The top 20 most (and least) corrupt countries in the world revealed

Australia failed to make it on the top 10 least corrupt countries in the world while Somalia was named most corrupt.

17:19 04 December 2014

Transparency International has revealed its annual list of the most and least corrupt countries in the world. While Denmark was named the least corrupt, Somalia has the dubious honour of leading the way as the most corrupt nation.

Meanwhile, Australia failed to make it to the top 10 countries this year while Britain was described as “not good enough.”

Transparency International has explained that scandals in Australia over note printing and the country’s own corruption probes had worsened perception. It is ranked 11, which is four positions lower than in 2012.

Meanwhile, Britain scored 78, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 very clean. Despite being number 14 this year.

A spokesperson for Transparency International said: “But there is more to do, the UK should be in the top 10. The result next year may depend on the government’s upcoming anti-corruption action plan and whether the new government, post-May, sticks to commitments made within it.”

Among the most corrupt countries are North Korea, Somalia, and conflict-torn countries like Iraq and Syria.

The 20 'least corrupt' countries in the world

1 Denmark 92
2 New Zealand 91
3 Finland 89
4 Sweden 87
5 Norway 86
5 Switzerland 86
7 Singapore 84
8 Netherlands 83
9 Luxembourg 82
10 Canada 81
11 Australia 80
12 Germany 79
12 Iceland 79
14 United Kingdom 78
15 Belgium 76
15 Japan 76
17 Barbados 74
17 Hong Kong 74
17 Ireland 74
17 United States 74

The 20 'most corrupt' countries in the world

156 Cambodia 21
156 Myanmar 21
156 Zimbabwe 21
159 Burundi 20
159 Syria 20
161 Angola 19
161 Guinea-Bissau 19
161 Haiti 19
161 Venezuela 19
161 Yemen 19
166 Eritrea 18
166 Libya 18
166 Uzbekistan 18
169 Turkmenistan 17
170 Iraq 16
171 South Sudan 15
172 Afghanistan 12
173 Sudan 11
174 Korea (North)8
174 Somalia 8