Transparency International’s 2004 Corruption Perception Index
(CPI) measures the perceived level of corruption in 146
countries. Based on 18 different surveys, the CPI reflects the
perceptions of business people and country analysts, both
resident and non-resident. According to the 2004 Index a total
of 106 out of 146 countries score less than 5 against a clean
score of 10. Sixty countries score less than 3 out of 10,
indicating rampant corruption. Corruption is perceived to be
most acute in Bangladesh, Haiti, Nigeria, Chad, Myanmar,
Azerbaijan and Paraguay, all of which have a score of less than
2. Countries with a score of higher than 9, with very low levels
of perceived corruption, are predominantly rich countries,
namely Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland, Singapore, Sweden
and Switzerland. As Transparency International points out, oil-
rich countries such as Angola, Azerbaijan, Chad, Ecuador,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Nigeria, Russia,
Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen score particularly low o