Cameroon ranked 136 out of 175 countries in Transparency International's 2014 corruption index

Cameroon is ranked 136th out of 175 countries in Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a ranking of public sector corruption, made available on Wednesday. Other countries sharing the same rank (136) are Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nigeria and Russia. Worst performing countries are Korea (North) and Somalia

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be.

A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). A country or territory’s rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories in the index.

This year’s index includes 175 countries and territories.