VIETNAM: Corruption Perceptions Index 2014

CORRUPTION IS THREATENING ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR ALL

Countries at the bottom need to adopt radical anti-corruption measures in favour of their people. Countries at the top of the index should make sure they don’t export corrupt practices to underdeveloped countries.”

José Ugaz, Chair,
Transparency International

Poorly equipped schools, counterfeit medicine and elections decided by money are just some of the consequences of public sector corruption. Bribes and backroom deals don’t just steal resources from the most vulnerable – they undermine justice and economic development, and destroy public trust in government and leaders.

Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide, and it paints an alarming picture. Not one single country gets a perfect score and more than two-thirds score below 50, on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

Corruption is a problem for all countries. A poor score is likely a sign of widespread bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don’t respond to citizens’ needs. Countries at the top of the index also need to act. Leading financial centres in the EU and US need to join with fast-growing economies to stop the corrupt from getting away with it. The G20 needs to prove its global leadership role and prevent money laundering and stop secret companies from masking corruption.

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). A country or territory’s rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories in the index. This year’s index includes 175 countries and territories. Click on the column headings to sort the results, or use the drop-down menu to view results by region. Note that N/A means a country was not included in the index during a particular year.

RESULTS: TABLE AND RANKINGS

RANK	COUNTRY	2014 SCORE	2013 SCORE	2012 SCORE

1	Denmark	92	91	90
2	New Zealand	91	91	90
3	Finland	89	89	90
4	Sweden	87	89	88
5	Norway	86	86	85
5	Switzerland	86	85	86
7	Singapore	84	86	87
8	Netherlands	83	83	84
9	Luxembourg	82	80	80
10	Canada	81	81	84
11	Australia	80	81	85
12	Germany	79	78	79
12	Iceland	79	78	82
14	United Kingdom	78	76	74
15	Belgium	76	75	75
15	Japan	76	74	74
17	Barbados	74	75	76
17	Hong Kong	74	75	77
17	Ireland	74	72	69
17	United States	74	73	73
21	Chile	73	71	72
21	Uruguay	73	73	72
23	Austria	72	69	69
24	Bahamas	71	71	71
25	United Arab Emirates	70	69	68
26	Estonia	69	68	64
26	France	69	71	71
26	Qatar	69	68	68
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67	62	62
30	Bhutan	65	63	63
31	Botswana	63	64	65
31	Cyprus	63	63	66
31	Portugal	63	62	63
31	Puerto Rico	63	62	63
35	Poland	61	60	58
35	Taiwan	61	61	61
37	Israel	60	61	60
37	Spain	60	59	65
39	Dominica	58	58	58
39	Lithuania	58	57	54
39	Slovenia	58	57	61
42	Cape Verde	57	58	60
43	Korea (South)	55	55	56
43	Latvia	55	53	49
43	Malta	55	56	57
43	Seychelles	55	54	52
47	Costa Rica	54	53	54
47	Hungary	54	54	55
47	Mauritius	54	52	57
50	Georgia	52	49	52
50	Malaysia	52	50	49
50	Samoa	52	#N/A	#N/A
53	Czech Republic	51	48	49
54	Slovakia	50	47	46
55	Bahrain	49	48	51
55	Jordan	49	45	48
55	Lesotho	49	49	45
55	Namibia	49	48	48
55	Rwanda	49	53	53
55	Saudi Arabia	49	46	44
61	Croatia	48	48	46
61	Ghana	48	46	45
63	Cuba	46	46	48
64	Oman	45	47	47
64	The FYR of Macedonia	45	44	43
64	Turkey	45	50	49
67	Kuwait	44	43	44
67	South Africa	44	42	43
69	Brazil	43	42	43
69	Bulgaria	43	41	41
69	Greece	43	40	36
69	Italy	43	43	42
69	Romania	43	43	44
69	Senegal	43	41	36
69	Swaziland	43	39	37
76	Montenegro	42	44	41
76	Sao Tome and Principe	42	42	42
78	Serbia	41	42	39
79	Tunisia	40	41	41
80	Benin	39	36	36
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39	42	42
80	El Salvador	39	38	38
80	Mongolia	39	38	36
80	Morocco	39	37	37
85	Burkina Faso	38	38	38
85	India	38	36	36
85	Jamaica	38	38	38
85	Peru	38	38	38
85	Philippines	38	36	34
85	Sri Lanka	38	37	40
85	Thailand	38	35	37
85	Trinidad and Tobago	38	38	39
85	Zambia	38	38	37
94	Armenia	37	36	34
94	Colombia	37	36	36
94	Egypt	37	32	32
94	Gabon	37	34	35
94	Liberia	37	38	41
94	Panama	37	35	38
100	Algeria	36	36	34
100	China	36	40	39
100	Suriname	36	36	37
103	Bolivia	35	34	34
103	Mexico	35	34	34
103	Moldova	35	35	36
103	Niger	35	34	33
107	Argentina	34	34	35
107	Djibouti	34	36	36
107	Indonesia	34	32	32
110	Albania	33	31	33
110	Ecuador	33	35	32
110	Ethiopia	33	33	33
110	Kosovo	33	33	34
110	Malawi	33	37	37
115	Côte d´Ivoire	32	27	29
115	Dominican Republic	32	29	32
115	Guatemala	32	29	33
115	Mali	32	28	34
119	Belarus	31	29	31
119	Mozambique	31	30	31
119	Sierra Leone	31	30	31
119	Tanzania	31	33	35
119	Vietnam	31	31	31
124	Guyana	30	27	28
124	Mauritania	30	30	31
126	Azerbaijan	29	28	27
126	Gambia	29	28	34
126	Honduras	29	26	28
126	Kazakhstan	29	26	28
126	Nepal	29	31	27
126	Pakistan	29	28	27
126	Togo	29	29	30
133	Madagascar	28	28	32
133	Nicaragua	28	28	29
133	Timor-Leste	28	30	33
136	Cameroon	27	25	26
136	Iran	27	25	28
136	Kyrgyzstan	27	24	24
136	Lebanon	27	28	30
136	Nigeria	27	25	27
136	Russia	27	28	28
142	Comoros	26	28	28
142	Uganda	26	26	29
142	Ukraine	26	25	26
145	Bangladesh	25	27	26
145	Guinea	25	24	24
145	Kenya	25	27	27
145	Laos	25	26	21
145	Papua New Guinea	25	25	25
150	Central African Republic	24	25	26
150	Paraguay	24	24	25
152	Congo, Republic of	23	22	26
152	Tajikistan	23	22	22
154	Chad	22	19	19
154	Congo, Democratic Republic of	22	22	21
156	Cambodia	21	20	22
156	Myanmar	21	21	15
156	Zimbabwe	21	21	20
159	Burundi	20	21	19
159	Syria	20	17	26
161	Angola	19	23	22
161	Guinea-Bissau	19	19	25
161	Haiti	19	19	19
161	Venezuela	19	20	19
161	Yemen	19	18	23
166	Eritrea	18	20	25
166	Libya	18	15	21
166	Uzbekistan	18	17	17
169	Turkmenistan	17	17	17
170	Iraq	16	16	18
171	South Sudan	15	14	#N/A
172	Afghanistan	12	8	8
173	Sudan	11	11	13
174	Korea (North)	8	8	8
174	Somalia	8	8	8