The Transparency International has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2008 ranking countries of the world as per 'the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians'. The CPI is a composite index and is prepared with help from various top experts and business surveys. The 2008 CPI scores 180 countries (same number as in the 2007 CPI) on a scale from zero (highly corrupt) to 10 (highly clean). Below is the Transparency International 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index. 

CPI
Rank	Country	Score
1	Denmark	9.3
1	Sweden	9.3
1	New Zealand	9.3
4	Singapore	9.2
5	Finland	9.0
5	Switzerland	9.0
7	Iceland	8.9
7	Netherlands	8.9
9	Australia	8.7
9	Canada	8.7
11	Luxembourg	8.3
12	Austria	8.1
12	Hong Kong	8.1
14	Germany	7.9
14	Norway	7.9
16	Ireland	7.7
16	United Kingdom	7.7
18	USA	7.3
18	Japan	7.3
18	Belgium	7.3
21	Saint Lucia	7.1
22	Barbados	7.0
23	France	6.9
23	Chile	6.9
23	Uruguay	6.9
26	Slovenia	6.7
27	Estonia	6.6
28	Spain	6.5
28	Qatar	6.5
28	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.5
31	Cyprus	6.4
32	Portugal	6.1
33	Israel	6.0
33	Dominica	6.0
35	United Arab Emirates	5.9
36	Botswana	5.8
36	Puerto Rico	5.8
36	Malta	5.8
39	Taiwan	5.7
40	South Korea	5.6
41	Mauritius	5.5
41	Oman	5.5
43	Macao	5.4
43	Bahrain	5.4
45	Bhutan	5.2
45	Czech Republic	5.2
47	Malaysia	5.1
47	Costa Rica	5.1
47	Hungary	5.1
47	Jordan	5.1
47	Cape Verde	5.1
52	Slovakia	5.0
52	Latvia	5.0
54	South Africa	4.9
55	Seychelles	4.8
55	Italy	4.8
57	Greece	4.7
58	Turkey	4.6
58	Lithuania	4.6
58	Poland	4.6
61	Namibia	4.5
62	Samoa	4.4
62	Croatia	4.4
62	Tunisia	4.4
65	Kuwait	4.3
65	Cuba	4.3
67	Ghana	3.9
67	Georgia	3.9
67	El Salvador	3.9
70	Romania	3.8
70	Colombia	3.8
72	Bulgaria	3.6
72	FYR Macedonia	3.6
72	Peru	3.6
72	Mexico	3.6
72	China	3.6
72	Suriname	3.6
72	Trinidad and Tobago	3.6
72	Swaziland	3.6
80	Burkina Faso	3.5
80	Brazil	3.5
80	Saudi Arabia	3.5
80	Thailand	3.5
80	Morocco	3.5
85	Senegal	3.4
85	Panama	3.4
85	Serbia	3.4
85	Montenegro	3.4
85	Madagascar	3.4
85	Albania	3.4
85	India	3.4
92	Algeria	3.2
	Bosnia and
92	Herzegovina	3.2
92	Sri Lanka	3.2
92	Lesotho	3.2
96	Gabon	3.1
96	Mali	3.1
96	Jamaica	3.1
96	Guatemala	3.1
96	Benin	3.1
96	Kiribati	3.1
102	Tanzania	3.0
102	Lebanon	3.0
102	Rwanda	3.0
102	Dominican Republic	3.0
102	Bolivia	3.0
102	Djibouti	3.0
102	Mongolia	3.0
109	Armenia	2.9
109	Belize	2.9
109	Argentina	2.9
109	Vanuatu	2.9
	Solomon
109	Islands	2.9
109	Moldova	2.9
115	Mauritania	2.8
115	Maldives	2.8
115	Niger	2.8
115	Malawi	2.8
115	Zambia	2.8
115	Egypt	2.8
121	Togo	2.7
121	Viet Nam	2.7
121	Nigeria	2.7
	Sao Tome and
121	Principe	2.7
121	Nepal	2.7
126	Indonesia	2.6
126	Honduras	2.6
126	Ethiopia	2.6
126	Uganda	2.6
126	Guyana	2.6
126	Libya	2.6
126	Eritrea	2.6
126	Mozambique	2.6
134	Nicaragua	2.5
134	Pakistan	2.5
134	Comoros	2.5
134	Ukraine	2.5
138	Paraguay	2.4
138	Liberia	2.4
138	Tonga	2.4
141	Yemen	2.3
141	Cameroon	2.3
141	Iran	2.3
141	Philippines	2.3
145	Kazakhstan	2.2
145	Timor-Leste	2.2
147	Syria	2.1
147	Bangladesh	2.1
147	Russia	2.1
147	Kenya	2.1
151	Laos	2.0
151	Ecuador	2.0
	Papua New
151	Guinea	2.0
151	Tajikistan	2.0
	Central African
151	Republic	2.0
151	Côte d´Ivoire	2.0
151	Belarus	2.0
158	Azerbaijan	1.9
158	Burundi	1.9
	Congo,
158	Republic	1.9
158	Sierra Leone	1.9
158	Venezuela	1.9
158	Guinea-Bissau	1.9
158	Angola	1.9
158	Gambia	1.9
166	Uzbekistan	1.8
166	Turkmenistan	1.8
166	Zimbabwe	1.8
166	Cambodia	1.8
166	Kyrgyzstan	1.8
171	Congo Democratic Republic	1.7
171	Equatorial Guinea	1.7
173	Guinea	1.6
173	Chad	1.6
173	Sudan	1.6
176	Afghanistan	1.5
177	Haiti	1.4
178	Iraq	1.3
178	Myanmar	1.3
180	Somalia	1.0