“Nigeria Is World’s 2nd Most Corrupt Nation! “- Gallup Survey

A recent survey conducted by Gallup has ranked Nigeria as the second most corrupt country in the world.  The survey, titled “State of Mind, New Metrics for World Leaders” was conducted in October 2012. The worldwide poll measured the confidence of people in the governments of their different countries.
Questions were asked based on many factors including the systems of administration and basic amenities. Questions were also asked on whether the participants had confidence in the military, honesty of elections and a number of other factors.


96 % of Kenyans believe corruption is widespread in the government of their country while Nigeria followed closely with 94 % of the population sharing the same feeling. Lebanon was rated the third most corrupt country with 92 %.

Gallup, the coordinators of the research described it as a “world audit of global behavioral economics…intended to help leaders build strategies of human and economic development that put their nations on the course of success and prosperity and to head off unrest and revolution.” Below is a table illustrating how the countries fared according to the survey.

Highest and Lowest Perceptions of Corruption in Partly Free Countries
	Corruption is widespread in Government			Corruption is widespread in Government
Kenya	96%		Brazil	63%
Nigeria	94%		Guinea	60%
Lebanon	92%		Macedonia	59%
Kosovo	91%		Bangladesh	58%
Indonesia	91%		Haiti	57%
Uganda	90%		Niger	54%
Tanzania	89%		Turkey	51%
Senegal	89%		Montenegro	45%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	88%		Georgia	27%
South Africa		87%	Hong Kong	15%
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