Summary The 2012 index ranks 176 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption.
ISLAMABAD: The Transparency International on Wednesday issued annual report over corruption in 2012, raising the Pakistan rank from 42 to 33.
The organization has expressed concern over the growing corruption in the country saying that the corruption of Rs 12600 billion was reported in different sectors of Pakistan during the last five years, adding that corruption has reached its peak during the last year.
The following is a list of the top- and bottom-ranked nations on corruption watchdog Transparency International s annual Corruption Perceptions Index.
The index score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between zero, which is highly corrupt, and 100, which is very clean.
=1. Denmark 90
=1. Finland 90
=1. New Zealand 90
4. Sweden 88
5. Singapore 87
6. Switzerland 86
=7. Australia 85
=7. Norway 85
=9. Canada 84
=9. Netherlands 84
11. Iceland 82
12. Luxembourg 80
13. Germany 79
14. Hong Kong 77
15. Barbados 76
=160. Democratic Republic of the Congo 21
=160. Laos 21
=160. Libya 21
=163. Equatorial Guinea 20
=163. Zimbabwe 20
=165. Burundi 19
=165. Chad 19
=165. Haiti 19
=165. Venezuela 19
169. Iraq 18
=170. Turkmenistan 17
=170. Uzbekistan 17
172. Myanmar 15
173. Sudan 13
=174. Afghanistan 8
=174. North Korea 8
=174. Somalia 8
