1. Somalia
The world’s most corrupt country award goes to Somalia. The country also represents the most corrupt continent, Africa. To be fair, it is a tie with North Korea with 8 CPI score.
However, the corruption in Somalia is considerably more severe. Somalia is a collapsed state with leaders who have used the country’s resources for self-enrichment. It also suffers from warlord-ism.
The Somali government has become de facto in many parts due to its lack of accountability. Even the UN prefers to fund NGOs in helping Somali rather than its national government institutions.
It appears that these corrupt countries have similar characters. Either they are suffering from conflicts or they are under the suppression of national regime. Regardless, they need to show committed efforts if they want to exterminate corruption once and for all.
