And in terms of corruption, Singapore is among the 10 least corrupt countries on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index.
Last year, Transparency International gave Russia 127th place on its Corruption Perception Index, rating it as corrupt as Pakistan, Mali and Madagascar.
Haiti ranked as the 10th most corrupt country in Transparency International's most recent corruption perception index.
In Transparency International's 2004 Corruption Perception Index, Ukraine tied for 122nd (first is least corrupt).
Transparency International's last Corruption Perception Index, published last year, lists Venezuela as the most corrupt country in all of the Americas.
In Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, the best scoring African country (Botswana) is 'moderately' corrupt.
Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI), an annual ranking, found that Bangladesh was the most corrupt nation in the world, receiving a score of 1.7 out of 10.
Burma already ranks as the world's second most corrupt country, beating only Somalia, according to Transparency International, which publishes a widely cited corruption perception index.
The most widely recognised measure of public-sector corruption, Transparency International's corruption perception index (CPI), was released on Tuesday afternoon, ranking Australia 13th least corrupt in the world.
In Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2008, which covered 180 societies, 90% of the 60 least corrupt societies in the world are democracies.
Transparency International ranks Cambodia 156th of 175 countries on its index of corruption perception.
