Turkey Less Corrupt Than Last Year, But Long Way To Go
The Transparency International CPI measures the perceived levels of public-sector corruption in a given country and is a composite index, drawing on different expert and business surveys. The 2008 CPI scores 180 countries (the same number as the 2007 CPI) on a scale from zero. In this year’s index, Turkey ranks 58 and with a transparency score of 4.6, while in 2007 it ranked 64 with a transparency score of 4.1. (Click for article)
2008 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
Rank - Country - Confidence range
1 - Denmark - 9.3
4 - Singapore - 9.2
5 - Switzerland - 9.0
9 - Canada - 8.7
18 - Japan - 7.3
18 - US - 7.3
31 - Cyprus - 6.4
33 - Israel - 6.0
41 - Mauritius - 5.5
47 - Malaysia - 5.1
57 - Greece - 4.7
58 - Turkey - 4.6
70 - Romania - 3.8
85 - Serbia - 3.4
134 - Pakistan - 2.5
141 - Iran - 2.3
147 - Russia - 2.1
176 - Afghanistan - 1.5
178 - Iraq - 1.3
180 - Somalia - 1.0
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