MCC - Most Corrupt Country
The group, Transparency International, which is based in Berlin, said that 70 percent of the 102 countries it surveyed for its 2002 Corruption Perceptions Index scored less than a 5 on an index in which 1 is the most corrupt and 10 is the least. The numbers were a sharp deterioration from the group's 2001 list.
The group rated Bangladesh as the most corrupt nation, with a score of 1.2. Nigeria, Paraguay, Madagascar, Angola, Kenya and Indonesia, in order, were the next most corrupt. Finland scored a 9.7 on the index, ranking as the least corrupt country for the second year in a row. It was followed by Denmark, New Zealand, Iceland, Singapore and Sweden.
The United States was ranked the 16th-least-corrupt country, with a score of 7.7.