Nigeria Ranked 144th Most Corrupt Country In The World

Nigeria has been named the 144th most corrupt country in the
world.

Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world's
most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are
nearly squeaky-clean, with Nigeria ranked 144th, graft
watchdog Transparency International said in a survey
Tuesday.

Worldwide, almost 70 percent of nations are thought to have a
"serious problem" with public servants on the take, and none
of the 177 countries surveyed this year got a perfect score,
said the Berlin-based non-profit group.

Transparency International's annual list is the most widely
used indicator of sleaze in political parties, police, justice
systems and civil services, a scourge which undermines
development and the fight against poverty."Corruption hurts
the poor most," lead researcher Finn Heinrich told AFP.

"That's what you see when you look at the countries at the
bottom. Within those countries, it's also poor people who get
hurt the most. These countries will never get out of the
poverty trap if they don't tackle corruption."

TOP TEN
=1. Denmark 91
=1. New Zealand 91
=3. Finland 89
=3. Sweden 89
=5. Norway 86
=5. Singapore 86
7. Switzerland 85
8. Netherlands 83
=9. Australia 81
=9. Canada 81

BOTTOM TEN
=168. Syria 17
=168. Turkmenistan 17
=168. Uzbekistan 17
171. Iraq 16
172. Libya 15
173. South Sudan 14
174. Sudan 11
=175. Afghanistan 8
=175. North Korea 8
=175. Somalia 8