.1 |
1.7 |
4 |
|
Guatemala |
3.1 |
2.5 |
3 |
|
|
61 |
Argentina |
3.0 |
0.6 |
9 |
|
Nicaragua |
3.0 |
2.5 |
3 |
|
|
Romania |
3.0 |
1.5 |
3 |
|
|
Thailand |
3.0 |
0.7 |
11 |
|
|
Yugoslavia |
3.0 |
1.5 |
3 |
|
|
66 |
Bulgaria |
2.9 |
2.3 |
4 |
|
Egypt |
2.9 |
0.6 |
3 |
|
|
India |
2.9 |
0.6 |
12 |
|
|
69 |
Bolivia |
2.8 |
1.2 |
4 |
|
Ukraine |
2.8 |
1.6 |
6 |
|
|
71 |
Latvia |
2.7 |
1.9 |
3 |
|
Pakistan |
2.7 |
1.4 |
3 |
|
|
73 |
Uganda |
2.6 |
0.8 |
4 |
|
74 |
Kenya |
2.5 |
0.6 |
4 |
|
Vietnam |
2.5 |
0.5 |
6 |
|
|
76 |
Russia |
2.4 |
0.9 |
10 |
|
77 |
Ecuador |
2.3 |
1.5 |
3 |
|
Venezuela |
2.3 |
0.8 |
9 |
|
|
79 |
Colombia |
2.2 |
0.8 |
9 |
|
80 |
Indonesia |
2.0 |
0.9 |
10 |
|
81 |
Nigeria |
1.9 |
0.5 |
5 |
|
Tanzania |
1.9 |
1.1 |
4 |
|
|
83 |
Honduras |
1.7 |
0.5 |
3 |
|
84 |
Paraguay |
1.5 |
0.5 |
3 |
|
85 |
Cameroon |
1.4 |
0.5 |
4 |
The rank relates solely to the results drawn from a number of surveys and reflects only the perceptions of business people that participated in these surveys.
The column 1998 CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of which corruption is seen by business people--a perfect 10.00 would be a totally corruption-free country. Please note the hints on how to compare the two indices in the " Questions & Answers" paper.
Standard Deviation indicates differences in the values of the sources for the 1998 index: the greater the variance, the greater the differences of perceptions of a country among the sources.
The number of surveys used had to be at least 3 for a country to be included in the CPI.
Political Implications of the Chart
The political implications of the chart are explained in the Press Release of 22 September, 1998.
This Index may be reproduced provided an acknowledgement to Transparency International and Göttingen University is given.
Copyright © 1998 Transparency International & Göttingen University
