Country Risk: Corruption adjusted rankings by region

Corruption adjusted rank	Country	Corruption adjusted score (100)	Overall risk score (100)	03/08 Global risk rank	Rank difference
Western Europe
1	Luxembourg	99.38	99.88	1
2	Norway	97.24	97.47	2
3	Switzerland	96.19	96.21	3
4	Denmark	93.71	93.39	4
5	Sweden	93.24	92.96	5
6	Finland	92.33	91.95	8	2
7	Netherlands	92.13	91.95	9	2
8	Austria	91.96	92.25	7	–1
9	Ireland	91.76	92.36	6	–3
10	United Kingdom	90.94	91.02	11	1
13	Germany	90.01	90.37	12	–1
14	Iceland	89.80	89.40	16	2
16	France	89.09	89.66	14	–2
17	Belgium	88.73	89.39	17
21	Spain	85.67	86.39	21
22	Italy	82.88	84.25	22
24	Portugal	81.80	82.43	24
26	Greece	78.80	80.29	26
27	Malta	76.73	77.48	28	1
31	Cyprus	74.92	75.85	31
North America
11	United States	90.57	91.27	10	–1
12	Canada	90.28	90.17	13	1
Middle East
28	Kuwait	76.60	78.14	27	–1
30	United Arab Emirates	75.55	76.29	30
32	Qatar	71.96	72.37	35	3
33	Bahrain	71.52	72.44	34	1
34	Israel	70.76	71.06	37	3
36	Saudi Arabia	69.51	71.18	36
37	Oman	69.15	70.11	39	2
64	Turkey	51.56	51.95	69	5
70	Jordan	49.32	49.29	74	4
110	Yemen	38.59	39.19	114	4
116	Syria	37.68	38.28	119	3
121	Iran	37.12	37.65	125	4
123	Lebanon	36.78	37.03	127	4
175	Iraq	6.58	6.11	183	8
Latin America
40	Chile	68.21	67.90	43	3
48	Mexico	62.27	63.52	51	3
60	Brazil	55.40	56.31	63	3
66	Panama	51.03	51.88	70	4
67	Colombia	50.41	50.90	71	4
68	Costa Rica	50.13	49.97	73	5
69	Peru	49.78	50.41	72	3
77	El Salvador	46.33	46.52	83	6
79	Guatemala	45.83	46.63	82	3
81	Uruguay	45.29	43.99	86	5
88	Argentina	42.02	42.58	91	3
92	Honduras	41.51	42.25	94	2
111	Venezuela	38.44	39.30	113	2
118	Paraguay	37.49	38.09	121	3
135	Belize	34.61	34.74	140	5
138	Bolivia	33.92	34.07	144	6
141	Ecuador	33.12	33.66	146	5
144	Nicaragua	31.71	31.92	150	6
167	Suriname	22.79	22.06	173	6
Eastern Europe
25	Slovenia	80.62	81.14	25
35	Czech Republic	69.94	70.67	38	3
39	Hungary	68.44	69.04	41	2
42	Poland	67.20	68.32	42
43	Slovak Republic	66.65	67.37	44	1
45	Lithuania	64.59	65.27	47	2
46	Estonia	63.84	63.58	50	4
49	Latvia	62.21	62.76	53	4
53	Croatia	58.86	59.62	56	3
54	Bulgaria	57.47	58.16	58	4
57	Romania	56.53	57.39	60	3
61	Russia	55.10	56.63	61
72	Azerbaijan	46.82	48.05	75	3
73	Ukraine	46.74	47.64	76	3
74	Macedonia (FYR)	46.66	47.24	79	5
84	Albania	43.32	43.95	87	3
85	Serbia	43.19	43.54	88	3
89	Armenia	41.82	42.31	93	4
101	Bosnia-Herzegovina	40.02	40.27	106	5
106	Belarus	39.17	40.01	107	1
120	Georgia	37.26	37.32	126	6
136	Moldova	34.36	34.59	141	5
Caribbean
41	Barbados	67.46	67.17	45	4
50	Trinidad & Tobago	62.00	63.29	52	2
82	St Vincent & the Grenadines	45.17	44.18	85	3
83	St Lucia	43.90	42.48	92	9
87	Dominican Republic	42.21	42.73	90	3
96	Jamaica	40.44	40.71	101	5
114	Grenada	37.79	37.87	124	10
119	Dominica	37.45	36.34	129	10
148	Guyana	31.01	31.18	154	6
