World's most corrupt countries: Transparency International

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Corrupt somalia 2011 12 1

#182 — Somalia
Recently trained Al Shabaab fighters stand during a military exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood on Jan. 1, 2010.
- [STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt north korea 2011 12 1

#182 — North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, accompanied by senior officials of the Workers' Party of Korea and Korean People's Army officials, attends the 15th anniversary memorial service of the country's late President Kim Il-Sung at the Pyongyang gymnasium on July 8, 2009.
- [KNS/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt burma 2011 12 1

#180 — Burma
Tourists visit the Shwedagon Paya on Aug. 1, 2010, in Rangoon, Burma.
- [Drn/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt afghanistan 2011 12 1

#180 — Afghanistan
Afghan child Abdul Wahid, 10, waits for customers as he sells balloons at a cemetery in Kabul on Nov. 30, 2011.
- [SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt uzbekistan 2011 12 1

#177 — Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov inspects the guard of honor during a ceremonial reception at President House in New Delhi, India, on May 18, 2011.
- [PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt turkmenistan 2012 12 1

#177 — Turkmenistan
Police officers patrol a street in Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabad, on Nov. 17, 2010.
- [VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt sudan 2011 12 1

#177 — Sudan
Several hundred Sudanese affected by the building of the Merowe Dam stage a protest outside the headquarters of the government of the Nile River area on Nov. 23, 2011.
- [ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt iraq 2012 12 1

#175 — Iraq
An Iraqi woman walks by a US military vehicle belonging to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment while on patrol on July 16, 2011, in Iskandariya, Iraq.
- [Spencer Platt/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt haiti 2011 12 1

#175 — Haiti
A man protests on Jan. 23, 2011, during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- [HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt venezuela 2012 12 1

#172 — Venezuela
A boy gives a thumbs up as he holds a poster of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a ceremony to celebrate the Day of the Student at the presidential palace Miraflores in Caracas on Nov. 21, 2011.
- [JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt equatorial guinea 2011 12 1

#172 — Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo addresses the 66th UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 21, 2011.
- [EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images]
Corrupt burundi 2011 12 1

#172 — Burundi
Burundian journalists carry a banner as they march in the streets of Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, on May 3, 2011.
- [ESDRAS NDIKUMANA/AFP/Getty Images]