世界十大腐敗程度最高和最低的國家盤點

In some countries, business owners can go their way in the happy knowledge that government officials won't be hitting them up for bribes or tossing them in jail on trumped-up charges. But in other parts of the world, public sector corruption is a fact of life.

在一些國家,商人深知,可以通過賄賂，讓政府官員不觸及抓捕他們，或給他們一個“莫須有”的罪名入獄。但是在世界的其它地方,公共部門的腐敗是一個不爭的事實。

Hoping to shine a light on this widespread problem, Transparency International, a non- governmental organization that serves as a watchdog for corporate and political corruption, has published its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2013. The index ranks countries around the world by perceived level of government corruption, with a score of 100 signaling an absence of official corruption and a score of 0 indicating a country that is hopelessly corrupt.

爲了揭露這一普遍問題,國際透明組織-一個非政府組織,對企業和政治腐敗進行監督,公佈了其2013年清廉指數。世界各國的政府腐敗通過指數進行排名,100的高分代表無官員腐敗，得分0暗示這是一個無可救藥的腐敗國家。

Of the 177 countries and territories listed on the index, less than one-third managed to break 50. As No. 127 Nicaragua would say, that's no bueno. So in what countries can you trust public officials and what places should you avoid?

在177個國家和地區中，只有少於三分之一的國家能夠超過50分，所以在這份排名中，你能發現哪些國家官員能夠給予信任，哪些國家應該避免呢

To start, the Nordic countries are a safe bet for business, with Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway all among the least corrupt nations. Rounding out the top five are New Zealand, tied for first with Denmark with a score of 91, and Singapore, tied with Norway for No. 5.

在這份排名中，北歐國家腐敗指數都非常安全，丹麥，芬蘭，瑞典和挪威都排在腐敗程度最低的榜單中，前五位中，排名榜首的新西蘭和丹麥，得分是91分，新加坡和挪威並列第五

Here are the 10 least corrupt countries in the world, according to the index:

下面是世界十大腐敗程度最低的國家

Denmark

丹麥

New Zealand (tied with Denmark for No. 1)

新西蘭（與丹麥並列第一）

Finland

芬蘭

Sweden (tied with Finland for No. 3)

瑞典（與芬蘭並列第三）

Norway

挪威

Singapore (tied with Norway for No. 5)

新加坡（與挪威並列第五）

Switzerland

瑞士

Netherlands

荷蘭

Australia

澳大利亞

Canada (tied with Australia for No. 9)

加拿大（與澳大利亞並列第九）

What of the United States? The world's largest economy sits at No. 19 with a score of 73, while its fellow Anglophones to the north and south, Canada and Australia, are tied for 9th place with scores of 81. (Both have dropped since last year. In 2012, Canada scored an 84 and Australia an 85.) The United Kingdom is ranked No. 14.

那美國呢？世界最大的經濟體得分73，位列19名。而其南北鄰國加拿大和澳大利亞，並列第九，得分是81分。（兩個國家相比於2012年得分都有所下降，加拿大當時84分，澳大利亞85分）。英國目前排名14.

Mexico, another U. S. neighbor, is listed as far more corrupt than Canada, with a score of 34 ranking it at 106 of 177. (This reporter's own experience suggests the country's low score is well-deserved.)

美國的另一個鄰國墨西哥，要比加拿大腐敗的多，腐敗指數34分，在177個國家中排名177.（改記者自身經驗暗示該國的低分數是罪有應得的）

At the positively wretched end of the scale it's no surprise to see Yemen, Sudan, Syria and other Middle Eastern and African countries. But some of their scores look almost handsome beside the worst of the lot: Tied for last place are Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia, all having scored a measly 8 on the index.

在排名的末端，我們毫不驚訝的看到了也門，蘇丹，敘利亞和其他中東和非洲國家。但他們的分數還是要比最糟糕的國家好一些：他們是阿富汗，朝鮮和索馬里，他們的分數都只有8分。

Here are the world's 10 most corrupt nations, starting with the worst:

下面是世界十大最腐敗的國家

Somalia

索馬里

North Korea (tied with Somalia and Afghanistan for No. 175)

朝鮮（與索馬里阿富汗並列175名）

Afghanistan (tied with North Korea and Somalia for No. 175)

阿富汗

Sudan

蘇丹

South Sudan

南蘇丹

Libya

利比亞

Iraq

伊拉克

Uzbekistan

烏茲別克斯坦

Turkmenistan (tied with Uzbekistan and Syria for No. 168)

土庫曼斯坦（與烏茲別克斯坦和敘利亞並列168位）

Syria (tied with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for No. 168)

敘利亞