Countries are ranked on "perception" of corruption because statistical collection of illegal activities "are deliberately hidden and only come to light through scandals, investigations and prosecutions, " the Transparency Index web site says.
But in the rankings index of Transparency International, a Berlin-based lobby, African countries are generally perceived as being the most corrupt.
Let's look at the U.S. Over the past few years, traditional measures of corruption, such as the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, have placed the U.S. among the least corrupt nations in the world, currently ranking No. 18 among 180 rated countries.
Azerbaijan also gets a poor rating in the corruption index compiled by Transparency International.
Italy ranked 69th of 180 countries in Transparency International's 2011 corruption index, lower than Saudi Arabia.
Russia ranked 133 out of 174 in Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index.
In an index of perceptions produced by Transparency International, a monitoring group, India's score of 2.8 has remained constant for a decade.
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Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index gathered views on 176 countries worldwide.
Corruption is also prevalent, with Angola ranked 157th out of 176 countries and territories on Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Corruption further exacerbates discontent among the population, with Angola ranked 168th out of 183 countries on Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
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Angola ranked 168th out of 183 countries on Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, and was 148th out of 187 countries in the U.N.
Transparency International's corruption-perceptions index suggests that corruption is rife: in 2010, on a scale from one (the worst) to ten, Western Europe's five most populous countries received an average score of 6.5, whereas the three most populous countries in the Middle East averaged 3.2 (Turkey scored 4.4, Egypt 3.1 and Iran 2.2).
The anti-corruption group Transparency International puts out an annual Corruption Perception Index.
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Berlin-based Transparency International ranked Azerbaijan 139th out of 176 countries in its 2012 Corruption Perception Index.
Transparency International recently ranked Angola a lowly 168 out of 182 countries in its " Corruption Perceptions Index" but Dos Santos says that the fund will be beholden to international best practices, and transparent.
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Transparency International - an organization tackling corruption -- ranked Croatia below Rwanda, Jordan and Cuba in its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2012.
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