By Rim ElChami
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruptionm, according to experts and business people. The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
Here are the ten least corrupt Arab countries accoding to CPI:
According to CPI, the UAE is the least corrupt Arab country scoring 70 which is higher than average (43), and Somalia is the most corrupt country in the Arab world and globally scoring 10.
Among the 180 countries listed, only 5 Arab countries scored above the average (43). These countries are: UAE, Qatar (62), Oman (52), Jordan and Saudi Arabia (49).
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