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Actually, among developed countries the US has a relatively high corruption level, I believe. (Insert many caveats about how difficult corruption is to measure.
by dash2 6y ago
Actually, among developed countries the US has a relatively high corruption level, I believe. (Insert many caveats about how difficult corruption is to measure.)
- arcticbull 6y agoAmerica ranks 23rd on the Perception of Corruption Index. Australia, Canada and the UK are 12th, and New Zealand 1st. [1] [1] https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi
- OJFord 6y agoHow much did it pay for that privilege?
- overdrivetg 6y agoThe name of this index is like clickbait gone awry... Couldn't they have gone for something more like the Perception of Integrity Index since being #1 means "least corrupt"?
- arcticbull 6y agoI never thought about it that way, haha, good call-out.
- iancoleman 6y agoOne group that measures corruption (I'm sure there are many) is freedomhouse.org They rate USA 3/4 for corruption (Section C2 [0]) Comparing other similar nations for corruption Australia 4/4 Canada 4/4 New Zealand 4/4 United Kingdom 4/4 [0] https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-states/freedom-world/2020 https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-states/freedom-world...
- adewinter 6y agoThey rate USA 75% for corruption, and the (ex) British colonies as 100% for corruption. What does that mean? Is literally every single transaction in those places corrupt? "Out of 4" seems like a very poor way of doing this kind or rating.
- coderintherye 6y agoHigher score is better. 4/4 is best. Compare vs. China https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2020 https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2020
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- Dylan16807 6y agoYou can't just turn ratings out of 4 or 5 or 10 into percents like that. It doesn't mean the same thing. So no they don't rate those countries that.