Corruption Index: The Ranking of Nigeria from 1995 – 2009

 In an analysis and computation by Professor Mobolaji Aluko*,  a guest columnist with the Economic Confidential magazine indicates that 2008 was Nigeria’s best

 

 

It is also important to note that 1995 was the inaugural year of the CPI report but Nigeria did not feature in the list of 41 countries assessed until the following year 1996 and 1997 when it was listed on the bottom of the ladder ranking 54 out of 54 countries and 52 out of the 52 countries respectively.

 

The table by Aluko, a Professor with University of Howard in the United States of America also shows that Nigeria was actually second-to-the-last-position in 4 different years: 1999, 2001, 2002 2003 and third-to-the-last in 2004.

 

The table below is self-explanatory:

 

S/N	Year	No. of Countries	Nigeria’s Rank Among Countries	# of Countries Below Nigeria	# of Countries Tied with Nigeria	CPI Score	Range	# of Surveys Used
1	1995 (first Year of CPI Index)	41	Nigeria not featured	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
2	1996	54	54	0	0	0.69	–	4
3	1997	52	52	0	0	1.76	–	4
4	1998	85	81	3	1	1.9	–	5
5	1999	99	98	1	0	1.6	–	5
6	2000	90	90	0	0	0.6	0.6-2.1	4
7	2001	91	90	1	0	1.0	-0.1 – 2.0	4
8	2002	102	101	1	0	1.6	0.9 – 2.5	6
9	2003	133	132	1	0	1.4	0.9 – 2.0	9
10	2004	146	144	2	0	1.6	1.4 – 1.8	9
11	2005	159	152	5	2	1.9	1.7 – 2.0	9
12	2006	163	142	13	8	2.2	2.0 – 2.3	7
13	2007	180	147	31	2	2.2	2.0-2.4	8
14	2008	180	121	55	4	2.7	2.3-3.0	7
15	2009	180	130	42	8	2.5	2.2 – 2.7	7

 

*Professor Mobolaji Aluko (PhD), a professor at the University of Howard is a Guest columnist with the Economic Confidential and also publisher of www.nigerianmuse.com