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Transparency International
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2007
Source: Transparency International. Released 26 September 2007.
 

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Table of African Countries

Africa Rank
(out of 48)

World Rank
(out of 179)

Country

CPI Score*

Confidence Range**

Surveys Used***

1

38

Botswana

5.4

4.8 - 6.1

7

2

43

South Africa

5.1

4.9 - 5.5

9

3

49

Cape Verde

4.9

3.4 - 5.5

3

4

53

Mauritius

4.7

4.1 – 5.7

6

5

57

Namibia

4.5

3.9 – 5.2

7

"

"

Seychelles

4.5

2.9 – 5.7

4

7

69

Ghana

3.7

3.5 - 3.9

7

8

71

Senegal

3.6

3.2 – 4.2

7

9

84

Gabon

3.3

3.0 – 3.5

5

"

"

Swaziland

3.3

2.6 – 4.2

5

"

"

Lesotho

3.3

3.1 – 3.5

6

12

94

Madagascar

3.2

2.5 – 3.9

7

"

"

Tanzania

3.2

2.9 – 3.4

8

14

105

Djibouti

2.9

2.2 – 3.4

3

"

"

Burkina Faso

2.9

2.6 – 3.4

7

16

111

Eritrea

2.8

2.1 – 3.5

5

"

"

Rwanda

2.8

2.3 – 3.3

5

"

"

Mozambique

2.8

2.5 - 3.1

8

"

"

Uganda

2.8

2.5 – 3.0

8

20

118

Mali

2.7

2.4 – 3.0

8

"

"

Malawi

2.7

2.4 – 3.0

8

"

"

São Tomé and Príncipe

2.7

2.4 – 3.0

3

"

"

Benin

2.7

2.3 – 3.2

7

24

123

Zambia

2.6

2.3 – 2.9

8

"

"

Comoros

2.6

2.2 – 3.0

3

"

"

Mauritania

2.6

2.0 – 3.3

6

"

"

Niger

2.6

2.3 – 2.9

7

28

131

Burundi

2.5

2.0 – 3.0

7

29

138

Ethiopia

2.4

2.1 - 2.7

8

"

"

Cameroon

2.4

2.1 – 2.7

8

31

143

The Gambia

2.3

2.0 – 2.6

6

"

"

Togo

2.3

1.9 – 2.8

5

33

147

Angola

2.2

1.8 – 2.4

7

"

"

Nigeria

2.2

2.0 – 2.4

8

"

"

Guinea-Bissau

2.2

2.0 – 2.3

3

36

150

Sierra Leone

2.1

2.0 – 2.2

5

"

"

Zimbabwe

2.1

1.8 - 2.4

8

"

"

Côte d'Ivoire

2.1

1.7 – 2.6

6

"

"

Congo-Brazzaville

2.1

2.0 – 2.2

6

"

"

Kenya

2.1

1.9 – 2.3

8

"

"

Liberia

2.1

1.8 – 2.4

4

42

162

Congo-Brazzaville

2.0

1.8 – 2.3

5

43

168

Equatorial Guinea

1.9

1.7 – 2.0

4

"

"

Guinea

1.9

1.4 – 2.6

6

"

"

Congo-Kinshasa

1.9

1.8 – 2.1

6

46

172

Sudan

1.8

1.6 – 1.9

6

"

"

Chad

1.8

1.7 – 1.9

7

48

179

Somalia

1.4

1.1 – 1.7

4

 
 
Explanatory Notes
 
*CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts, and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt).

**Confidence Range provides a range of possible values of the CPI score. This reflects how a country's score may vary, depending on measurement precision. Nominally, with 5 percent probability the score is above this range and with another 5 percent it is below. However, particularly when only few sources are available, an unbiased estimate of the mean coverage probability is lower than the nominal value of 90%.

***Surveys Used refers to the number of surveys that assessed a country's performance. 14 surveys and expert assessments were used and at least 3 were required for a country to be included in the CPI.
 

Last Updated: 30 September 2007

Angola s Benin s Botswana s Burkina Faso s Burundi s Cameroon s Cape Verde s Central African Republic s Chad s Comoros s Congo-Brazzaville s Congo-Kinshasa s Côte d'Ivoire s Djibouti s Equatorial Guinea s Eritrea s Ethiopia s Gabon s The Gambia s Ghana s Guinea s Guinea-Bissau s Kenya s Lesotho s Liberia s Madagascar s Malawi s Mali s Mauritania s Mauritius s Mozambique s Namibia s Niger s Nigeria s Rwanda s São Tomé and Príncipe s Senegal s Seychelles s Sierra Leone s Somalia s Somaliland s South Africa s Sudan s Swaziland s Tanzania s Togo s Uganda s Zambia s Zimbabwe