Transparency International 2000 Corruption Perceptions Index

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Transparency International 2000 Corruption Perceptions Index
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(Indexes divided by Region by the AAA Project)

On September 13, 2000, Transparency International (TI) published the results of this year’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI), a league table of countries ranked according to perceived levels of corruption among public officials and politicians. The 2000 CPI is a composite index, drawing on 16 surveys from 8 independent institutions. The surveys embrace the perceptions of business people, the general public and country analysts. The surveys were undertaken over the last three years and no country is included in the CPI unless there are results from a minimum of three surveys. The survey sources vary to some degree from one year to the next and thus it would be inaccurate to suggest that precise comparisons are valid, for example, between the 1999 CPI and the 2000 CPI. This year's CPI covers 90 countries, compared to 98 last year.

The three tables below show a representative list of countries divided by region with their respective ranking on the 2000 CPI, followed by a table containing the entire list of countries.

Americas

Country Rank	Countries in the Americas*	2000 CPI Score	Less Corruption More Corruption
5	Canada	9.2
14	USA	7.8
18	Chile	7.4
30	Costa Rica	5.4
41	Peru	4.4
43	El Salvador	4.1
49	Brazil	3.9
52	Argentina	3.5
59	Mexico	3.3
60	Colombia	3.2
71	Bolivia	2.7
71	Venezuela	2.7
74	Ecuador	2.6

*The 2000 CPI does not include some countries of the Americas and the Caribbean that were listed in the 1999 CPI. These include Uruguay, Jamaica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Honduras. These countries had to be dropped because there was insufficient 1998-2000 data. TI explains that the surveys used in the CPI are based on international investor attitudes and if a country is widely seen to no longer interest investors, then some survey sources may drop that country in their polling. According to TI, for some of these countries reduced investor interest may be an indication of enhanced perceptions of widespread corruption in these countries.

Africa

Country Rank	Countries in Africa	2000 CPI Score	Less Corruption More Corruption
26	Botswana	6.0
30	Namibia	5.4
32	Tunisia	5.2
34	South Africa	5.0
37	Mauritius	4.7
37	Morocco	4.7
43	Malawi	4.1
52	Ghana	3.5
52	Senegal	3.5
57	Zambia	3.4
60	Ethiopia	3.2
63	Egypt	3.1
65	Burkina Faso	3.0
65	Zimbabwe	3.0
71	Cote d´Ivoire	2.7
76	Tanzania	2.5
80	Uganda	2.3
81	Mozambique	2.2
82	Kenya	2.1
84	Cameroon	2.0
85	Angola	1.7
90	Nigeria	1.2

Eastern Europe

Country Rank	Countries in Eastern Europe	2000 CPI Score	Less Corruption More Corruption
27	Estonia	5.7
28	Slovenia	5.5
32	Hungary	5.2
35	Greece	4.9
42	Czech Republic	4.3
43	Belarus	4.1
	Lithuania	4.1
	Poland	4.1
51	Croatia	3.7
52	Bulgaria	3.5
52	Slovak Republic	3.5
57	Latvia	3.4
68	Romania	2.9
74	Moldova	2.6
82	Russia	2.1
87	Ukraine	1.5
89	Yugoslavia	1.3

The 2000 Corruption Perceptions Index

Country Rank	Country	2000 CPI Score	Less Corruption More Corruption
1	Finland	10.0
2	Denmark	9.8
3	New Zealand	9.4
3	Sweden	9.4
5	Canada	9.2
6	Iceland	9.1
	Norway	9.1
	Singapore	9.1
9	Netherlands	8.9
10	United Kingdom	8.7
11	Luxembourg	8.6
11	Switzerland	8.6
13	Australia	8.3
14	USA	7.8
15	Austria	7.7
15	Hong Kong	7.7
17	Germany	7.6
18	Chile	7.4
19	Ireland	7.2
20	Spain	7.0
21	France	6.7
22	Israel	6.6
23	Japan	6.4
23	Portugal	6.4
25	Belgium	6.1
26	Botswana	6.0
27	Estonia	5.7
28	Slovenia	5.5
28	Taiwan	5.5
30	Costa Rica	5.4
30	Namibia	5.4
32	Hungary	5.2
32	Tunisia	5.2
34	South Africa	5.0
35	Greece	4.9
36	Malaysia	4.8
37	Mauritius	4.7
37	Morocco	4.7
39	Italy	4.6
39	Jordan	4.6
41	Peru	4.4
42	Czech Republic	4.3
43	Belarus	4.1
	El Salvador	4.1
	Lithuania	4.1
	Malawi	4.1
	Poland	4.1
48	South Korea	4.0
49	Brazil	3.9
50	Turkey	3.8
51	Croatia	3.7
52	Argentina	3.5
	Bulgaria	3.5
	Ghana	3.5
	Senegal	3.5
	Slovak Republic	3.5
57	Latvia	3.4
57	Zambia	3.4
59	Mexico	3.3
60	Colombia	3.2
	Ethiopia	3.2
	Thailand	3.2
63	China	3.1
63	Egypt	3.1
65	Burkina Faso	3.0
	Kazakhstan	3.0
	Zimbabwe	3.0
68	Romania	2.9
69	India	2.8
69	Philippines	2.8
71	Bolivia	2.7
	Cote d´Ivoire	2.7
	Venezuela	2.7
74	Ecuador	2.6
74	Moldova	2.6
76	Armenia	2.5
	Tanzania	2.5
	Vietnam	2.5
79	Uzbekistan	2.4
80	Uganda	2.3
81	Mozambique	2.2
82	Kenya	2.1
82	Russia	2.1
84	Cameroon	2.0
85	Angola	1.7
85	Indonesia	1.7
87	Azerbaijan	1.5
87	Ukraine	1.5
89	Yugoslavia	1.3
90	Nigeria	1.2

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