161	Haiti	27.61	28.14	166	5
173	Cuba	16.24	14.82	180	7
Australasia
15	Australia	89.68	89.59	15
19	New Zealand	87.75	87.13	19
112	Vanuatu	38.07	38.33	118	6
122	Tonga	36.97	37.91	123	1
124	Samoa	36.51	35.94	135	11
169	Solomon Islands	21.62	21.21	175	6
Asia
18	Singapore	88.16	87.62	18
20	Japan	86.70	87.04	20
23	Hong Kong	82.87	82.60	23
29	Taiwan	75.64	76.39	29
38	South Korea	69.12	69.87	40	2
47	Malaysia	63.35	63.80	49	2
52	China	59.38	60.48	54	2
55	Thailand	57.09	58.19	57	2
56	India	56.80	57.78	59	3
63	Kazakhstan	53.04	54.57	65	2
71	Macau	46.85	46.16	84	13
75	Philippines	46.48	47.47	77	2
76	Vietnam	46.37	47.31	78	2
80	Indonesia	45.70	46.76	81	1
90	Mongolia	41.52	42.00	95	5
93	Sri Lanka	41.46	41.83	97	4
95	Bhutan	41.02	40.41	104	9
98	Pakistan	40.35	41.09	98
102	Maldives	39.64	39.87	109	7
104	Papua New Guinea	39.56	40.48	103	–1
126	Turkmenistan	35.82	36.54	128	2
131	Bangladesh	35.40	36.11	133	2
134	Cambodia	34.94	35.63	137	3
137	Nepal	33.93	34.30	143	6
139	Uzbekistan	33.64	34.41	142	3
149	Kyrgyz Republic	30.86	31.28	153	4
154	Laos	29.94	30.43	158	4
157	Myanmar	29.00	29.71	161	4
159	Tajikistan	28.29	28.59	165	6
176	Afghanistan	6.10	5.45	185	9
Africa
44	Botswana	64.85	65.22	48	4
51	South Africa	60.16	60.46	55	4
58	Tunisia	55.96	56.53	62	4
59	Mauritius	55.96	56.26	64	5
62	Morocco	53.47	54.28	66	4
65	Egypt	51.13	52.14	68	3
78	Algeria	46.17	46.89	80	2
86	Ghana	42.80	42.97	89	3
91	Gabon	41.52	41.84	96	5
94	Cape Verde	41.33	40.80	100	6
97	Lesotho	40.36	40.62	102	5
99	Seychelles	40.34	39.96	108	9
100	Mozambique	40.31	40.83	99	–1
103	Nigeria	39.58	40.39	105	2
105	Senegal	39.30	39.35	112	7
107	Uganda	39.11	39.58	111	4
108	Tanzania	38.81	39.05	115	7
109	Equatorial Guinea	38.71	39.63	110	1
113	Swaziland	37.86	38.00	122	9
115	Cameroon	37.79	38.40	116	1
117	Kenya	37.62	38.38	117
125	Burkina Faso	36.03	36.28	131	6
127	Zambia	35.80	36.20	132	5
128	Mali	35.73	36.08	134	6
129	Angola	35.70	36.32	130	1
130	Benin	35.48	35.82	136	6
132	Djibouti	35.35	35.58	138	6
133	Madagascar	35.22	35.28	139	6
140	Niger	33.42	33.70	145	5
142	Ethiopia	32.62	32.98	147	5
143	Mauritania	31.92	32.14	148	5
145	Gambia	31.64	32.00	149	4
146	Côte d’Ivoire	31.44	31.89	151	5
147	Togo	31.15	31.49	152	5
150	Rwanda	30.56	30.60	157	7
151	Chad	30.34	30.90	155	4
152	Sudan	30.28	30.84	156	4
153	Namibia	30.11	29.22	162	9
155	Central African Rep	29.82	30.24	159	4
156	Sierra Leone	29.46	29.81	160	4
158	Congo	28.64	28.95	163	5
160	Sao Tome & Principe	27.87	27.82	167	7
162	Guinea	26.98	27.32	168	6
163	Libya	26.40	26.39	169	6
164	Guinea-Bissau	25.50	25.60	170	6
165	Eritrea	24.80	24.55	171	6
166	Burundi	23.80	23.66	172	6
168	Malawi	22.33	22.01	174	6
170	Zimbabwe	19.08	18.92	177	7
171	Dem. Rep. of the Congo (Zaire)	18.

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