Zimbabwe

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Malawi

MaliNiger

Rwanda

Swaziland

Uganda

Zambia

Sudan

Congo DR

Congo

Libya

Morocco

Tunisia

EgyptAlgeria

Mauritania

Angola

Namibia

Gabon

Senegal

Cote d’IvoireLiberia

Sierra Leone

Madagascar

South Sudan

Kenya

Tanzania

Mozambique

Nigeria

Ghana

Guinea

Cameroon

South Africa

The score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 - 10, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 10 means that a country is perceived as very clean.

Corruption Perception Index 2012 Monthly African Indicators Country

Score 2012

Score 2011

Change in

ScoresBotswana 65 61Cape Verde 60 55Mauritius 57 55Rwanda 53 50Seychelles 52 50Namibia 48 44Ghana 45 39South Africa 43 41Tunisia 41 38Liberia 41 32Burkina Faso 38 30Morocco 37 34Zambia 37 32Swaziland 37 31Malawi 37 30Benin 36 30Djibouti 36 30Senegal 36 29Gabon 35 30Tanzania 35 30Gambia 34 35Algeria 34 29Mali 34 28Ethiopia 33 27Niger 33 26Madagascar 32 30Egypt 32 29Mozambique 31 27Sierra Leone 31 25Mauritania 31 24Togo 30 24Uganda 29 24Côte d´Ivoire 29 22Comoros 28 24Nigeria 27 24Kenya 27 22Cameroon 26 25Central African R 26 22Congo Republic 26 22Eritrea 25 25Guinea-Bissau 25 22Guinea 24 21Angola 22 20DR Congo 21 20Libya 21 20Zimbabwe 20 22Equatorial Guinea 20 19Chad 19 20Burundi 19 19Sudan 13 16Somalia 8 10

Score over 60

Score 51-60

Score 41-50

Score 31-40

Score 21-30

Score 11-20

Score below 10

Botswana’s score is comparable with the EU countries, such as Cyprus,

Spain and Estonia.

Rwanda’s score (53) is compa-rable with Lithuania (54), an EU member,

and Georgia (52).

Tunisia (41) scores quite similarly to

China (39).

The scores of Uganda (29), Cameroon (26) and Kenya (27) are comparable with

that of Russia (28).

Source: Transparency International 2012

Almost all the countries in Africa improved their score since 2011, and 12 African countries are ranked among the 75 least corrupt nations in the world, according to the 2012 index published in December 5 by Transparency International.