New Zealand and Denmark are considered the least corrupt countries, boasting the highest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) scores among 176 countries. According to a 2016 Transparency International (TI) survey, both countries achieved the highest score of 90. Denmark's CPI score dropped by one point from the previous year, while New Zealand's increased by one point.
European countries dominated the top 10 list of the least corrupt nations in the 2016 Transparency International ranking, occupying seven out of ten spots. Two countries were from the Asia-Pacific region, and the remaining country was from the Americas.
No country achieved a perfect score in the 2016 CPI. Two-thirds of the surveyed countries scored below 50, with a global average of 43. The Corruption Perception Index scores range from 0 to 100, where 100 indicates very clean and 0 represents highly corrupt.
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