The document summarizes the results of the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index for the Asia Pacific region. New Zealand, Singapore, and Australia were ranked as the top three least corrupt countries. Over 60% of countries in the region scored below 50 out of 100. Afghanistan and North Korea were at the bottom of the rankings. The index measures perceived levels of public sector corruption in 177 countries worldwide.

1. CORRUPTION
PERCEPTIONS
INDEX 2013:
ASIA PACIFIC
RANK
COUNTRY/TERRITORY SCORE
1
New Zealand
5
Singapore
9
Australia
15
Hong Kong
18
Japan
31
Bhutan
36
Taiwan
38
Brunei
46
Korea (South)
91
86
81
75
74
63
61
60
55
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The perceived levels
of public sector corruption.
64% score below 50
Top: New Zealand
Bottom: Afghanistan, Korea (North)
50
SCORE
Highly
Corrupt
Very
Clean
0-9
53
Malaysia
80
China
83
Mongolia
91
Sri Lanka
94
India
94
Philippines
102
Thailand
114
Indonesia
116
Nepal
116
Vietnam
50
40
38
37
36
36
35
32
31
31
RANK
119
127
136
140
144
157
160
175
175
10-19
20-29 30-39 40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80-89
90-100
COUNTRY/TERRITORY SCORE
30
Pakistan
28
Bangladesh
27
Laos
26
Papua New Guinea 25
Myanmar
21
Cambodia
20
Afghanistan
8
Korea (North)
8
Timor-Leste
The 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index
measures the perceived levels of public
sector corruption in 177 countries/
territories around the world. To see the
full results go to:
www.transparency.org/cpi
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