Latin America’s Ranking Corruption by Transparency International (2013)

TrhansThe Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 serves as a reminder that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world.

The Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). No country has a perfect score, and two-thirds of countries score below 50. This indicates a serious, worldwide corruption problem. Hover on the map above to see how your country fares.

The world urgently needs a renewed effort to crack down on money laundering, clean up political finance, pursue the return of stolen assets and build more transparent public institutions.

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 – 100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very clean. A country’s rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories included in the index. This year’s index includes 177 countries and territories.

This lists states countries in Latin America from least corrupt to most corrupt: The number is the specific country out of 177 countries worldwide. Read Full Report

RANKING SCORE
Uruguay 19 73
Chile 22 71
Costa Rica 49 53
Cuba 63 46
Brazil 72 42
El Salvador 83 38
Peru 83 38
Colombia 94 36
Suriname 94 36
Ecuador 102 35
Panama 102 35
Argentina 106 34
Mexico 106 34
Dominican Rep. 123 29
Guatemala 123 29
Nicaragua 127 28
Guyana 136 27
Honduras 140 26
Paraguay 150 24
Venezuela 160 20
Haiti 163 19