The most corrupt countries in the world

Somalia North Korea and Myanmar (Burma) are the most corrupt countries in the world and New Zealand, Denmark and Finland the least, according to a report released today by the German organizationTransparency International (TI). In the 2011 edition of its traditional Perceptions Index Corruption (CPI), TI warns that only 49 of the 183 countries surveyed in Transparency perceived approve its public sector this year, even though the citizen outcry against these practices has gained momentum worldwide. According to the NGO, global reference in matter of transparency,"corruption continues to affect too many countries around the world" . "This year we have seen corruption allegations against manifestations of rich and poor. Both the European debt crisis and in the Arab world, leaders must address the demands for better government," he said in a statement IT Chair, Huguette Labelle. In this sense, the regional director for the Americas IT, Alejandro Salas, adding that "in all protests attended the issue of corruption to a greater or lesser extent." "That is the factor that makes the index this year," said Salas, who highlighted the corruption allegations against protests by pro-democracy protesters in the Arab world, the "indignant" in Spain and the U.S. movement "Occupy Wall Street ".

Spain, a less corrupt

On a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very transparent), whererepeated Somalia as the worst rated (1.0) and New Zealand reached the lead (9.5), Spain fell one position from 2010, until thirty-first position, but gets a 6.2, a tenth of the score reached last year. The report argues that eurozone countries with major financial problems, "in part by the failure of public authorities by addressing bribery and tax evasion," are the worst score in Europe. Ireland (7.5) was placed in the ranking in 19th place, up from 32nd place in Portugal (6.1), 69 occupied Italy (3.9) immediately below-Ghana-Greece and 80 (3 , 4), along with Morocco and Thailand.

'Nepotism and cronyism' in the Arab world

In addition, the 2011 ICC values ​​calls for transparency made in the Arab Spring and warns against "nepotism, bribery and patronage" problems "deeply rooted" in the region. Tunisia , with 3.8 at No. 73, is the most transparent among those in the Arab world that have grabbed headlines this year, followed by Egypt (2.9) at 112, Syria (2.6) in the 129, Yemen (2.1) in 164, and Libya (2.0) at 168. TI says in his report that the protests around the world, "urged on by corruption and political instability", "clearly show that citizens feel their leaders and public institutions are not sufficiently transparent and accountable." Among the major powers, China emphasizes that (3.6) is in the position 75 and the U.S. (7.1) his worst harvest in 16 years and fell to 24th, while Germany (8.0) and Japan (8.0), share the fourteenth position. Iraq (1.8) and Afghanistan (1.5), unstructured in separate wars for years, remain in the queue positions -175 and 180, respectively, although minimally improved compared to last year. The CPI is produced each year since 1995 from different studies and surveys on perceived levels of public sector corruption in different countries.