Transparency International Announces Top 10 “Clean” Countries in Asia-Pacific

by BBelew57 on November 8th, 2006

Transparency International is an international graft watchdog operating out of Berlin.

In the Asia-Pacific Region the top Six countries are:
10. Thailand - #63 overall

9. Malaysia - #44 overall

8. South Korea - #42 overall

7. Taiwan - # 34 overall

6. Macao - #26 overall

5. Japan - #17 overall

4. Hong Kong - #15 overall

3. Australia - # 9 overall

2. Singapore - #5 overall

1. New Zealand - Tied with Finland and Iceland for # 1 overall

New Zealand’s rank above Singapore surprises me, but only because I am pretty stupid about New Zealand.

However, Singapore’s reputation as a ‘fine’ city is well-known.

It is also surprising that Macao, the new gambling center of Asia could be ranked so high. Macao is 26th overall.

Haiti is considered the worse.

China and India are tied at #70 overall.

I never knew there was such an organization. Did you?

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