Uruguay Leads Transparency International Ranking in Latin America Once Again
Summary:
According to the Transparency International 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index, Uruguay is the least corrupt country in Latin America. This report analyzes the perceived levels of corruption in the public sector of 176 countries.
Information:
Transparency International (TI) is a German-based NGO founded in 1993. This organization not only investigates corporate crimes and political corruption in the world, but also develops tools for fighting them.
Every year, TI publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index. Since 2015, Uruguay has been ranked as the least corrupt country in Latin America, ranking No. 21 globally.
In 2016, Uruguay has been ranked in the same position, above France, Israel and Spain, among others. The global ranking is headed by Denmark, followed by New Zealand, Finland and Sweden. The worst ranked countries are North Korea, Sudan and Somalia.
Other Latin American nations that stand out are Costa Rica, Cuba and Brazil, although only Uruguay (21st) and Chile (24th) are among the 25 least corrupt countries in the world.
Furthermore, this year’s results highlight the connection between corruption and inequality. This explains to a large extent Uruguay’s good results. Our country’s open government and information accessibility policy – mostly driven by the Office of the President, Agesic, UAIP and the Open Government Group – has made it possible for Uruguay to lead an international ranking that studies a sensitive issue such as the perception of corruption levels in the public sector from the perspective of entrepreneurs and specialists.
It is worth noting that, in the past few years, Uruguay has always been ranked in similar positions in other highly respected rankings, such as the one carried out by the Center for Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL), which measures variables such as civil, political and economic liberties including fight against corruption. In 2008, Uruguay led the Democracy, Markets and Transparency ranking together with Chile, for which a combination of data was used from the Freedom of the World report, the Index of Economic Freedom of the Heritage Foundation, and the Corruption Perceptions Index.
In 2009, Uruguay also stood out together with Chile and Costa Rica in the Latin American Democratic Development Index (IDD-Lat), which is in charge of analyzing societies, institutions and elites in 18 Latin American countries. Transparency, institutional quality and political efficiency variables were also measured.
Source:
http://www.agesic.gub.uy/innovaportal/v/6132/1/agesic/uruguay-vuelve-a-liderar-ranking-de-transparencia-internacional-en-america-latina.html
According to the Transparency International 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index, Uruguay is the least corrupt country in Latin America. This report analyzes the perceived levels of corruption in the public sector of 176 countries.
Information:
Transparency International (TI) is a German-based NGO founded in 1993. This organization not only investigates corporate crimes and political corruption in the world, but also develops tools for fighting them.
Every year, TI publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index. Since 2015, Uruguay has been ranked as the least corrupt country in Latin America, ranking No. 21 globally.
In 2016, Uruguay has been ranked in the same position, above France, Israel and Spain, among others. The global ranking is headed by Denmark, followed by New Zealand, Finland and Sweden. The worst ranked countries are North Korea, Sudan and Somalia.
Other Latin American nations that stand out are Costa Rica, Cuba and Brazil, although only Uruguay (21st) and Chile (24th) are among the 25 least corrupt countries in the world.
Furthermore, this year’s results highlight the connection between corruption and inequality. This explains to a large extent Uruguay’s good results. Our country’s open government and information accessibility policy – mostly driven by the Office of the President, Agesic, UAIP and the Open Government Group – has made it possible for Uruguay to lead an international ranking that studies a sensitive issue such as the perception of corruption levels in the public sector from the perspective of entrepreneurs and specialists.
It is worth noting that, in the past few years, Uruguay has always been ranked in similar positions in other highly respected rankings, such as the one carried out by the Center for Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL), which measures variables such as civil, political and economic liberties including fight against corruption. In 2008, Uruguay led the Democracy, Markets and Transparency ranking together with Chile, for which a combination of data was used from the Freedom of the World report, the Index of Economic Freedom of the Heritage Foundation, and the Corruption Perceptions Index.
In 2009, Uruguay also stood out together with Chile and Costa Rica in the Latin American Democratic Development Index (IDD-Lat), which is in charge of analyzing societies, institutions and elites in 18 Latin American countries. Transparency, institutional quality and political efficiency variables were also measured.
Source:
http://www.agesic.gub.uy/innovaportal/v/6132/1/agesic/uruguay-vuelve-a-liderar-ranking-de-transparencia-internacional-en-america-latina.html
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