More than half of the world's population
believes corruption in the public sector
is a very serious problem. Liberia and
Mongolia are the two most corrupt
countries in the world, according to a
recent study. In both countries, 86% of
residents believe corruption in the
public sector is a very serious problem.
Residents in the vast majority of
countries around the world believe
corruption has only gotten worse in the
past two years.
Anti-corruption nonprofit Transparency
International has released its 2013
Global Corruption Barometer, which
surveyed residents in 107 countries.
The world's corrupt nations differ in
many ways. Four are located in Africa,
three in Latin America and two in Asia.
These nations also vary considerably in
size and population. Mongolia has just
3.2 million residents, while Mexico,
Nigeria and Russia are three of the
largest countries on the globe, each
with more than 100 million people.
Based on the percentage of surveyed
residents that reported corruption in
the public sector is a very serious
problem, these are the world's most
corrupt nations.
9. Zambia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 77%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 65% (41st highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 92%
(tied f0r 4th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $1,722
In September 2011, Zambia held
elections that resulted in the election of
President Michael Sata. Since Sata's
victory, several officials from the past
administration, including former
President Rupiah Banda, have been
arrested for corruption. Complicating
matters, many of the corruption
allegations relate to government
officials receiving improper benefits
from Chinese investors, who are
unpopular in much of the country yet
provide direct investment and jobs.
Zambia's residents are poor, with an
estimated GDP per capita of just $1,722
in 2012, versus nearly $50,000 in the
United States. An extremely high 85%
of residents claimed they had been
asked to pay a bribe in the past.
8. Nigeria
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 78%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 69% (28th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 92%
(tied for 4th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $2,720
In Nigeria, 84% of those surveyed by
Transparency International claimed
corruption had increased in the past
two years, a higher percentage than
almost any other country in the world.
Troublingly, 75% of those surveyed also
said the government was, at best,
ineffective at fighting corruption, worse
than in all but 10 countries. Nigeria is
heavily dependent on the oil industry,
yet the government refuses to act on
accusations the oil companies
underreporting the value of the
resources they extract and the tax they
owe by billions of dollars. Certain
transparency groups also blamed
politicians for encouraging corruption.
In 2012, Nigeria had just the 37th
largest GDP in the world, despite having
the world's seventh largest population.
7. Russia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 79% (tied for 5th highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 92% (the highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 89%
(10th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $17,709
According to 82% of individuals
surveyed, it is important to have
personal contacts to get anything done
in Russia's public sector. Additionally,
85% of Russians stated the government
was run by just a few large entities for
their own best interests. The only two
other countries where residents were
more likely to feel this way were
Lebanon and Cyprus. The latter was
known until recently as a haven for
Russian oligarchs' money. These hyper-
wealthy individuals often have close
political ties, which allowed many to
become wealthy during Russia's post-
Soviet privatization.
6. Paraguay
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 79% (tied for 5th highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 58% (55th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 82%
(26th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $6,136
In few nations were personal
connections considered to be more
important than in Paraguay. As many as
88% of the country's residents said
such contacts were important in getting
things done within the public sector, a
higher proportion than all but two other
countries worldwide. This was also the
reasoning behind the majority of bribes,
with 63% of all such payments going
toward speeding up a service. Worse,
78% of residents noted that their
government had been either ineffective
or very ineffective at fighting
corruption, one of the highest
proportions worldwide.
5. Mexico
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 79% (tied for 5th highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 87% (3rd highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 90%
(8th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $15,312
Globally, 53% of individuals surveyed
by Transparency International claimed
that corruption had risen in the past
two years. However, in Mexico, that
figure was 71% as the country's citizens
have become less tolerant of corruption.
In addition, 72% of those polled stated
the Mexican government was
ineffective in fighting corruption, while
78% claimed that having personal
contacts was either important or very
important in getting the public sector to
be helpful. Last year, the Institutional
Revolutionary Party (PRI) won elections
nationwide to return to power despite
previous allegations of heavy
corruption. In a July 2012 article, Time
magazine described corruption as "the
stubborn remnant of the PRI's seven
decades of authoritarian rule that is at
the heart of the drug lords' ability to
operate in Mexico."
4. Zimbabwe
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 81%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 70% (25th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 86%
(15th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $559
Roughly 77% of those surveyed claimed
that corruption in Zimbabwe had risen
in the past two years, a higher
percentage than in all but a few other
countries. Potentially contributing to
this rise, longtime President Robert
Mugabe failed to keep past elections
free from violence and voting
irregularities. Mugabe's opponent is
likely far more popular with the people,
but the upcoming elections on July 31
could still end up rigged in the
Mugabe's favor. More than three-
quarters of residents stated that the
government was run largely or entirely
by a few entities acting in their own
best interests.
3. Venezuela
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 83%
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 79% (9th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 83%
(24th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $13,616
Venezuela's long-ruling socialist
president, Hugo Chavez, passed away
in March. Corruption was a concern in
Venezuela since before Chavez's first
election victory in 1998. His chosen
successor, Nicolas Maduro, has vowed
to end corruption, which has often been
associated with Venezuela's socialist
government. Before April's presidential
election, opposition candidate Henrique
Capriles claimed that nationalization of
private businesses allowed public
officials to control major industries for
personal profit. In Venezuela, 79% of
respondents said their nation's political
officials were corrupt, among the
highest percentages in the world.
2. Mongolia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 86% (tied for the highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 77% (12th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 66%
(49th highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $5,372
Mongolia had one of the world's fastest
growing economies in 2012, when its
GDP rose an estimated 12.3%,
according to the IMF. But corruption has
been identified by USAID as a critical
threat to the country's continued
growth as well as to its democracy.
Corruption has become pervasive in the
country, after "rapid transition to
democracy and a market economy
created huge demands on bureaucracy
that lacks the [means] to prevent
corruption," according to the
organization. Encouragingly, less than
half of all people surveyed in the
country said that corruption had
increased in the past two years, versus
53% of respondents worldwide. Also,
while 77% of people considered public
officials to be corrupt, just 12%
believed the country's government to
be run by a few large, purely self-
interested entities.
1. Liberia
> Pct. saying corruption very
serious: 86% (tied for the highest)
> Pct. claiming public officials
corrupt: 67% (35th highest)
> Pct. claiming police corrupt: 94%
(3rd highest)
> 2012 GDP per capita: $673
The vast majority of Liberians surveyed
said they believed the country was run
either largely or entirely by a few
entities acting in their own self interest.
A world-leading 86% of residents who
spoke to Transparency International
claimed their government had been
either ineffective or very ineffective at
fighting corruption, while 96% of
residents claimed Liberia's legislature
was corrupt, also the highest
percentage of any nation. A stunning
75% of residents surveyed claimed they
had paid a bribe to secure some service,
trailing only Sierra Leone. In all, 80% of
the population had at one point been
asked to pay a bribe. Recently,
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf fired the
country's auditor general for corruption.
source: http://247wallst.com/special-
report/2013/07/11/the-most-corrupt-
countries-in-the-world/
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