No. 7: Iraq
Score: 16, Rank: 171 out of 177
During the Saddam regime, the corruption was so rampant that anyone who lifted a finger against the government was immediately captured and brutally murdered. Still, the corruption complicates and poisons the daily life of Iraqis in his absence, as the most devastating forms of bribery, shortage of electricity, fear of kidnapping, stealing of oil revenues by politicians, and so on continues to exist.
