The World’s Most Corrupt Nations
While a year ago, some 72 out of 158 nations surveyed by the international watchdog group Transparency International were classified as “corrupt,” now 74 of 163 countries fall into the same category. A few, most notably India, managed to bootstrap themselves (just barely) out of the truly corrupt group, while others, particularly Iran, dug themselves more firmly into that camp.
The police continue to be a central factor in corruption in Haiti, though there is corruption in virtually every governmental body. Since the police are also the officials closest to every individual on a daily basis, it is their corruption that changes the nature of daily life in Haiti, permeating all society and the way business is done.
Corruption is perceived as widespread in this vicious dictatorship run with an iron hand by a strong-willed clique of military leaders, who persist in repression of civil society at every level. Illicit facilitation payments and informal fees are required to access even the most basic government services.
Huge quantities of funds– especially American military and reconstruction aid funds–swirling through this nation, where many civil structures have largely broken down, is a recipe for corruption at all levels. The Actor Inc Beyond kidnappings and ransom payments, TI officials say their survey was conducted in the first half of 2006 when funds being handled by the Coalition Provisional Authority were largely exhausted and no longer being disbursed. So the Iraqi government, where corruption is said to be rampant, was in charge of its own funds. International businessmen from a range of countries converging on Baghdad found finance, export credits, contracts and a host of more mundane functions of government all subject to illicit payments.
Guinea has been in a political crisis state for at least three years. Though the current, corrupt president has been in power for 20 years, strong pressure has been building from the public for a change of regime. A public strike that lasted one month finally ended a month ago. There was outright civil strife, obliging the president to appoint a new prime minister. The most controversial, and corrupt, deals surround the mining sector, particularly aluminum. Among foreign businessmen, the general view, according to the TI survey, was that to do business in Guinea you needed “to pay off the guy at the top.”
The key event was the switch from a Canadian company that dominated oil drilling in Sudan, the No. 3 oil producer in Africa, to a Chinese company that took over the contract after the Canadians found corruption and an outrageous human rights record was too rife to be able to continue functioning. China is now responsible for 90% of all oil production in Sudan, which also controls oil flow down a large pipeline through southern Sudan to the sea. Chinese officials have declined any comment on the human rights situation, and TI officials say they are “not too worried about having to pay off the Khartoum government.”
Copper in Katanga, and in the rest of the country, gold, uranium and especially coltan, a rare mineral that’s in every cell phone chip, still drive the corruption that remains rampant in this African nation. A presidential election did little to stop the corruption or the resulting violence that erupted again last month in downtown Kinshasha the Travel Vista, the nation’s capital. The president is the principal recipient of routine payments by the mining companies who apparently are prepared to play the very lucrative payoff game that remains as endemic now as it was back during the regime of one of Africa’s historically most corrupt leaders, Mobutu Sese-Seko.
Chad has dropped from No. 1 to No. 7 this year as international aid agencies, particularly the World Bank, have sought to come to grips with one of the world’s most piggish uses of philanthropic funds. Proceeds of a Chad- Cameroon oil pipeline, funded in part by the World Bank and operated by an Exxon Mobil-led consortium, were supposed to have been used to help feed the desperately poor people of both nations. Instead, at least $30 million was diverted to buy arms to keep the government of President Idriss Deby in power. The World Bank, whose president, Paul Wolfowitz, was deeply embarrassed by the fiasco, halted funding more than a year ago, but reached an accord with Chad last July. According to TI officials, the jury’s still out on how effectively it will be implemented. Dog Central
There continues to be a general lack of engagement between the government and civil society as repression, corruption throughout government ranks and especially in the judiciary and political circles persists, often spilling over into the private sector. In March, the new military-backed government jailed at least 40 prominent business and
government leaders from two of the leading political parties in what was described as an ongoing probe of corruption, but TI officials are little impressed. Still, after five straight years at the top of the list, Bangladesh has signed the United Nations convention against corruption and has now dropped to No. 8.
The most corrupt of the five former Soviet Republics on our list, Uzbekistan is sinking ever deeper into corruption and unrest–in constant turmoil and strife under what the U.S. State Department describes as the authoritarian rule of President Islam Karimov, a communist apparatchik holdover of the old regime, which, while violently suppressing opposition, encourages corruption that permeates society, including the executive branch. Bribery will win you everything from admission to leading educational institutions to a favorable outcome of traffic cases and civil lawsuits.
One of the world’s smallest oil powers, it is also among the most corrupt. Still, possibly under pressure from the major oil companies that operate there, particularly Exxon Mobil, things have improved a trifle, though the corrupt President Teodoro Obiang Nguema remains in power. Now, though, it’s becoming possible to operate a business on a reasonable basis, provided one accepts that 30% of all funds, including oil profits go straight into the pocket of Nguema. Still, the system of corruption now is more rational and orderly than the previous system that amounted to near-total anarchy.
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Add Japan !. How many Prime Minister they have ?, and for how long each one of them ?, and why is that ?.
Well if you do it right, they won’t call you a corrupter and won’t call your country a corrupt one.
Its a matter of doing it right.
and what about USA?
How about my Philippines?
