The top 10 corrupt politicians
As defined by amount of money allegedly embezzled.Data courtesy of Transparency International
| Head of government | Estimates of funds allegedly embezzled |
| 1 | Mohamed Suharto | President of Indonesia, 1967-98 | $15 to $35 billion |
| 2 | Ferdinand Marcos | President of the Philippines, 1972-86 | $5 to 10 billion |
| 3 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President of Zaire, 1965-97 | $5 billion |
| 4 | Sani Abacha | President of Nigeria, 1993-98 | $2 to $5 billion |
| 5 | Slobodan Milosevic | President of Serbia/Yugoslavia, 1989-2000 | $1 billion |
| 6 | Jean-Claude Duvalier | President of Haiti, 1971-86 | $300 to $800 million |
| 7 | Alberto Fujimori | President of Peru, 1990-2000 | $600 million |
| 8 | Pavlo Lazarenko | Prime Minister of Ukraine, 1996-97 | $114 to $200 million |
| 9 | Arnoldo Alemán | President of Nicaragua, 1997-2002 | $100 million |
| 10 | Joseph Estrada | President of the Philippines, 1998-2001 | $78 to $80 million |
| The top 20 most corrupt countries | The top 20 least corrupt countries |
| As defined by perceptions of business people and country analysts, both resident and non-resident. |
| 1 | Haiti | Finland |
| 2 | Bangladesh | New Zealand |
| 3 | Nigeria | Denmark |
| 4 | Myanmar | Iceland |
| 5 | Chad | Singapore |
| 6 | Paraguay | Sweden |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | Switzerland |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | Norway |
| 9 | Tajikistan | Australia |
| 10 | Indonesia | Netherlands |
| 11 | Georgia | United Kingdom |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | Canada |
| 13 | Congo, Democratic Republic | Austria |
| 14 | Angola | Luxembourg |
| 15 | Pakistan | Germany |
| 16 | Kenya | Hong Kong |
| 17 | Iraq | Belgium |
| 18 | Cameroon | Ireland |
| 19 | Ukraine | USA |
| 20 | Sudan | Chile |
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