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Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2016

Contents 2 The global picture

4 Country contrast

6 How does your country measure up?

8 Americas

9 Asia Pacific

10 Europe and Central Asia

11 Middle East and North Africa

12 Sub-Saharan Africa

Contents 2 The global picture

4 Country contrast

6 How does your country measure up?

8 Americas

9 Asia Pacific

10 Europe and Central Asia

11 Middle East and North Africa

12 Sub-Saharan Africa

Corruption and inequality feed off each other, creating a vicious circle between corruption, unequal distribution of power in society, and unequal distribution of wealth. As the Panama Papers showed, it is still far too easy for the rich and powerful to exploit the opaqueness of the global

the expense of the public good.

Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public

country comes close to top marks, while over 120 countries score below 50 on the

countries are even above the midpoint.

“ In too many countries, people are deprived

while the powerful and corrupt enjoy lavish lifestyles with impunity.”

Access the full 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index at www.transparency.org/cpi

Corruption hurts all countries. In our

frequently face situations of bribery and extortion, rely on basic services that have been undermined by the misappropriation

the situation may seem less obvious in the daily lives of citizens, but closed-door deals,

exacerbate many forms of corruption at home and abroad. “We do not have the

lives of people across the world improve”.

José Ugaz, Chair, Transparency International

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Score 0 25 50 75 100

very clean

43 66Global EU & Western Europe

44 44Americas

The

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38 34 31Middle East& North Africa

Eastern Europe& Central Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

LESS THAN 50 = SERIOUS CORRUPTION PROBLEM

6 billion +of countries worldwide score below 50

of G20 countries score less than 50

of BRICS countries score less than 50

people live in countries with a serious corruption problem

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Lowest scorers

South Sudan

11

Top scorers

Denmark

Lowest scorers

Somalia

10

Country contrast


Top scorers

New Zealand

What’s changed?

Countries that have improved include

Countries that have declined include

AlbaniaAustriaCzech RepublicGreeceIndonesia

LatviaSenegalSlovakiaUnited Kingdom

AustraliaBrazilGambiaHungaryJapanMadagascarMalawiMexico

MozambiqueSpainSri LankaTanzaniaTurkeyUgandaYemen

Comparison of 2012 and 2016 performance


How does your country measure up?The perceived levels of public sector corruption in 176 countries/territories around the world.

SCOREVery cleancorrupt

1 Denmark13 Finland4 Sweden 885 Switzerland 866 857 848 839 Canada 8210 Germany 8110 8110 8113 Australia14 Iceland151517 Austria18 United States19 Ireland20 Japan2122 Estonia23 France

24 Bahamas 66

24 Chile 66

24 United Arab Emirates 66

27 Bhutan 65

28 Israel 64

29 Poland 62

29 62

31 Barbados 61

31 Qatar 61

31 Slovenia 61

31 Taiwan 61

35 Botswana 60

35 Saint Lucia 60

35 Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

60

38 Cape Verde

38 Dominica

38 Lithuania

41 Brunei 58

41 Costa Rica 58

41 Spain 58

44

44 Latvia

46 Grenada 5647 Cyprus 5547 Czech Republic 5547 Malta 5550 Mauritius 5450 Rwanda 5452 5353 5254 Slovakia 5155 Croatia55 Malaysia57 4857 Jordan 4857 Romania 4860 Cuba60 Italy62 Sao Tome and Principe 4662 Saudi Arabia 4664 4564 Oman 4564 4564 South Africa 4564 Suriname 45

69 Greece 44

70 Bahrain 43

70 Ghana 43

72 Burkina Faso 42

72 Serbia 42

72 Solomon Islands 42

75 41

75 41

75 Tunisia 41

75 Turkey 41

79 Belarus 40

79 Brazil 40

79 China 40

79 India 40

83 Albania

83 Bosnia and

83 Jamaica

83 Lesotho

87 38

87 Panama 38

87 38

90 Colombia

RANK COUNTRY/TERRITORY SCORE


90 Indonesia90 Liberia90 Morocco90 The FYR of Macedonia95 3695 Benin 3695 El Salvador 3695 3695 Maldives 3695 Sri Lanka 36101 Gabon 35101 35101 Peru 35101 Philippines 35101 Thailand 35101 Timor-Leste 35101 35108 34108 Côte d’Ivoire 34108 34108 Ethiopia 34108 Guyana 34113 Armenia 33113 Bolivia 33

113 Vietnam 33116 Mali 32116 Pakistan 32116 Tanzania 32116 32120 Dominican Republic 31120 Ecuador 31120 Malawi 31123 Azerbaijan 30123 Djibouti 30123 Honduras 30123 Laos 30123 Mexico 30123 Moldova 30123 30123 Sierra Leone 30131 Iran131131131 Russia131 Ukraine136 Guatemala 28136 28136 Lebanon 28

136 Myanmar 28136 28136 28142 Guinea142 Mauritania142 Mozambique145 26145 Cameroon 26145 Gambia 26145 26145 26145 26151 Tajikistan 25151 25153 Comoros 24154 Turkmenistan 22154 22156 Cambodia 21156 Democratic 21

