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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

Central African Republic

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