ISRAEL AMONG WORLD'S LEAST CORRUPT COUNTRIES

'150 countries more corrupt than Israel' (JPost)
Israel is among the 30 least corrupt countries in the world, according to the 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index report, released Wednesday. The report is based on the degree to which corruption is perceived among public officials and politicians.

According to the report - which gives Israel a score of 6.1, when 1 is the score given to the most corrupt country and 10 the least - 150 countries are more corrupt than the Jewish state. The rank is an improvement of four places and the score given to Israel increased by a fifth of a point since the 2006 report.

The report ranks Myanmar and Somalia as the world's most corrupt - adding pressure to the Southeast Asian country's military regime as it faces the biggest anti-government protests in nearly two decades.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, and Somalia received the lowest score of 1.4 out of 10. Denmark, Finland and New Zealand were ranked the least corrupt - each scoring 9.4.