No. 1: Somalia
Score: 8, Rank: 175 out of 177
According to Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index, Somalia is the world’s most corrupt country. Since 1991, Somalia has been essentially lawless, and has no government. Pirates seize ships at will, the al-Shabaab movement terrorizes much of the country, and the ineffective Transitional National Government specializes in looting foreign aid intended for starving refugees; and you can’t get much more corrupt and despicable than that.
