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From NPR
The U.S. has slipped out of the top 20 countries perceived to have the least corruption, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the watchdog group Transparency International.
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 finds the U.S. in 22nd place, with a score of 71, right behind France and ahead of the United Arab Emirates. Countries are evaluated on a 100-point scale, based on the trust that experts and business leaders have in public institutions. A higher score means people believe the government is less corrupt. Denmark and New Zealand held the top-ranked spots on the list; Syria and Somalia were on the bottom.
Last year, the U.S. was ranked 16th.
Zoe Reiter, Transparency International's acting representative to the U.S., noted that this is the lowest score given to the United States in seven years.
COMMENT:-
I put the "Also Reported on FOX News" before the NPR link to (hopefully) stop someone reading just as far as the source and then posting "Thanks for the disclaimer.", I know that, for some people, anything on NPR is 100% false and anything on FOX News is 100% true (and vice versa for some others) and just wanted to warn them that they would have an attack of hysterical ambivalence if they actually read the article.
PS - Please note that this is a PERCEPTIONS index and the ratings for each country are derived ONLY from the ratings of the people of that particular country. To make it even clearer, the AMERICAN perception rating is derived ONLY from the ratings of AMERICANS - so don't blame the French, Russians, Chinese, Bulgarians, Israelis, Argentinians, Brits, Canadians, Mexicans, or people of any country other than the United States of America for them.
PPS - As with all surveys, the absolute numbers aren't really as useful as studying what the numbers are doing.
PPPS - In case you are wondering, you can access the full survey (including the complete data set) HERE.
U.S. Slips In Annual Global Corruption Rankings
The U.S. has slipped out of the top 20 countries perceived to have the least corruption, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the watchdog group Transparency International.
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 finds the U.S. in 22nd place, with a score of 71, right behind France and ahead of the United Arab Emirates. Countries are evaluated on a 100-point scale, based on the trust that experts and business leaders have in public institutions. A higher score means people believe the government is less corrupt. Denmark and New Zealand held the top-ranked spots on the list; Syria and Somalia were on the bottom.
Last year, the U.S. was ranked 16th.
Zoe Reiter, Transparency International's acting representative to the U.S., noted that this is the lowest score given to the United States in seven years.
COMMENT:-
I put the "Also Reported on FOX News" before the NPR link to (hopefully) stop someone reading just as far as the source and then posting "Thanks for the disclaimer.", I know that, for some people, anything on NPR is 100% false and anything on FOX News is 100% true (and vice versa for some others) and just wanted to warn them that they would have an attack of hysterical ambivalence if they actually read the article.
PS - Please note that this is a PERCEPTIONS index and the ratings for each country are derived ONLY from the ratings of the people of that particular country. To make it even clearer, the AMERICAN perception rating is derived ONLY from the ratings of AMERICANS - so don't blame the French, Russians, Chinese, Bulgarians, Israelis, Argentinians, Brits, Canadians, Mexicans, or people of any country other than the United States of America for them.
PPS - As with all surveys, the absolute numbers aren't really as useful as studying what the numbers are doing.
PPPS - In case you are wondering, you can access the full survey (including the complete data set) HERE.
