BERLIN, 27 January 2016 (Transparency International): 2015 showed that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption. Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index than declined.
Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the 2015 index scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean).
Yet in places like Guatemala, Sri Lanka and Ghana, citizen activists in groups and on their own worked hard to drive out the corrupt, sending a strong message that should encourage others to take decisive action in 2016.
“Corruption can be beaten if we work together. To stamp out the abuse of power, bribery and shed light on secret deals, citizens must together tell their governments they have had enough.”
“The 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index clearly shows that corruption remains a blight around the world. But 2015 was also a year when people again took to the streets to protest corruption. People across the globe sent a strong signal to those in power: it is time to tackle grand corruption,” said José Ugaz, Chair of Transparency International.
”Grand corruption” – de store fisk
Grand corruption is the abuse of high-level power that benefits the few at the expense of the many, and causes serious and widespread harm to individuals and society. It often goes unpunished.
This year Transparency International is calling on all people to take action by voting at unmaskthecorrupt.org. We want to know which cases the public most believe merit urgent attention to send a message that we will take a stand against grand corruption.
Brazil was the biggest decliner in the index, falling 5 points and dropping 7 positions to a rank of 76. The unfolding Petrobras scandal brought people into the streets in 2015 and the start of judicial process may help Brazil stop corruption.
Good news stories on the fight against corruption can be found on our website here about Mongolia, here on Guatemala and here on whistleblowing and include successes from our network of more than 100 chapters.
Resultaterne
The index covers perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries.
Denmark took the top spot for the 2nd year running, with North Korea and Somalia the worst performers, scoring just 8 points each.
Top performers share key characteristics: high levels of press freedom; access to budget information so the public knows where money comes from and how it is spent; high levels of integrity among people in power; and judiciaries that don’t differentiate between rich and poor, and that are truly independent from other parts of government.
In addition to conflict and war, poor governance, weak public institutions like police and the judiciary, and a lack of independence in the media characterise the lowest ranked countries.
The big decliners in the past 4 years include Libya, Australia, Brazil, Spain and Turkey. The big improvers include Greece, Senegal and UK.
The Corruption Perceptions Index is based on expert opinions of public sector corruption. Countries’ scores can be helped by open government where the public can hold leaders to account, while a poor score is a sign of prevalent bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don’t respond to citizens’ needs.
Udvalgte lande
Danmarks prioritetslande inden for udviklingsbistand ligger bredt placeret på korruptionsindekset. Helt i bund finder vi Afghanistan mens Ghana ligger i den øverste tredjedel.
Afghanistan: Den største enkeltmodtager af dansk bistand i 2014 var Afghanistan og landet har længe ligget i den meegt tunge ende når det gælder korruption. I årets rapport er landet med i 166. plads kun undergået af Nordkorea og Somalia. Ifølge Transparency International er korruptionen i høj grad medvirkende til, at den voldlige konflikt fortsætter.
Tanzania: 117. plads med 30 point ud af 100 mulige.
Burkina Faso: Med 38 point bliver det til en plads som nummer 76 sammen med Bosnien Hercegovina, Brasilien, Indien, Thailand, Tunesien og Zambia.
Mozambique: 112. pladsen med 31 point. Pladsen deles med Honduras, Malawi, Mauretanien og Vietnam.
Uganda, Kenya og Bangladesh: Delt 139. plads – som deles med Bangladesh, Guinea, Laos og Papua Ny Guinea.
Ghana: Nummer 56 med 47 point. Landet deler pladsen med Cuba.
Mali: Nummer 95 med 35 point.
Det mindst korrupte land i Afrika er ifølge rapporten Botswana, der ligger på 28. pladsen med 63 point. Det er højere en bl.a. mere velstående lande som Israel, Spanien og Sydkorea. De næste afrikanske lande på listen er ø-staterne Kap Verde og Seychellerne, der deles om 40.pladsen med 55 point.
Blandt de knap så velhavende lande i Asien stikker Bhutan ud med sin 27. plads og 65 point.
I Mellemamerika er lyspunktet Costa Rica, som ligger på 40. pladsen.
I Sydamerika er det Uruguay og Chile, der på henholdvis 21. og 23. pladsen med 74 og 70 point, der er mindst korrupte.
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