Find your Country in the list : GOVERNMENTS MUST PRIORITISE THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

Looking at the Corruption Perceptions Index 2012, it's clear that corruption is a major threat facing humanity. Corruption destroys lives and communities, and undermines countries and institutions. It generates popular anger that threatens to further destabilise societies and exacerbate violent conflicts.

The Corruption Perceptions Index scores countries on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). While no country has a perfect score, two-thirds of countries score below 50, indicating a serious corruption problem.

Corruption translates into human suffering, with poor families being extorted for bribes to see doctors or to get access to clean drinking water. It leads to failure in the delivery of basic services like education or healthcare. It derails the building of essential infrastructure, as corrupt leaders skim funds.

Corruption amounts to a dirty tax, and the poor and most vulnerable are its primary victims.

So, how do we counter the effects of public sector corruption?

Governments need to integrate anti-corruption actions into all aspects of decision-making. They must prioritise better rules on lobbying and political financing, make public spending and contracting more transparent, and make public bodies more accountable.

After a year with a global focus on corruption, we expected more governments to take a tougher stance against the abuse of power. The Corruption Perceptions Index results demonstrate that there are still many societies and governments that need to give a much higher priority to this issue.

FULL TABLE AND RANKINGS

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 - 100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very clean. A country's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories included in the index. This year's index includes 176 countries and territories.

	Djibouti	36	3	22	50
94	Greece	36	7	30	42
94	India	36	10	33	40
94	Moldova	36	8	31	40
94	Mongolia	36	7	32	40
94	Senegal	36	9	33	39
102	Argentina	35	8	31	39
102	Gabon	35	5	32	38
102	Tanzania	35	8	31	38
105	Algeria	34	6	29	40
105	Armenia	34	6	29	38
105	Bolivia	34	7	28	40
105	Gambia	34	5	22	45
105	Kosovo	34	3	32	37
105	Mali	34	6	27	40
105	Mexico	34	9	31	37
105	Philippines	34	9	30	37
113	Albania	33	7	30	36
113	Ethiopia	33	8	30	36
113	Guatemala	33	6	28	37
113	Niger	33	5	28	38
113	Timor-Leste	33	3	23	42
118	Dominican Republic	32	6	28	37
118	Ecuador	32	6	28	37
118	Egypt	32	7	27	37
118	Indonesia	32	9	27	37
118	Madagascar	32	8	26	37
123	Belarus	31	5	25	37
123	Mauritania	31	5	25	36
123	Mozambique	31	7	29	34
123	Sierra Leone	31	8	28	34
123	Vietnam	31	8	27	35
128	Lebanon	30	6	27	34
128	Togo	30	5	24	35
130	Côte d´Ivoire	29	8	25	33
130	Nicaragua	29	7	26	32
130	Uganda	29	8	25	32
133	Comoros	28	3	15	40
133	Guyana	28	4	25	31
133	Honduras	28	6	24	32
133	Iran	28	6	20	35
133	Kazakhstan	28	8	21	35
133	Russia	28	9	25	32
139	Azerbaijan	27	6	23	31
139	Kenya	27	8	24	31
139	Nepal	27	5	23	31
139	Nigeria	27	9	22	31
139	Pakistan	27	8	23	31
144	Bangladesh	26	7	20	33
144	Cameroon	26	8	20	32
144	Central African Republic	26	4	22	30
144	Congo Republic	26	6	20	31
144	Syria	26	5	22	31
144	Ukraine	26	8	24	29
150	Eritrea	25	4	10	40
150	Guinea-Bissau	25	4	22	29
150	Papua New Guinea	25	5	18	32
150	Paraguay	25	5	20	29
154	Guinea	24	7	19	28
154	Kyrgyzstan	24	6	21	27
156	Yemen	23	6	20	27
157	Angola	22	7	20	25
157	Cambodia	22	7	17	27
157	Tajikistan	22	5	15	28
160	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21	5	16	27
160	Laos	21	3	19	23
160	Libya	21	6	14	27
163	Equatorial Guinea	20	3	18	22
163	Zimbabwe	20	8	12	27
165	Burundi	19	5	14	23
165	Chad	19	5	15	23
165	Haiti	19	5	14	23
165	Venezuela	19	7	15	22
169	Iraq	18	4	14	22
170	Turkmenistan	17	3	12	22
170	Uzbekistan	17	6	14	20
172	Myanmar	15	4	9	21
173	Sudan	13	6	8	17
174	Afghanistan	8	3	2	13
174	Korea (North)	8	3	2	13
174	Somalia	8	4	4	12

- See more at: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2012/results#sthash.aAg60kUB.dpuf