Last night Transparency International released the Corruption Perceptions Index 2014.

At the first analysis of the data, there are not many surprises. However, it is worth noting that:

• Turkey and China’s rating on perceived corruption has fallen steeply (respectively from 50 to 45 points, and from 40 to 36 points);
• More than two thirds of the 175 countries in the index scored below 50 with Somalia, North Korea, Sudan, Afghanistan and South Sudan once again at the bottom;
• The top performer was again Denmark with 92 points, a rise of one from last year, and New Zealand, Finland, Sweden and Norway again rounded out the top five;
• Ukraine (26 points) remained the European country with the highest perceived level of graft.
• Italy, Greece and Romania (43) jointly scored the worst among the European Union member states;
• While the UK’s ranking has not changed (14), there has been an improvement in its score (from 76 to 78 points).

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Source: Transparency International.