Perceived corruption in my corner(s) of the world

The 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index is a composite index that draws on multiple expert opinion surveys that poll perceptions of public sector corruption in 163 countries around the world, the greatest scope of any CPI to date. It scores countries on a scale from zero to ten, with zero indicating high levels of perceived corruption and ten indicating low levels of perceived corruption.

here's the map showing the corruption index relative to the countries of the world...



here's how the countries where i've spent the majority of my time over the past year fared....



Argentina
Ranking: 93
Index: 2.9



Bulgaria
Ranking: 57
Index: 4.0



Macedonia
Ranking: 105
Index: 2.7



Serbia
Ranking: 90
Index: 3.0



United States
Ranking: 20
Index: 7.3

just for chuckles and grins, the top five are, in order, finland, iceland, new zealand, denmark, and singapore...

here's a few other thoughts... since literally every other southeast asian country is riddled with corruption, that singapore has managed to walk the straight and narrow is nothing short of a miracle... two, i think it's a sad thing that the u.s. is #20... finally, i find it most interesting that jamaica (#61), belize (#66), cuba (also #66), brazil ((#70), egypt (#70), and mexico (also #70), ALL outrank argentina at #93...

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