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Corruption index 2010 from Transparency International: Members of Burma's military junta, one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Photograph: David Longstreath/AP
The Corruption Index is always controversial. And it's out today.
Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is the world's most credible measure of of domestic, public sector corruption.
The CPI scores countries on a scale of zero to 10, with zero indicating high levels of corruption and 10, low levels. And the most corrupt places in the world are not the most surprising. Unstable governments, often with a legacy of conflict, continue to dominate the bottom rungs of the CPI. Afghanistan and Myanmar share second to last place with a score of 1.4, with Somalia coming in last with a score of 1.1.
The world's most peaceful countries score the best. In the 2010 CPI, Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore tie for first place with scores of 9.3.

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The ranking is based on data from country experts and business leaders at 10 independent institutions, including the World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit and World Economic Forum.
Transparency International says that it has seen improvements in scores
from 2009 to 2010 for Bhutan, Chile, Ecuador, FYR Macedonia, Gambia, Haiti, Jamaica, Kuwait, and Qatar.
The scores of the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Madagascar, Niger and the United States have all gone down.
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1 Denmark 9.3 9.3 9.3 1 New Zealand 9.3 9.4 9.3 1 Singapore 9.3 9.2 9.2 4 Finland 9.2 8.9 9 4 Sweden 9.2 9.2 9.3 6 Canada 8.9 8.7 8.7 7 Netherlands 8.8 8.9 8.9 8 Australia 8.7 8.7 8.7 8 Switzerland 8.7 9 9 10 Norway 8.6 8.6 7.9 11 Iceland 8.5 8.7 8.9 11 Luxembourg 8.5 8.2 8.3 13 Hong Kong 8.4 8.2 8.1 14 Ireland 8 8 7.7 15 Austria 7.9 7.9 8.1 15 Germany 7.9 8 7.9 17 Barbados 7.8 7.4 7 17 Japan 7.8 7.7 7.3 19 Qatar 7.7 7 6.5 20 United Kingdom 7.6 7.7 7.7 21 Chile 7.2 6.7 6.9 22 Belgium 7.1 7.1 7.3 22 United States 7.1 7.5 7.3 24 Uruguay 6.9 6.7 6.9 25 France 6.8 6.9 6.9 26 Estonia 6.5 6.6 6.6 27 Slovenia 6.4 6.6 6.7 28 Cyprus 6.3 6.6 6.4 28 United Arab Emirates 6.3 6.5 5.9 30 Israel 6.1 6.1 6 30 Spain 6.1 6.1 6.5 32 Portugal 6 5.8 6.1 33 Botswana 5.8 5.6 5.8 33 Puerto Rico 5.8 5.8 5.8 33 Taiwan 5.8 5.6 5.7 36 Bhutan 5.7 5 5.2 37 Malta 5.6 5.2 5.8 38 Brunei 5.5 5.5 0 39 Korea (South) 5.4 5.5 5.6 39 Mauritius 5.4 5.4 5.5 41 Costa Rica 5.3 5.3 5.1 41 Oman 5.3 5.5 5.5 41 Poland 5.3 5 4.6 44 Dominica 5.2 5.9 6 45 Cape Verde 5.1 5.1 5.1 46 Lithuania 5 4.9 4.6 46 Macau 5 5.3 5.4 48 Bahrain 4.9 5.1 5.4 49 Seychelles 4.8 4.8 4.8 50 Hungary 4.7 5.1 5.1 50 Jordan 4.7 5 5.1 50 Saudi Arabia 4.7 4.3 3.5 53 Czech Republic 4.6 4.9 5.2 54 Kuwait 4.5 4.1 4.3 54 South Africa 4.5 4.7 4.9 56 Malaysia 4.4 4.5 5.1 56 Namibia 4.4 4.5 4.5 56 Turkey 4.4 