Transparency International ha reso noto la lista dei paesi in base al loro livello di corruzione (2009 corruption index). L'Italia (cioè gli italiani e il loro stato) si collocano al 63 posto, a pari (de)merito con l'Arabia Saudita. La lista è disponibile su quotidiani inglesi (17 Novembre 2009). Né il Corriere della Sera né la Repubblica sembrano riportare la lista nella loro edizione on-line di oggi.

1 New Zealand 9.4 (il paese con meno corruzione)

2 Denmark 9.3

3= Singapore 9.2

3= Sweden 9.2

5 Switzerland 9.0

6=Finland 8.9

6= Netherlands 8.9

8=Australia 8.7

8= Canada 8.7

8= Iceland 8.7

11 Norway 8.6

12= Hong Kong 8.2

12= Luxembourg 8.2

14 Germany 8.0

14 Ireland 8.0

16 Austria 7.9

17= Japan 7.7

17= United Kingdom 7.7

19 United States 7.5

20 Barbados 7.4

21 Belgium 7.1

22= Qatar 7.0

22= Saint Lucia 7.0

24 France 6.9

25= Chile 6.7

25= Uruguay 6.7

27= Cyprus 6.6

27= Estonia 6.6

27= Slovenia 6.6

30 United Arab Emirates 6.5

31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.4

32= Israel 6.1

32= Spain 6.1

34 Dominica 5.9

35= Portugal 5.8

35= Puerto Rico 5.8

37= Botswana 5.6

37= Taiwan 5.6

39= Brunei Darussalam 5.5

39= Oman 5.5

39= South Korea 5.5

42 Mauritius 5.4

43= Costa Rica 5.3

43= Macau 5.3

45 Malta 5.2

46= Bahrain 5.1

46= Cape Verde 5.1

46= Hungary 5.1

49= Bhutan 5.0

49= Jordan 5.0

49= Poland 5.0

52= Czech Republic 4.9

52= Lithuania 4.9

54 Seychelles 4.8

55 South Africa 4.7

56= Latvia 4.5

56= Malaysia 4.5

56= Namibia 4.5

56= Samoa 4.5

56= Slovakia 4.5

61= Cuba 4.4

61= Turkey 4.4

63= Italy 4.3

63= Saudi Arabia 4.3

65 Tunisia 4.2

66= Croatia 4.1

66= Georgia 4.1

66= Kuwait 4.1

69= Ghana 3.9

69= Montenegro 3.9

71= Bulgaria 3.8

71= FYR Macedonia 3.8

71= Greece 3.8

71= Romania 3.8

75= Brazil 3.7

75= Colombia 3.7

75= Peru 3.7

75= Suriname 3.7

79= Burkina Faso 3.6

79= China 3.6

79= Swaziland 3.6

79= Trinidad and Tobago 3.6

83 Serbia 3.5

84= El Salvador 3.4

84= Guatemala 3.4

84= India 3.4

84= Panama 3.4

84= Thailand 3.4

89= Lesotho 3.3

89= Malawi 3.3

89=Mexico 3.3

89= Moldova 3.3

89= Morocco 3.3

89 Rwanda 3.3

95= Albania 3.2

95= Vanuatu 3.2

97= Liberia 3.1

97= Sri Lanka 3.1

99= Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.0

99= Dominican Republic 3.0

99= Jamaica 3.0

99= Madagascar 3.0

99= Senegal 3.0

99=Tonga 3.0

99= Zambia 3.0

106= Argentina 2.9

106= Benin 2.9

106= Gabon 2.9

106=Gambia 2.9

106=Niger 2.9

111= Algeria 2.8

111= Djibouti 2.8

111= Egypt 2.8

111= Indonesia 2.8

111= Kiribati 2.8

111=Mali 2.8 6

111= Sao Tome and Principe 2.8

111= Solomon Islands 2.8

111= Togo 2.8

120= Armenia 2.7

120= Bolivia 2.7

120= Ethiopia 2.7

120= Kazakhstan 2.7

120= Mongolia 2.7

120 Viet Nam 2.7

126= Eritrea 2.6

126= Guyana 2.6

126= Syria 2.6

126= Tanzania 2.6

130= Honduras 2.5

130= Lebanon 2.5

130= Libya 2.5

130= Maldives 2.5

130= Mauritania 2.5

130= Mozambique 2.5

130= Nicaragua 2.5

130= Nigeria 2.5

130= Uganda 2.5

139= Bangladesh 2.4

139= Belarus 2.4

139= Pakistan 2.4

139= Philippines 2.4

143= Azerbaijan 2.3

143= Comoros 2.3

143= Nepal 2.3

146= Cameroon 2.2

146= Ecuador 2.2

146= Kenya 2.2

146=Russia 2.2

146= Sierra Leone 2.2

146= Timor-Leste 2.2

146= Ukraine 2.2

146 Zimbabwe 2.2

154= Côte d'Ivoire 2.1

154= Papua New Guinea 2.1

154= Paraguay 2.1

154= Yemen 2.1

158= Cambodia 2.0

158= Central African Republic 2.0

158= Laos 2.0

158= Tajikistan 2.0

162= Angola 1.9

162= Congo-Brazzaville 1.9

162= Congo Democratic Republic 1.9

162= Guinea-Bissau 1.9

162= Kyrgyzstan 1.9

162= Venezuela 1.9

168= Burundi 1.8

168= Equatorial Guinea 1.8

168=Guinea 1.8

168= Haiti 1.8

168= Iran 1.8

168= Turkmenistan 1.8

174 Uzbekistan 1.7

175 Chad 1.6

176= Iraq 1.5

176= Sudan 1.5

178 Burma 1.4

179 Afghanistan 1.3

180 Somalia 1.1