Philippines As One of the 50 Most Corrupt Countries in the World

Philippines as One of the 50 Most Corrupt Countries in the World

Corruption is prevalent in almost every country in the world– but some are more corrupt than others.  An independent research institution released a complete list of the most corrupt countries in the world, ranked in order of how corrupt the country's government is. Many countries have made it to this list, thanks to its corrupt politicians with illegal money making skills. In these countries of the world, bribery and corruption are rampant.

 Source : Transparency International, 2009, 2013

Somalia is ranked as the top most corrupt while New Zealand is the least corrupt country. Most importantly. Singapore is listed as the second least corrupt country, besting even most highly developed countries like the U.S.A, United Kingdom and other European countries.

Sad to note over and over again, the Philippines was listed in the first quadrant of the ranking, 42^nd amongst 180 countries in the world. Notably, among the South East Asian countries, only Cambodia and Myanmar are more corrupt than the Philippines while Bangladesh is ranked 45^th.  Vietnam(57)  and Indonesia (58) Thailand (94), are way down in the ranking with South Korea (141) and Japan (165)  listed in the last quadrant, meaning lesser corrupt countries.

The least 10 corrupt countries in the world is ranked as New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, Switzerland, FINLAND, Netherlands, Norway, Australia, Canada and Iceland.