Corruption Index Research Paper

Corruption implies that dishonest, illegal or immoral behavior, especially someone who is really powerful. They can control the country’s economy, policies or public system to maximize their own profit. The article will talk about five reasons that effect Germany rank. Which are tourist arrivals from different countries, Germany employment change, corporate tax rate in Germany, consumer price index CPI and government spending to GDP.

Since 1995, it has been published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries from 0 to 10, which is from highly corrupt to free of corruption. According to Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, New Zealand rank the highest with score 89 and Somalia rank the lowest with score 9. By comparison the highest score and the lowest score, we can find out the gap between those two countries. However, there are lots of factors that influence the ranking.