“The 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index clearly shows that corruption remains a blight around the world”, said Mr José Ugaz, Chair of Transparency International.
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The index, which measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide, measures countries on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Austria, Czech Republic, Jordan and Kuwait were the biggest gainers while the biggest decliners are Brazil, Guatemala and Lesotho. Among the other worst performers include Somalia, North KOrea, Afghanistan, and Sudan.
The latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) published by NGO Transparency International places Luxembourg among the ten least corrupt countries in the world, improving on its 2013 score, but dropping from 2014 results.
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This slight drop was probably due to corruption cases which had tainted the public sector, the Berlin-based organisation said on Wednesday. North Korea and Somalia, both with a score of 8, ranked at the bottom.
European countries dominated the top ten places in the index, although New Zealand was in fourth place and Singapore and Canada edged into the top ten.
Corruption is on the rise in many countries, including Libya, Australia, Brazil, Spain and Turkey.
The least corrupt nation was Denmark.
According to Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index, Nigeria’s rating is a far cry from the top ten in the world as is being speculated in some quarters.
Seychelles is climbing up the list of countries with low levels of corruption.
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According to the report, countries like Greece, Senegal and the United Kingdom are among those that have seen a significant increase in scores since 2012.
