Chairman
of TI, Jose Ugaz, who disclosed this yesterday after the anti- corruption
watchdog released a list of its 2015 corruption perception index, observed that
corruption remains a blight around the world.
Ugaz
stated that 2015 was also a year when people around the world sent a strong
signal to those in power that it was time to tackle corruption with various
protests across the globe, stressing that more countries, however, improved in
2015.
The
five least corrupt countries according to TI are: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, New
Zealand and Netherlands. While the five most corrupt countries are: South Sudan
(163) (tied with Angola), Sudan (165), Afghanistan (166), Somalia (167 tied)
with North Korea.
Denmark
remained at the top for the second consecutive year as the country perceived as
least corrupt. It scored 91 points out of a possible 100 while North Korea and
Somalia remained at the bottom with unchanged scores of 8.
Countries
like Australia, Brazil, Libya, Spain and Turkey, have deteriorated according to
TI.
According
to the report, countries like Greece, Senegal and the UK are among those that
have seen a significant increase in scores since 2012. The U.K stepped up three
spots to place 10th, with a score of 81 that tied it with Germany and
Luxembourg. The other top spots, from second to ninth, were occupied by
Finland, Sweden, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Singapore and
Canada.
In
sub-Saharan Africa, the report revealed that there was no improvement for
Nigeria and South Africa as 40 out of the continent’s 46 countries showed a
serious corruption problem.
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