The infographic is not very informative because you can't tell if 100 is bad or good at a glance. Sure, "red" usually means negative. But yellow means?
Also in this case since 100 is "good" it's confusing because again, on the initial read people will think, "This country has a score of 65, does that means 65% corrupt?" (whatever 65% corrupt means, maybe 65% more corrupt than other countries)
It helps to have some context. Being moderately aware of global politics, I know that Russia is considerably more corrupt than the United States. Russia is reddish; the USA is yellow-ish. The rest I can figure out, and the numbers and labels make it all a bit more quantitative.
To be fair, the infographic could be better, but I think all the information is there and relatively easy to parse, so calling it "not very informative" is a bit extreme.
There's a hilarious scene in Travels in Siberia where the author takes a trip to the Russian far east with a retired couple from California with extremely exacting dietary restrictions. At one point the old man is complaining loudly about all the money he spent on food and lodging—what did it go to? The author replies calmly: bribes. When they finally pass through Russian customs at the end of the trip, he complains to the Russian customs agent, saying the author told him most of the money for their trip went to bribes. The customs agent replies calmly: yes, probably.
The entire thing is solved by bothering to look at the caption on top of the info-graphic. Even if you don't read the associated article, it's reasonable to expect that a viewer is going to atleast look at the caption that describes what they are actually looking at
"The entire thing is solved by bothering to look at the caption on top of the info-graphic."
Which I am sure he did, as did I. At the top of the infographic it reads "Corruption Perceptions Index 2012", suggesting this is an index of corruption perceptions as of 2012. Higher numbers clearly mean more corruption is perceived, and lower numbers clearly mean less corruption is perceived. Assuming that one is going by the caption at the top of the infographic.
Also in this case since 100 is "good" it's confusing because again, on the initial read people will think, "This country has a score of 65, does that means 65% corrupt?" (whatever 65% corrupt means, maybe 65% more corrupt than other countries)