Who's the corruptest of them all?

Seeing as FIFA has given us the lead on levels of corruption, we thought we’d look at how competing countries at the Under-20s measure up on their own corruption stakes – or rather, how Transparency International rates them.

Well, for the match between Hungary and North Korea this afternoon – there’s no contest (just as there was no contest in Germany’s 8-1 rout over Fiji earlier today). So, according to Transparency, North Korea scores just 3 points on the 0-100 scale (where 0=very corrupt) and is ranked just one up from ; while Hungary scores 54/100 and is placed 47^th out of 175 countries. Still a long way to go – especially with regard to fair consultation on legislation and a rapidly revolving door between public and private sector for high-flying jobs. (See Hungary - Overview.)

 

For the other game of this afternoon, there’s more of an even match between Honduras and Uzbekistan. Though both are in the lower third in corruption levels, a simple look at the figures would pick Honduras to win with 29 points (ranked 126) over Uzbekistan’s 18 points, which puts it at 166 of 175. 

Photo source: Transparency International