Source: http://www.thirdage.com/news/corruption-perceptions-index-reveals-trouble-anti-corruption-around-globe_10-26-2010#ixzz13Xyn3Gs7

Date: 01 November, 2010

Mongolia has been ranked 116th among 178 countries in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International on Tuesday. However, at 2.7 its score has remained the same as in 2009.

The index reveals that many governments around the globe are strongly affected by corruption. Nearly 75 percent of the 178 countries included scored below 5 on a corruption perception scale of 0-10, with 0 being perceived as highly corrupted to 10 being perceived as having low levels of corruption. Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore tie for first place with scores of 9.3, meaning they were seen as having the least amount of corruption, the organization said. Seen as the most corrupt governments were Afghanistan and Myanmar, both with scores of 1.4, and Somalia, with a score of 1.1.