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That's because the US has a low amount of corruption on the positions that face the public.

It's also because most of those lists are ordered by a "perception index", that is the kind of bullshit that increases if your government does an awareness program and if corruption fighting gets on the news.

So, ironically, corruption reduction efforts can raise a country's rank on such lists.

Exactly. Not only "can", but will on almost every case. Some times I wonder if it's on purpose.

Spot on: "Codifying bribery into law as lobbying and superpacs doesn't make it not bribery"

Ha, do you have any experience doing business with those countries top of the list to say so?