Corruption Perception Index - Transparency International

Here is an international comparison of corruption levels. I only selected the countries with the biggest economies + the least corrupt country and the most corrupt one.

As a whole, there are no suprises: poor coutries tend to be the most corrupt.
However, we can also notice the high level of corruption in Italy (a rich country).
The Indians are not that corrupt... given that they are much poorer than the Mexicans, the Russians or the Iranians.

After comparing this index with the 2005' one, I noticed that corruption got worse in Thailand, in the USA and in France.

Sailom

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/cpi_2006/cpi_table

Finland ----------> 1 (least corrupt country in the world)
Australia --------> 9th least corrupt country...
United Kingdom -> 11
Canada ----------> 14
Germany --------> 16
Japan ------------> 17
France -----------> 18
USA -------------> 20
Spain ------------> 23
Taiwan ----------> 34
South Korea -----> 42
Italy ------------> 45
Turkey ---------> 60
Thailand --------> 63
Brazil ------------> 70
China ------------> 70
India ------------> 70
Mexico ----------> 70
Iran ------------->105
Russia ----------->121
Indonesia -------->130
Haiti ------------->163 (most corrupt country in the world)