Somalia tops the corruption list

Somalia has once a gain been ranked the most corrupt country in the world.

The Transparency International (TI) corruption perceptions index published on Wednesday, ranked the war-ravaged eastern Africa state the worst among the 180 covered.

The Berlin-based anti-graft group scores between 0 and 100, with 0 being most corrupt and 100 the least, based on data from international organisations like the World Bank, African Development Bank and World Economic Forum.

Somalia scored nine.

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South Sudan, another war-wracked African state, was ranked second bottom.

Sudan and Libya were also ranked among the bottom 10, with scores of 16 and 17 respectively.

New Zealand tops the list as the least corrupt with a score of 89, followed by Denmark with 88.

Botswana is Africa's least corrupt country and number 34 globally, 61.

TOP
1. New Zealand 89 points
2. Denmark 88
3. Finland, Norway, Switzerland, equal at 85
6. Singapore, Sweden 84
8. Canada, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Britain 82
12. Germany 81

IN THE MIDDLE
16. United States, Belgium 75
20. Japan 73
23. France 70
42. Spain 57
54. Italy 50
71. South Africa 43
77. China 41
81. Turkey 40
135. Russia, Mexico 29
151. Uganda 26

AT THE BOTTOM
169. Venezuela, Iraq 18
171. Libya , North Korea 17
175. Yemen, Sudan 16
177. Afghanistan 15
178. Syria 14
179. South Sudan 12
180. Somalia 9