Attila

Corruption

Thursday, 25. September 2008, 05:31:54

I have just heard on the the news that Denmark has come out on top of the list of the least corrupt countries for the second year in a row.

According to Transparency International, Denmark and New Zealand share the top spot with Sweden. The index looks at the level of corruption in public institutions and builds upon evaluations from experts and opinion polls. Denmark scores 9.3 out of 10. Norway drops from 8.7 last year to 7.9 this year. UK drops from 8.4 to 7.7.

At the other end of the scale is Somalia with a score of 1, closely followed by Iraq and Myanmar with 1.3.

If you're interested in seeing the full index, you can click here.

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Comments

Moesring # 25. September 2008, 06:45

I see that Denmark, whilst still at the top, has actually become more corrupt - it was 9.4 last year.

theoddbod # 25. September 2008, 07:24

It's Tilla, bribing everyone with cookies

Moesring # 25. September 2008, 07:35

I was thinking extortion rather than bribes.

gdare # 25. September 2008, 08:06

Serbia is 85th with rate 3.4

But I supposed it is like this... maybe worse...

rose-marie # 25. September 2008, 09:04

That's quite a big drop for Norway too...

Furie # 25. September 2008, 10:01

See what happens when I take over?

Moesring # 25. September 2008, 10:08

You're happy that your acquisitions have become more corrupt?

I would have thought you'd prefer your underlings to not be taking bribes to disregard slurs against your Furious name.

attilasoul # 25. September 2008, 12:21

It's not me bribing with cookies, it's me being bribed with cookies!

Furie # 25. September 2008, 12:29

You forget, since I came up with the idea of set bribe prices and taxing bribes I'm profiting from everything.

attilasoul # 25. September 2008, 12:31

Not in my country. That's just wishful thinking!

Furie # 25. September 2008, 13:12

Yes, Prime Minister Tilla.

We you don't take kindly to corruption in ~~our~~ your country, do you?

b_laudanum # 25. September 2008, 13:54

Spain - 28th and Brazil 80th...

attilasoul # 25. September 2008, 14:03

No Mik, I don't. I only get the cookies to make things work and to keep trolls out of the country.

That's not good, Bea.

wickedlizard # 25. September 2008, 17:39

I'm glad to see that Portugal is not a corrupt as I thought... although it still needs a lot more transparency...

Furie # 25. September 2008, 18:09

Keep it up. The more people fall for it, the more we can lure into our country and make profits from.

wickedlizard # 25. September 2008, 18:49

qlue # 25. September 2008, 20:43

I don't even wan't to know where South Africa ranks on that list.

gdare # 25. September 2008, 21:35

Solid 54th place

qlue # 25. September 2008, 21:57

I just said I didn't want to know!

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If I wanted to know, I could have looked it up myself.

theoddbod # 25. September 2008, 22:56

I'm a little surprised to see Canada ranked so high, but maybe it's just their politicians that are corrupt.

chthoniid # 26. September 2008, 02:00

Small liberal democracies tend to do well in such surveys.

Fwiw, corruption rankings take into account a range of institutions, not just parliamentarians

I would be surprised if Canada's politicians were conspicuously worse than a lot of other countries.

Suntana # 27. September 2008, 22:12

:::Sigh::: Stupid Adobe Reader is taking forever. It's a LIST for Pete's Sake! I think it's downloading the list from Jupiter.

Can someone tell me ... is the USA corrupt?

WHAT, Tilla? Denmark is the least corrupt? What explains the 16USD movie theater ticket prices? Heh Heh Heh! There's some dirty bit of corruption going on there.

On second thought. Sorry about that. My mistake. That is Greed ... NOT corruption.

chthoniid # 27. September 2008, 23:04

US is not especially corrupt. But it is worse than most smaller, liberal democracies.

NZ movie-theatre ticket prices are not nearly as bad as Denmark (16USD!!) so, no link between corruption and theatres I'm afraid.

attilasoul # 28. September 2008, 04:07

@ Suntana ~ USA is sharing 18th place on the list with Belgium and Japan, having 7.3 points.
And you're right. It's greed to charge 16USD for a movie-ticket. But our prices have gone ridiculously high up during the last year, and movie prices follow.

@ Chthoniid ~ How much is a ticket for a movie in NZ?

Furie # 28. September 2008, 10:47

Someone asked "Is USA corrupt?" on Ask A Stupid Question Day.

attilasoul # 28. September 2008, 11:36

Very nice timing indeed!

Suntana # 28. September 2008, 14:01

Nah! The USA isn't corrupt. The USA is ... Misunderstood. The USA is complex and has many layers like an onion. You have to peel layers off to get to the essence of the real core of ... of ... of, Okay. So, there is corruptionesque activity going on.

Woooooo! How 'bout them Oil Companies?

Furie # 28. September 2008, 15:03

You walked right into that.

Suntana # 28. September 2008, 15:40

I was curious where the USA stood. I knew it wasn't as bad as Mexico.

chthoniid # 28. September 2008, 20:04

Adult ticket prices in Auckland (most expensive) range from $NZ15 at peak times to $10 at offpeak. That makes it (roughly) between $US6.60 and $US10.00 per ticket.

Provincial cities tend to be cheaper.