156 Uzbekistan 21159 Burundi 20159 Central African Republic 20159 Chad 20

159 Haiti 20159 20164 18164 Eritrea 18166 Iraq166 Venezuela168 Guinea-Bissau 16169 15170 Libya 14170 Sudan 14170 Yemen 14173 Syria 13174 12175 South Sudan 11176 Somalia 10


Americas

In briefIt is not always bad to have headlines about corruption. From the Panama Papers in April to the record US$3.5 billion Odebrecht

set up thousands of secret shell companies, many of them used by corrupt politicians, criminals and tax abusers around the world. The Odebrecht settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice

politicians and political parties across Latin America, as well as in two African countries in order to win business contracts.

continued to jump across national borders. On cases

counterparts in Europe and the United States.

towards more active enforcement by authorities in response to

lowest ever. With a loss of 5 points in this year’s index, Mexico is the

What needs to happen

instance, at the London Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016, commitments to increase transparency around the real owners

Colombia and Mexico.

Citizens must keep up pressure on leaders and continue to demand

needs to make sure these and similar commitments are delivered on.

As the Panama Papers showed, the combination of whistleblowers,

transparency forced upon them.

By Jessica Ebrard, Transparency International

44/100

Top scorer:

Canada

82Lowest scorer:

Venezuela

66% of countries scored less than 50


44/100

Top scorer:

New Zealand

Lowest scorer:

North Korea

12

Poor performance can be attributed to unaccountable

everyday corruption issues, continue to undermine public trust in

Who has improved?

While it remains one of the 10 very corrupt countries on the index,

Timor-Leste, Laos and Myanmar continued to improve their scores

been overshadowed by the deadly violence in Rahkine State. This

improvements, that Myanmar scores only 28 in the index.

Who got worse?Cambodia, for the second year in a row, is the most corrupt South East Asian country on the list, with a score of 21. As space for civil

between perceived corruption and political turmoil. Government

in opposition was banned and dozens of people were detained. The

2017 Watch listChina increased by 3 points but remains at the poor score of 40 out of 100. In recent years, China has focused its anti-corruption

and small. This cannot come at the expense of transparency and

the state’s inability to effectively deal with petty corruption as

on poverty, illiteracy and police brutality shows that not only the



54/100

Top scorer:

Denmark

Lowest scorer:

Uzbekistan

21Corruption Perceptions Index 2016, with only a few exceptions.

corruption has improved, but quite the opposite.

funds or unethical behaviour by politicians in recent years has contributed to public discontent and mistrust of the political system.

Ukraine shows a minor improvement by 2 points on this year’s index. This can be attributed to the launch of the e-declaration system that allows Ukrainians to see the assets of politicians and

and his cronies are currently stalled due to systemic problems in the judicial system.

Corruption scandals have also hit a number of EU countries. Last year in Denmark, the top country on the index, 20 members

declarations. In the same year, Dutch members of the Police Works

expensive dinners, parties and hotels.

Western Balkans, Transparency International’s recent report attributes weaknesses in law enforcement to captured political

and widespread forms of political corruption in the Commonwealth

EU accession and Eastern European countries, it is common to

wider economy to their own interests.

anti-corruption provisions.

Transparency International

Europe and Central Asia



spite of their declined scores.

Five out of the ten most corrupt countries in the world are from

in particular political corruption.

The good

the index. The country took some serious anti-corruption steps last

The bad

power politically and economically, public freedoms are oppressed, and an active independent civil society is absent. The military involvement

Qatar had the sharpest decline in the overall index this year by 10 points. The country has been implicated with FIFA corruption scandals, especially around the votes to host the 2022 World Cup, in

Jordan also dropped below 50 compared with last year, despite the

What are the challenges and solutions?In order for Arab countries to improve, they must ensure effective transparent systems that allow for accountability are in place. Governments should protect freedom of expression and stop

respected to ensure that the corrupt are prosecuted and stolen assets are returned. All of this cannot be achieved without real and serious

Middle East and North Africa

38/100

Top scorer:

UAE

66Lowest scorer:

Syria



the second worst decliner in the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index

Jammeh’s Gambia, which both declined, demonstrate how electoral

of corruption.

The goodCape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe are the most improved African countries in the 2016 index. Both countries held democratic presidential elections in 2016. It is no surprise that the independent electoral observer teams labelled the Cape Verde elections for

In São Tomé and Príncipe elections held in July 2016 led to a

The bad

rampant corruption in Ghana led citizens to voice their frustrations

and in the media for corruption scandals. This included his own

elections were marred by malpractice and corruption, and whose presidential elections were postponed three times last year and are yet to be held.

What needs to happen

services to their citizens. They must implement their commitments

accountable, as well as the electoral systems that allow citizens to either re-elect them or freely choose an alternative.

By Paul Banoba, Transparency International

Sub-Saharan Africa

31/100

Top scorer:

Botswana

60Lowest scorer:

Somalia



Every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this report. All information was believed to be correct as of

responsibility for the consequences of its use for other purposes or in other contexts.

Source: Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016

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