Corruption. Everything is measured these days. It has been said if it cannot be measured, it doesn’t exist. So, even corruption has been measured. While there is no real method to measure actual corruption, it is measured indirectly by perceptions of residents. So, we go transparent, that is to the transparency website to examine corruption*. A total of 176 countries were evaluated. The lower ranked countries have the lowest scores (based on a 0-100 score). They are by plagued by untrustworthy and badly functioning public institutions like the police and judiciary. This includes bribery and extortion. Higher-ranked countries tend to have more freedom of the press, public access to information about public expenditure, higher standards of integrity for officials, and generally independent judicial systems. Below, we show the bottom or most corrupt countries (Table 1) followed by the top or least corrupt countries (Table 2). Table 1. Most corrupt countries C
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