Lebanese officials ranked among the world's most corrupt

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Transparency International’s study of corruption in 175 nations showed that Somalia and North Korea have the officials who are more likely to accept bribery; while the country where the authorities are seen as least corrupt is Denmark.

Britain ranked the 14th least corrupt nation, the same ranking as last year and three places better than in 2012, according to the study.

The corruption index uses a possible score of 100, where the higher number indicates less bribery, Britain scored 78.

The best rated country was Denmark with a score of 92, followed by New Zealand on 91 and Finland on 89.

Of other notable nations, Germany was ranked joint 12th with a score of 79, Japan was joint 15th with 76, Ireland and the US were joint 17th with a rating of 74, and France was joint 26th with 69.

At the other end of the scale, Somalia and North Korea both scored 8 out 100.

However, Turkey suffered the biggest drop since last year’s index, as its score fell 5 points to 45, putting it in 64th place.

As for China, its score fell by 4 points to 36, putting it in 100th place, and Lebanon ranked 136th.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Egypt and the Ivory Coast showed the biggest improvement, and were placed, 29th, 94th and 115th respectively.

Transparency International, a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development, have been publishing its index for twenty years, using surveys and assessments on bribery to produce a composite index.


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