Transparency International released its 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index. Nearly three quarters of the 178 countries in the index score below five, on a scale from 10 (highly clean) to 0 (highly corrupt).
The USA is tied for 22nd place with Belgium.
That goody two-shoes to the north, Canada, ranks a squeaky clean 6th.
Ukraine is in a 9-way tie for 134th place with the likes of Togo, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.
Russia is in a 10-way tie for 154th place with the likes of Papua New Guniea, Tajikistan, and Congo-Brazzaville.
Georgia, which has made great efforts to fight corruption, is in 68th place, just behind Italy, but less corrupt than other EU countries like Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania.
URL: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results
