The Netherlands remains one of the least corrupt countries in the world, maintaining its eighth place in the latest Transparent International index for the third year in a row.

New Zealand and Denmark head the Corruption Perceptions ranking with a score of 87 points, five more than the Netherlands.

‘Top scoring countries on the CPI like Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland are not immune to corruption,’ the organisation said in a press release.’While the CPI shows these public sectors to be among the cleanest in the world, corruption still exists, particularly in cases of money laundering and other private sector corruption.’

The Netherlands’ eighth place is no cause for complacency, Serv Wiemers, director of Transparency International Nederland told the NRC. ‘In particular, we are trailing when it comes to political integrity,’.

Bottom of the list are Southern Sudan and Somalia.