New Zealand named world's least corrupt nation

New Zealand has been named the world's least corrupt nation by Transparency International.It has topped the table with a score of 9.4 after coming second last year. Last year's leader Denmark has slipped to the second place with a score of 9.3. Singapore and Sweden are tied at the third place with a score of 9.2 and Switzerland is ranked fourth with a score of 9.0.

Somalia had a score of 1.1, Afghanistan 1.3, Myanmar 1.4 and Sudan has been tied with Iraq at 1.5.Rounding out the top 10 are Finland, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada and Iceland. Britain came 17th in the list and the United States was 19th with a score of 7.5. More than 130 of the countries scored below 5.