According to a study that was carried out in 2010 by Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation that studies corruption statistics, Slovenia has the least corruption than other new EU-12 members and is 27th in the list of least corrupt countries in the world. The list is headed by New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore. Germany and Austia took the 15th place, and the UK is 20th on the list. Slovenia has a higher rating than Spain (30th), Portugal (32nd), Italy (67th) or Greece (78th).

Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2010

Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and risk analysts, and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt).