Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the 2015 index scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean).
Denmark took the top spot, with 91 points, followed by Finland (90 points), Sweden (89 points), New Zeeland (88 points) and the Netherlands (87 points), while, at the opposite pole, there are Sudan (12 points), Afghanistan (11 points), North Korea and Somalia (8 points each).
Both Romania and Greece got 46 points, compared with the EU states average of 65.36 points.
Romania is outranked by Rwanda, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Cuba and Ghana, but outranks Italy (44 points), Turkey (42 points), Bulgaria (41 points), Serbia (40 points) and Albania (36 points). The Republic of Moldova got 33 points, Ukraine – 27 points, and Russia – 29 points.
Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index ranks countries according to their perceived levels of public-sector corruption.