Nigeria has been ranked the 136th most corrupt country in the world and the 3rd most corrupt country in West Africa after Guinea and Guinea Bissau by Transparency International.
In its 2014 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index released Yesterday, December 3rd, the group said it ranked 174 countries it surveyed based on how corrupt their public sector is presumed to be. The measurement is based on a scale of 0 to 100 with a score of 0 perceived as "highly corrupt" and 100 "very clean". Nigeria was ranked 136th with an index score of 27.
Nevertheless, North Korea and Somalia bagged the most corrupt countries in the world.
The two countries both received their ranking of 174th - with eight points out of a possible 100 - after factors of corruption within all countries were indexed. While in first place with the world's most honest officials was Denmark, on a score of 92, followed by New Zealand, which scored 91.
See full lists of Best Top 10 and Worst Bottom 10 after the cut....
BEST: THE TOP 10
1. Denmark, 92 points
2. New Zealand, 91 points
3. Finland, 89 points
4. Sweden, 87 points
5. Norway, 86 points
5. Switzerland, 86 points
7. Singapore, 84 points
8. The Netherlands, 83 points
9. Luxembourg, 82 points
10. Canada, 81 points
WORST: THE BOTTOM 10
166. Eritrea, 18 points
166. Libya, 18 points
166. Uzbekistan, 18 points
169. Turkmenistan, 17 points
170. Iraq, 16 points
171. South Sudan, 15 points
172. Afghanistan, 12 points
173. Sudan, 11 points
174. North Korea, 8 points
174. Somalia, 8 points
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