CORRUPTION INDEX



Since I mentioned press freedom, might as well look at the corruption index too, right?


It's interesting to see how Malaysia stacks up here!! Singapore is way up there but was really low on the press freedom index so I don't really think I'd like adopting their system very much.


What is really nice to see is that the Scandinavian countries seem to be up there on both counts. (And so is Ireland!!) I'll find out more on how they do things and will post that soon.

Until then........make your own judgement on the list below:


The ranking list (Again summarized to the relevant & interesting countries.)


1 Denmark, Finland, New Zealand
4 Singapore - This is where they differ greatly from the Taliban!!!
5 Sweden
6 Iceland
7 Netherlands, Switzerland
11 Australia
12 United Kingdom
14 Hong Kong
17 Ireland - and here is Ireland again!!
18 Japan
20 USA
32 Qatar - the top middle eastern country.
34 Taiwan
34 United Arab Emirates
43 Malaysia - Good to see we're not too bad here.
72 China, India
84 Thailand
94 Sri Lanka
123 Viet Nam
131 Iran, Nepal, Philippines
138 Pakistan
143 Indonesia, Russia
162 Bangladesh
172 Afghanistan
178 Iraq
179 Myanmar