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Transparency International (IT) is a non-governmental organisation headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1993, its agenda is to curb inflation and to support global integrity systems. In 1997 it published an index of corruption, which is considered to be the most up-to-date and most reliable index on corruption so far. The ranking system is designed so that countries that are perceived to be the least corrupt are given the highest scores out of ten.

Here is the list of the countries:
0=perceived to be totally corrupt, 10=perceived to be totally clean

Rank Country Score-97
1 Denmark 9,94
3 Sweden 9,35
5 Canada 9,10
7 Norway 8,92
9 Singapore 8,66
11 Switzerland 8,61
13 Germany 8,23
15 Israel 7,97
17 Austria 7,61
19 Portugal 6,97
21 Japan 6,57
23 Chile 6,05
25 Greece 5,35
27 Czech Republic 5,20
29 Poland 5,08
31 Taiwan 5,02
33 South Africa 4,95
35 Uruguay 4,14
37 Romania 3,44
39 Thailand 3,06
41 China 2,88
43 Vietnam 2,79
45 India 2,75
47 Mexico 2,66
49 Russia 2,27
51 Bolivia 2,05
Rank Country Score-97
2 Finland 9,48
4 New Zealand 9,23
6 Netherlands 9,03
8 Australia 8,86
10 Luxemburg 8,61
12 Ireland 8,28
14 United Kingdom 8,22
16 USA 7,61
18 Hong Kong 7,28
20 France 6,66
22 Costa Rica 6,45
24 Spain 5,90
26 Belgium 5,25
28 Hungary 5,18
30 Italy 5,03
32 Malaysia 5,01
34 South Korea 4,29
36 Brazil 3,56
38 Turkey 3,21
40 Philippines 3,05
42 Argentina 2,81
44 Venezuela 2,77
46 Indonesia 2,72
48 Pakistan 2,53
50 Colombia 2,23
52 Nigeria 1,76