Most Corrupt Countries

Transparency International, "the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption," has released its latest Global Corruption Report. Included is a ranking of countries based on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI); the index uses surveys of business people and assessments by country analysts. Here are the most corrupt countries:

• Somalia
• Myanmar
• Iraq
• Haiti
• Uzbekistan
• Tonga
• Sudan
• Chad
• Afganistan
• Laos
• Guinea
• Equatorial Guinea
• Congo, Democratic Republic

The United States is ranked as the 20th least corrupt country (out of 180 countries ranked)