Sunday, 19 May 2013
10. Venezuela
Venezuela has earned
a CPI score of 1.9 and are ranked 172nd out of 182 countries of the world. The
event that kicked off the country’s slide in to corruption was the discovery of
vast amounts of oil and by the time the ’70s decade arrived, the Venezuelans
had started calling the petroleum being mined as ”the Devil’s excrement”.
9. Haiti
Haiti was struck by a
massive earthquake in 2010,
but the 2 billion
dollars that came into Haiti as funds for the people inflicted by the
earthquake was consumed by the rampant corruption practiced by the bureaucracy.
Haiti’s CPI score is
1.8 (ranked 175th), and they are plagued by the rampant corruption of the
impenetrable bureaucracy.
8. Iraq
In September 2011, a
renowned Iraqi journalist was murdered in his home because he was accused of
leading anti government protests. During the Saddam regime, the corruption was
so rampant that anyone that so much as lifted a finger against the government was
immediately captured and brutally murdered. Saddam and his son were quite
infamous for their brutality and corruption. Their CPI score is 1.8 and are
ranked 175th.
7. Sudan
Sudan gets millions
of dollars in aid for development to start the rebuilding process that has
become a necessity in the country ravaged by years of war. But the aid funds
seldom (read: almost never) go to the purposes of development and instead end
up in private hands of the government officials and their foreign banks. Since
the country gained self rule in 2005, no effort has been put into prosecuting
the officials responsible for corruption despite a commission being set up for
just this job. Sudan’s CPI score is 1.6 and are ranked at 177th.
6. Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan spent 69
years under the Soviet Union and their time with the Soviets has left its
effects on the government. .The people suffer intense human rights violations
and face severe restrictions whenever they try leaving the country. It has the
world’s third worst freedom of the press, and is the tenth most censored
country in the world. Turkmenistan has a CPI of 1.6 and are ranked at 177.
5. Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a
country rich in resources, but the government does not allow for growth in the
independent private sector as they keep control over all the resources. The
government, infamous for its authoritarianism, is often called the root of all
the corruption and the problems that arise as a result. The country and its
society are corrupted through and through.” Turkmenistan’s CPI is 1.6 and its
ranked at 177.
4. Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a
state riddled with the the corruption of bribery. As recent as 2010, Afghani
people paid around 2.5 billion dollars in bribes and nearly half the Afghan
population had paid the country in kickbacks. Bribery and the menace of
kickbacks are so commonplace in Afghanistan that 38 percent of the people
consider it to be normal. Even meeting a politician, something that seems as
simple as a normal talk or a handshake, involves giving kickbacks 40 percent of
the time. Afghanistan’s CPI is 1.9 and is ranked 180th in the world.
3. Myanmar
Myanmar is rich in
natural resources, a blessing that is more of a curse in this country riddled
with drug rings and widespread corruption. In fact, these reasons have not only
affected Myanmar, but has been considered the root of all problems in the Golden
Triangle. On top of all that, the country has been witness to brutal ethnic
violence on a large scale and the human rights issues has had it isolated by
most of the developed countries of the world. The country’s CPI is scored at
1.5 and is ranked 180th in the world tied with Afghanistan.
2. North Korea
The CPI score,
based on what is known, is a lowly 1 and they are ranked at the second last
spot, 181st.
1. Somalia
If it weren’t for the
fact that Somalia is even considered a country, some circles believe it
shouldn’t be considered as such unless at least a stable shadow of a government
is present, it wouldn’t even be on this list. The state and the officials,
however they are, are so infested with the malice of corruption and brutal
violence that it is ranked at the very last among the countries in the world,
and by some circles, it is not even considered a country. Their CPI is the
lowest 1 and for that, Somalia earns the top spot in being the most corrupt
country in the world as of 2012.
