Sri Lanka was not among the top ten in either the world’s most or least corrupt countries according the Corruption Perceptions Index report

published yesterday by watchdog Transparency International.

According to an Associated Press report, Somalia topped the most corrupt list while New Zealand was on top as the Least corrupt.

The world’s ten most corrupt countries:

1. Somalia

2. Afghanistan

3. Myanmar

4. Sudan

5. Iraq

6. Chad

7. Uzbekistan

8. Turkmenistan

9. Iran

10. Haiti

The world’s ten least corrupt countries:

1. New Zealand

2. Denmark

3. Singapore

4. Sweden

5. Switzerland

6. Finland

7. Netherlands

8. Australia

9. Canada

10. Iceland