4.4 4.6 59 Latvia 4.3 4.5 5 59 Slovakia 4.3 4.5 5 59 Tunisia 4.3 4.2 4.4 62 Croatia 4.1 4.1 4.4 62 Macedonia, FYR 4.1 3.8 3.6 62 Ghana 4.1 3.9 3.9 62 Samoa 4.1 4.5 4.4 66 Rwanda 4 3.3 3 67 Italy 3.9 4.3 4.8 68 Georgia 3.8 4.1 3.9 69 Brazil 3.7 3.7 3.5 69 Cuba 3.7 4.4 4.3 69 Montenegro 3.7 3.9 3.4 69 Romania 3.7 3.8 3.8 73 Bulgaria 3.6 3.8 3.6 73 El Salvador 3.6 3.4 3.9 73 Panama 3.6 3.4 3.4 73 Trinidad and Tobago 3.6 3.6 3.6 73 Vanuatu 3.6 3.2 2.9 78 China 3.5 3.6 3.6 78 Colombia 3.5 3.7 3.8 78 Greece 3.5 3.8 4.7 78 Lesotho 3.5 3.3 3.2 78 Peru 3.5 3.7 3.6 78 Serbia 3.5 3.5 3.4 78 Thailand 3.5 3.4 3.5 85 Malawi 3.4 3.3 2.8 85 Morocco 3.4 3.3 3.5 87 Albania 3.3 3.2 3.4 87 India 3.3 3.4 3.4 87 Jamaica 3.3 3 3.1 87 Liberia 3.3 3.1 2.4 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2 3 3.2 91 Djibouti 3.2 2.8 3 91 Gambia 3.2 2.9 1.9 91 Guatemala 3.2 3.4 3.1 91 Kiribati 3.2 2.8 3.1 91 Sri Lanka 3.2 3.1 3.2 91 Swaziland 3.2 3.6 3.6 98 Burkina Faso 3.1 3.6 3.5 98 Egypt 3.1 2.8 2.8 98 Mexico 3.1 3.3 3.6 101 Dominican Republic 3 3 3 101 Sao Tome and Principe 3 2.8 2.7 101 Tonga 3 3 2.4 101 Zambia 3 3 2.8 105 Algeria 2.9 2.8 3.2 105 Argentina 2.9 2.9 2.9 105 Kazakhstan 2.9 2.7 2.2 105 Moldova 2.9 3.3 2.9 105 Senegal 2.9 3 3.4 110 Benin 2.8 2.9 3.1 110 Bolivia 2.8 2.7 3 110 Gabon 2.8 2.9 3.1 110 Indonesia 2.8 2.8 2.6 110 Kosovo 2.8 110 Solomon Islands 2.8 2.8 2.9 116 Ethiopia 2.7 2.7 2.6 116 Guyana 2.7 2.6 2.6 116 Mali 2.7 2.8 3.1 116 Mongolia 2.7 2.7 3 116 Mozambique 2.7 2.5 2.6 116 Tanzania 2.7 2.6 3 116 Vietnam 2.7 2.7 2.7 123 Armenia 2.6 2.7 2.9 123 Eritrea 2.6 2.6 2.6 123 Madagascar 2.6 3 3.4 123 Niger 2.6 2.9 2.8 127 Belarus 2.5 2.4 2 127 Ecuador 2.5 2.2 2 127 Lebanon 2.5 2.5 3 127 Nicaragua 2.5 2.5 2.5 127 Syria 2.5 2.6 2.1 127 Timor-Leste 2.5 2.2 2.2 127 Uganda 2.5 2.5 2.6 134 Azerbaijan 2.4 2.3 1.9 134 Bangladesh 2.4 2.4 2.1 134 Honduras 2.4 2.5 2.6 134 Nigeria 2.4 2.5 2.7 134 Philippines 2.4 2.4 2.3 134 Sierra Leone 2.4 2.2 1.9 134 Togo 2.4 2.8 2.7 134 Ukraine 2.4 2.2 2.5 134 Zimbabwe 2.4 2.2 1.8 143 Maldives 2.3 2.5 2.8 143 Mauritania 2.3 2.5 2.8 143 Pakistan 2.3 2.4 2.5 146 Cameroon 2.2 2.2 2.3 146 Côte d´Ivoire 2.2 2.1 2 146 Haiti 2.2 1.8 1.4 146 Iran 2.2 1.8 2.3 146 Libya 2.2 2.5 2.6 146 Nepal 2.2 2.3 2.7 146 Paraguay 2.2 2.1 2.4 146 Yemen 2.2 2.1 2.3 154 Cambodia 2.1 2 1.8 154 Central African Republic 2.1 2 2 154 Comoros 2.1 2.3 2.5 154 Congo 2.1 1.9 1.9 154 Guinea-Bissau 2.1 1.9 1.9 154 Kenya 2.1 2.2 2.1 154 Laos 2.1 2 2 154 Papua New Guinea 2.1 2.1 2 154 Russia 2.1 2.2 2.1 154 Tajikistan 2.1 2 2 164 Congo, Dem Rep 2 1.9 1.7 164 Guinea 2 1.8 1.6 164 Kyrgyzstan 2 1.9 1.8 164 Venezuela 2 1.9 1.9 168 Angola 1.9 1.9 1.9 168 Equatorial Guinea 1.9 1.8 1.7 170 Burundi 1.8 1.8 1.9 171 Chad 1.7 1.6 1.6 172 Sudan 1.6 1.5 1.6 172 Turkmenistan 1.6 1.8 1.8 172 Uzbekistan 1.6 1.7 1.8 175 Iraq 1.5 1.5 1.3 176 Afghanistan 1.4 1.3 1.5 176 Burma 1.4 1.4 1.3 178 Somalia 1.1 1.1 1
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