Venezuela, as with many South American countries, has always ranked high on the corruption scale, hardly something to blame on Chavez. However, while Chavez made progress on increasing the lot of the poor, corruption in government and business remains at a crisis level. Anyone travelling or doing business in that nation has always to build lots of "bribe money" into costs to keep things moving smoothly. It is likely a hard place for residents to get by, unless you are rich or connected.

It is nice to see the good outlook in Chili and Uraguay. How does your country rate?


Corruption map