Nigeria escapes list of 10 most corrupt countries in the world.There is a hopeful note, however: more countries improved their corruption rankings than declined – Greece, Senegal and the UK among them. On the other hand, Australia is one of those to have seen a steady decline in recent years. Sitting at number 13, it dropped by six points, from 85 in 2012, to 79 in 2015.

Northern Europe tops the least-corrupt rankings, with the UK at number ten, tied with Germany and Luxembourg, but the report is cautious, stating that “just because a country has a clean public sector at home, doesn’t mean it isn’t linked to corruption elsewhere”

In spite of crticisms from various quarters, President Muhammadu Buhari’s intensive war against corruption may actually be making a noticeable mark.

One of the indications that the anti-corruption war may be recording successes, is the escape of Nigeria from Transparency International’s top 10 most corrupt countries’ list.

Nigeria, a regular customer, was not included in the upper echelon of corrupt countries in the world, as released by TI on Wednesday, January 27.

The countries listed as the most corrupt in the world are:

North Korea and Somalia (Tied)
2. Afghanistan

3. Sudan

4. Angola and South Sudan (tied)

5. Iraq and Libya (tied)

6. Haiti, Guinea-Bissau and Venezuela (tied)

7. Eritrea, Syria, Turkmenistan and Yemen (tied)

8. Uzbekistan

9. Burundi, Cambodia and Zimbabwe (tied)

10. Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar (tied)

On the other side of the coin, the top ten least corrupt countries are

Denmark
Finland
Sweden
New Zealand
Netherlands
Norway
Switzerland
Singapore
Canada
Germany, Luxemborg and United Kingdom (tied)

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