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Corruption continues to ravage societies around the world, reveals Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2012.
Two thirds of the 176 countries ranked in the 2012 index score below 50, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean), showing that public institutions need to be more transparent, and powerful officials more accountable.
The Corruption Perceptions Index scores countries on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). While no country has a perfect score, two-thirds of countries score below 50, indicating a serious corruption problem.
Take a look at how the most corrupt nations score in the Corruption Index...
India
Corruption index score: 36
Score range: 24-47
Country rank: 94
Scale: 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Workers build walls at a construction site at Pudong Lujiazui financial area in Shanghai.Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters.
China
Corruption index score: 39
Score range: 28-55
Country rank: 80
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: A man feeds his camels while waiting for customers in a cattle market in the outskirts of Karachi.Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters.
Pakistan
Corruption index score: 27
Score range: 19-38
Country rank: 139
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Somalia's seaport bustles with business as trucks come to offload ships of their cargo in Mogadishu.Photographs: Reuters.
Somalia
Somalia is the world's most corrupt nation.
Corruption index score: 8
Score range: 2-12
Country rank: 174
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Buildings in Pyongyang, including the Ryugyong Hotel pyramid.Photographs: Myouzke/Wikimedia Commons.
North Korea
Corruption index score: 8
Score range: 1-12
Rank: 174
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: An Afghan man sells watermelons on his cart along a street as he waits for customers at the old part of Kabul.Photographs: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters.
Afghanistan
Corruption index score: 8
Score range: 1-12
Country rank: Rank: 174
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Khartoum, Sudan.Photographs: Petr Adam Dohnalek/Wikimedia Commons.
Sudan
Corruption index score: 13
Score range, maximum: 21
Country rank: Rank 173
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: A toddler sits infront of piles of bananas at a shop in a market in Yangon.Photographs: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters.
Myanmar
Corruption index score: 15
Score range: 6-21
Country rank: 172
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Parliament of Uzbekistan.Photographs: Upyernoz/Wikimedia Commons.
Uzbekistan
Corruption index score: 17
Score range: 11-22
Country rank: 170
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: A woman looks out from her stall selling traditional garments and textiles at a market in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat.Photographs: Aman Mehinli/Reuters.
Turkmenistan
Corruption index score: 17
Score range: 11-21
Country rank: 170
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Iraq.Photographs: Reuters.
Iraq
Corruption index score: 18
Score range: 11-21
Country rank: 169
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: An aerial view toward Caracas downtown, VenezuelaPhotographs: Paulino Moran/Wikimedia Commons.
Venezuela (Rank 165)
Corruption index score: 19
Score range: 12-25
Country rank: 165
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Photographs: Marcello Casal Jr/ABr/Wikimedia Commons.
Haiti
Corruption index score: 19
Score range: 11-23
Country rank: 165
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: A refugee girl from Darfur carries her brother outside the International Medical Corps' clinic at Mile refugee camp in eastern Chad.Photographs: Reuters.
Chad
Corruption index score: 19
Score range: 12-25
Country rank: 165
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: A Burundian villager carries a hip of mattresses for sell in the streets of capital Bujumbura.Photographs: Reuters.
Burundi
Corruption index score: 19
Score range: 12-28
Country rank: 165
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.Photographs: JackyR/Wikimedia Commons.
Zimbabwe
Corruption index score: 28
Score range, maximum: 38
Country rank: 163
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: A woman with a picture of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on her clothes walks along a street in Bata.Photographs: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters.
Equatorial Guinea
Corruption index score: 20
Score range: 17-22
Country rank: 163
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Mass demonstration in Bayda, Libya.Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.
Libya
Corruption index score:
Score range: 2-31
Country rank: 160
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Ricefield on Don Det, Laos.Photographs: Gorgo/Wikimedia Commons.
Laos
Corruption index score: 21
Score range: 19-23
Country rank: 160
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Recruits of the Congolese Revolutionary Army march during military training in Rumangabo military camp, Democratic Republic of Congo.Photographs: James Akena/Reuters.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Corruption index score: 21
Score range: 12-32
Country rank: 160
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Ismoil Somoni monument in Dushanbe.Photographs: Ibrahim/Wikimedia Commons.
Tajikistan
Corruption index score: 22
Score range: 11-32
Country rank: 157
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Angkor Wat.Photographs: Bjorn Christian Torrissen/Wikimedia Commons.
Cambodia
Corruption index score: 22
Score range: 12-37
Country rank: 157
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Bay of Luanda (view from Luanda Island), Angola.Photographs: Paulo Cesar Santos/Wikimedia Commons.
Angola
Corruption index score: 22
Score range: 17-31
Country rank: 157
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Jibla town.Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.
Yemen
Corruption index score: 23
Score range: 16-31
Country rank: 156
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Photographs: Hunne/Wikimedia Commons.
Kyrgyzstan
Corruption index score: 24
Score range: 18-32
Country rank: 154
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Children in Guinea.Photographs: Haypo/Wikimedia Commons.
Guinea
Corruption index score: 24
Score range: 12-32
Country rank: 154
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Paraguay.Photographs: Felipe Antonio/Wikimedia Commons.
Paraguay
Corruption index score: 25
Score range: 21-36
Country rank: 150
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World's most corrupt nations, India at 94
Image: Port Moresby Town, Papua New Guinea.Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.
Papua New Guinea
Corruption index score: 25
Score range: 11-35
Country rank: 150
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