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The United States has dropped out of the "top 20" in a global league table of least corrupt nations, tarnished by financial scandals and the influence of money in politics, Transparency International said on Tuesday.
Somalia was judged the most corrupt country, followed by Myanmar and Afghanistan at joint second-worst and then by Iraq, in the Berlin-based watchdog TI's annual corruption perceptions index (CPI).
The United States fell to 22nd from 19th last year, with its CPI score dropping to 7.1 from 7.5 in the 178-nation index, which is based on independent surveys on corruption.
This was the lowest score awarded to the United States in the index's 15-year history and also the first time it had fallen out of the top 20.
In the Americas, this put the United States behind Canada in sixth place, Barbados at 17th and Chile in 21st place.
Originally posted by SmedleyBurlap
reply to post by Misoir
Notice that in Obama's first year of office, the nation's corruption rating was better than the last three years of the Bush administration. Misleading, much?
Originally posted by Misoir
The United States has slipped to 22nd just behind Chile and just before Belgium.
1. New Zealand
2. Denmark
3. Singapore
4. Sweden
5. Finland
6. Canada
7. Netherlands
8. Switzerland
9. Australia
10. Norway
11. Iceland
12. Luxembourg
13. Hong Kong
14. Ireland
15. Germany
16. Austria
17. Japan
18. Barabados
19. Qatar
20. United Kingdom
21. Chile
22. United States
en.wikipedia.org...
Absolutely incredible.
Originally posted by SmedleyBurlap
reply to post by Misoir
Maybe you should give Obama a chance. He only has one year of his presidency, out of two, ranked lower than George Bush. There is a 50/50 chance that the problem is actually something that has changed between 2008 and the present. Suspend your judgment and wait for next year's report.