Transparency International 2012

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

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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.