Afghanistan ranked as one of the 4 most corrupt countries in the world

Watchdog transparency international published its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on Wednesday, showing Afghanistan is ranked as one of the four corrupt countries in the world.

A report by transparency international says that Afghanistan is seen as the world’s most corrupt nation that after Somalia, North Korea and Sudan shares the fourth place.

In this year’s corruption report, Afghanistan dropped one place, to Fourth from third last year.

The following table lists the ten most corrupt countries in the world:

Country 2014 2013 Change
Somalia 8 8 0
North Korea 8 8 0
Sudan 11 11 0
Afghanistan 12 8 +4
South Sudan 15 14 +1
Iraq 16 16 0
Turkmenistan 17 17 0
Uzbekistan 18 17 +1
Libya 18 15 +3
Eritrea 18 20 -2

The following table lists the ten least corrupt countries in the world:

Country 2014 2013 Change
Denmark 92 91 +1
New Zealand 91 91 0
Finland 89 89 0
Sweden 87 89 -2
Norway 86 86 0
Switzerland 86 85 +1
Singapore 84 86 -2
Netherlands 83 83 0
Luxembourg 82 80 +2
Canada 81 81 0

Earlier, Integrity Watch Afghanistan released a shocking report that said Afghans have paid $2 billion in bribes during the past twelve months.

Berlin-based Transparency International works to fight corruption and increase public awareness.