Zero Hedge: US Corruption Hits Highest Since 2012 Amid COVID Bailouts & Democracy Doubts
Transparency International has released its 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index which gauges levels of perceived public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world. The index scores them on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (clean) with the average score just 43 out of 100. As Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, two thirds of countries scored less than 50. The research found that corruption was rampant across the world in 2020 and that it undermined the response to Covid-19, threatened the global recovery and contributed to democratic backsliding.
Transparency International states that 2020 has shown that Covid-19 is not just a health and economic crisis but also a corruption crisis. When it comes to healthcare in particular, corruption takes many forms such as bribery, embezzlement, overpricing and favoritism. Reports of corruption have grown since the pandemic broke out and countless lives were lost due to the issue undermining a fair and equitable global response.
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WNU Editor: No surprises on who are the most corrupt countries.
Sorry but the US is as dark as Russia or China as in dark red.
ReplyDeleteI wish to know who are these "expert-on-perceveid-corruption", no matter the rank countries have.
ReplyDeleteI believed these ranking without question. After reviewing news stories of the Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian governments, I no longer believe them. I think the favorable rankings have more to do with the nationality and yearnings of the rankers than objective fact of the Germany, Canada, and the Nordic countries.
ReplyDeleteJust look at issue, polls and policies of immigration in these counties. That one issue shows countries governing against the wishes of the people. They are not representative democracies. They are "elites" governing as they see fit.