Posted: 05 December 2012 2030 hrs
SINGAPORE: Transparency International's 2012
Corruption Perceptions Index has ranked Singapore as the fifth
least corrupt country in the world, coming behind Denmark, Finland,
New Zealand and Sweden.
This is the same ranking the international anti-corruption watchdog
gave Singapore in 2011.
Singapore is also the least corrupt in Asia, ahead of Japan which
ranks 17th and South Korea which ranks 45th. Singapore was also
ranked best for Asia in 2011.
UK shares 17th spot in this year's ranking, while the US is in 18th
position.
The 2012 index ranked 176 countries by their perceived levels of
public sector corruption.
The index assigns scores between one and 100, with 1 being highly
corrupt and 100 clean.
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