Lets be clear–with a score of 10, is TI saying Denmark is free of corruption?
No. Even though Denmark scores a perfect 10.0 this does not mean that there haven’t been any incidents of corruption recorded in the country in the past year. The fact that Denmark obtains such an excellent score must be seen as a good indicator of its overall standing. The fact that this is not an absolutely unanimous view is reflected in the fact that the table shows that there is a standard deviation of 0.7 in the responses relative to top ranking Denmark.