You forgot about Serbia, with bribe you can buy whole country or kill a man and get out of prison in a few hours. You can buy merchandise for your monopoly supermarket chain and pay in few months or years. That is if you pay!!! If you do not, you just bribe some more!
Oooo! So many choices from so far away and you miss the most obvious one!! Of course it’s hard to see the snake that’s underfoot when you’re trying so hard to look far away. America!! Land where the buck’ll get your enemies, (fellow, HA!) citizens and those not rich enough to defend themselves in a court of law, arrested and locked away without thought of legal representation (G.W. Bush). Where for a pitance (fines for destroying and polluting ) you can rape the earth anywhere in the world. Force child labor. Create and release toxins into the air, land and water and continue doing it even after you’re caught and (Lmao!) fined. Manufacture drugs that are needed by humans but charge so much for them only the rich can afford them. The list of Crimes and atrocities committed by America and American “Big Business”, even against Americans, is endless and getting even worse and NO ONE IS CALLING THEM ON IT!!!
what about croatia?
discover minister polancec…
Put Thailand up there right at the top, man.
and what about Mx?
And Mexico?
You should know Mexico is the most corrupted nation around the world.
Only one day living here is enough to know it.
It is strange that Mexico didn’t make this list.
Perhaps that was just an oversight?
What about South Africa ? The current President Jacob Zuma was charged for massive fraud, and he simply overruled the judiciary and came scot free
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South Africa at the top! Our current president is a rapist and a thief, but he got elected and the charges went away!
you forgot to add any other country in the world.
it’s very interesting article.. great list of corrupt nations in the world.ill avoid going to these places.
Those of you calling the USA the most corrupt have not actually been to a corrupt nation. Disliking a politician, or political process does not qualify the entire US to be a corrupt nation.
Mexico’s corruption does not fall into here because it is not as big as so many fucking ignorant Americans think it is , Im pretty sure you faggots never been to Mexico probably just to Tijuana which is a total piece of shit compared to the rest of Mexico … Look at what the president is doing right now , drug war which means he is against drugs which causes corruption , and he is fighting to take it off… Also don’t believe in the fucking Hollywood stereotypes ..
to prisim-
-im glad that you are educated and stated the right thing.
The US as a corrupt nation? you guys are dumbasses
to j anthony carter-
not being having fair trial? please. try not having a trial at all, or for that an arrest. try just being robbed and thrown in the gutter. you make me sick. you have so many opportunities available to you that much of the world does not. quit bitching you spoiled brat
Shut up! No one cares about mexico. If anything it should be considered USA because of all the border hoping. Break the treaty and take over!
Let’s face it… corruption exists in every country in every corner of the globe to one extent or the other. Granted, some are far more serious than others, but all should be recognized & held accountable for their tresspasses, no matter how minor or mundane.
How could they not have Mexico on the list? Maybe Mexico paid them off. hahaha
You definitely missed out Croatia! this country is packed with unbelievably primitive people, corruption is a state of mind here! no wonder we’ll never make it to the EU! a post-war nation heading backwards…
Aye, put Thailand, hate to say it but with the king dying the corrupt gov is gonna destroy it.
venezuela la mas corrupta del mundo
Malaysia should be there, with ministers having millions of dollars
Saudi Arabia should be at the top of the list. Their corrupting influence through bribery and exportation of terrorists spans the entire globe.
lets do something much much easyer and try to count 10 countries that dont have corruption
venezuela
and the mother of all corruption is cuba
Hmm, thought Russia would be on the list, but I guess it’s not so much corruption as it is poor leadership.
Pakistan!!!!!
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No NIgeria? common this some kind of joke right? ok google Nigeria
Venezuela (Hugo Chavez)
Nicaragua ()
Honduras (Zelaya)
Ecuador (Rafael Correa)
Cuba (Castro)
Bolivia (Evo Morales)
Where’s North Korea, along with good ole’ kim jong il?
You Forgot Poland !!!
;-D
I believed everybody has its own predicament when we talk about nations who are infected with so much corruption. There’s no nation in the world that who do not experience this dreaded problem. Before we say that this nation has its problem with corruption, think about yourself first- have you not tried to cheat a person or cheating yourself, because the problem of corruption starts in the heart of every individual. They corrupt because they need special power, attention, and to be satisfied. If we really want to stop this, start within yourself first.
Joking….
peculiar that afghanistan, russia and iran were not up there. all of these countries have had recent riots because of elections. south africa as well. there are many. I’d think that drugs and political greed would be better explanations for countries like mexico. cuba is just fucked lol. serving in iraq made me realize that corruption isnt always limited to the politics but its people and the insurgency that afflict within and outside the borders of common government and its operations.
Do you really think your country is corrupt??? please live in Colombia for a while and all you will pay your respects for “Colombia, the lord and king of corruption”
where is the philippines? and dont forget to include all the leaders except cory aquino……….. after 3 decades nothing happened to the philippines….
How about India guys? So many comments but no one
uttered the name of india. I am surprised. I hope you hav
not heard of indian money in swiss banks.
I WANT TO KNOW THE MOST CORRUPT NATIONS
Viet nam should be on top.