Thailand slips in global corruption survey

BANGKOK: -- Corruption in Thailand remains rampant with global corruption survey revealing that the country falling from 88th in 2012 to 102nd this year.

Transparency Thailand secretary-general Juree Vichitvadakan said that Thailand now ranked 102nd out of 177 countries with a score of 35 out of 100 for transparency in the Corruption Perception Index for 2013 that was released Tuesday.


In 2012, Thailand ranked 88th but fell 14 spots this year to 102.

She said Thailand now was par with Ecuador, Moldova, and Panama.

Transparency International based the findings on opinions polls from 13 pollsters. Only 54 countries received a score higher than 50.


Thailand was ranked 16th out of 28 countries in the Asia-Pacific region with Singapore obtaining the highest score of 86.

Singapore was also on the list of the world’s top five countries with low corruption levels, she said.

Transparency International, which published the list, said the Corruption Index “ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be.”

It collates expert views on the problem from bodies such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, Economists Intelligence Unit, Bertelsmann Foundation, Freedom House, and other groups.

It then ranks countries on a scale of 0-100, where 0 means a country’s public sector is considered highly corrupt and 100 means it is regarded as very clean.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thailand-slips-global-corruption-survey/

-- Thai PBS 2013-12-04

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

Behind the Philippines these days. Embarrassing!

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption   

May want to re-read the article...

Thailand fell 14 places... Meaning it is much more corrupt vs last year ...

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/526975/20131203/transparency-international-s-corruption-perception-index-2013.htm#.Up7Cq-JHmZQ

Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index of 2013 has listed Australia as among the 'big decliners'

from 85 in 2012 to 81 in 2013

I usually think it can't get much worse in the area of corruption, but I suppose there is always room for deterioration.

Yes, more corrupt, but here a bigger number is usually considered better, whether tourist arrival numbers, Km/h or even volume control settings.

So guess the goal is number 177.

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

May want to re-read the article...

Thailand fell 14 places... Meaning it is much more corrupt vs last year ...

You mean climbing from 88 to 102 is not an improvement

PM Yingluck did say she wanted to be judged on results and this is not a good one.

B - (See me later).

Not when the goal is to be number 1 (e.g. The least corrupt )

For example... Singapore is number 5 in the world

Thailand was 88 and is now 102... So this is worse not better...

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

May want to re-read the article...

Thailand fell 14 places... Meaning it is much more corrupt vs last year ...

I think it was a sarcastic comment

Is anybody surprised?

Is anybody surprised?

Percent wise it's score fell much less than Australia. So good on ya Thai mates.

Like we need a survey for these kind of things :>

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

Jeez Rubi! Do you think it is easy work getting all the family, cousies, in-laws and lackeys into place so that the system is being fully milked. Bloody hard work.

Wasn't this a story from earlier this year?

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

Yep. Or in other words, I am not a puppet of my brother, people should judge me on my performance.

And Thaksin's eternal friend Hun Sen is the winner. Cambodia here we come!

"Corruption in Thailand remains rampant with global corruption survey revealing that the country falling from 88th in 2012 to 102nd this year."

Now, when a government official declares that Thailand is reducing its corruption, one can point to its standing in ASEAN and respond with its ranking: 555555555

And Thaksin's eternal friend Hun Sen is the winner. Cambodia here we come!

"Poo, stop it...... this is supposed to be serious!"

i think this list should be re-titled:

countries not so good at covering up their corruption..

Just give her another 6 months! Poor lass, completely clueless about reality and really seems to believe she can simply say anything, anytime and people will believe it.

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

It would seem the percentage of skimming = the percentage of transparency 30-35%! Possibly

You know you're an extremely corrupt country when you are ranked as more corrupt than the PI!

Behind the Philippines these days. Embarrassing!

Droll, hilarious, and sadly probably too true, credit will be claimed for improvement despite the facts, SOP for this regime.

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

Gee, I wonder, was it the vast amounts of money "spent" on the Rice Pledging Scheme, Water Management, normal day to day business, or all of the above, that was reflected in the new "even more corrupt than ever" rating?

Red supporters might like to note that on the graph it started to improve when Abhisit was in office then took off skyward when Yingluck took over.

Now waiting for a speech from PM Yingluck stating the improved ranking was a result of all the hard work she and her government had put into corruption

May want to re-read the article...

Thailand fell 14 places... Meaning it is much more corrupt vs last year ...

You are correct Thailand is more corrupt than last year. Last year they were in a 5 way tie for 88. with out all the ties they might have been 102 then also. However the reason they are more corrupt this year is that they fell from a score last year of 37 to one of 35 this year. There rating in the world has nothing to do with their being more corrupt this year.

Yingluck ably assisted by her brother and the red shirts have done it all by them selves.