European Union countries from least to most corrupt according to Transparency International

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The 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index. http://www.transparency.org/cpi2013/results

European Union ranking (Global ranking)

1/ (1) Denmark 9.1
2/ (3) Finland/Sweden 8.9
4/ (8) Netherlands 8.3
5/ (11) Luxembourg 8.0
6/ (12) Germany 7.8
7/ (14) United Kingdom 7.6
8/ (15) Belgium 7.5
9/ (21) Ireland 7.2
10/ (22) France 7.1
11/ (26) Austria 6.9
12/ (28) Estonia 6.8
13/ (31) Cyprus 6.3
14/ (33) Portugal 6.2
15/ (38) Poland 6.0
16/ (40) Spain 5.9
17/ (43) Lithuania/Slovenia 5.7
19/ (45) Malta 5.6
20/ (47) Hungary 5.4
21/ (49) Latvia 5.3
22/ (57) Croatia/Czech Republic 4.8
24/ (61) Slovakia 4.7
25/ (69) Italy/Romania 4.3
27/ (77) Bulgaria 4.1
28/ (80) Greece 4.0

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"Perception" is the word

[Atvend]

Perception correlates to truth.

[Ouistreham]

It's looks like a racial ladder... (except that, here again, fifty years of communism have made Eastern Europe more rotten than they should be).

Now we understand why the German word blauaügig means both "blue-eyed" and "naive" or "simple-minded".

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Perception correlates to truth.


IS THE COUNTRY/TERRITORY WITH THE LOWEST SCORE THE MOST CORRUPT NATION?

No. The CPI is an indicator of perceptions of public sector corruption, i.e. administrative and political corruption. It is not a verdict on the levels of corruption of entire nations or societies, or of their policies, or the activities of their private sector. Citizens of those countries/territories that score at the lower end of the CPI often show the same concern about and condemnation of corruption as the public in countries that perform strongly.

[Tooting Carmen]

New results for 2014: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results

1/ (1) Denmark 9.2
2/ (3) Finland 8.9
3/ (4) Sweden 8.7
4/ (8) Netherlands 8.3
5/ (9) Luxembourg 8.2
6/ (12) Germany 7.9
7/ (14) United Kingdom 7.8
8/ (15) Belgium 7.6
9/ (17) Ireland 7.4
10/ (23) Austria 7.2
11/ (26) Estonia/France 6.9
13/ (31) Cyprus/Portugal 6.3
15/ (35) Poland 6.1
16/ (37) Spain 6.0
17/ (39) Lithuania/Slovenia 5.8
19/ (43) Latvia/Malta 5.5
21/ (47) Hungary 5.4
22/ (53) Czech Republic 5.1
23/ (54) Slovakia 5.0
24/ (61) Croatia 4.8
25/ (69) Bulgaria/Greece/Italy/Romania 4.3