Major outsourcing Asian countries, including Philippines, India, China, Vietnam and Malaysia have been recently tagged as the most corrupt countries in Asia. A new report by Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PBRC) finds that the Philippines is the most corrupt Asian country with 9.4 points on the scale of zero to ten, with zero as the best possible score and 10 the worst. Countries like Vietnam, India, China and Malaysia stood third (with 7.54 points), fourth (with 6.67 points), sixth (with 6.26 points) and seventh (with 6.25 points) respectively.

This year’s most corrupt country, the Philippines registered a rise in the corruption level from 7.80 points in 2006 to 9.40 points in 2007. Last year Indonesia was ranked as Asia's most corrupt country. According to the survey, Singapore is the cleanest country in Asia with 1.20 points while Hong Kong and Japan are the second and the third cleanest locations in the region.

PBRC is a consulting firm focused on strategic business information and analysis for companies doing business in the countries in East and Southeast Asia. The study examines how corruption affects different parts of the government, key national institutions and the private sector. The study is based on the analysis of 1,500 expatriate business executives in 13 countries and territories across the region in January and February.

Another survey by Transparency International — the civil society organizations leading the fight against corruption — in 2006 unveiled the rising corruptions level worldwide in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. The study based on an analysis of 163 countries around the world found that corruption level in most Asian outsourcing countries, including Philippines, Vietnam, India and China score between 2.5 to 3.3 points on a ten point scale where low scores indicate higher corruption level.