Global Corruption Barometer


The Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International is the largest survey in the world tracking public opinion on corruption. It surveys 114,000 people in 107 countries on their view of corruption.

Have you paid a bribe in 2013?

People in 107 countries have been surveyed whether they have paid a bribe to a public body during the last year; but for a small number of these countries, including Brazil and Russia, response data on particular questions has been excluded because of concerns about validity and reliability. The margin of error for each country is 3%. The typical sample size is 1,000 people. Four countries – Cyprus, Luxembourg, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands – have a sample size of 500 people and a margin of error of 4%.
Unlike the other similar Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International, this is a survey directly asking the population instead of using "perceived expert opinions", which is liable to substantial bias and has been under criticism as such. In a 2013 article in Foreign Policy, Alex Cobham argued that the CPI embeds a powerful and misleading elite bias in popular perceptions of corruption, potentially contributing to a vicious cycle and at the same time incentivizing inappropriate policy responses. Cobham resumes: "the index corrupts perceptions to the extent that it's hard to see a justification for its continuing publication".
RankCountry/Territory% of people who paid bribes
1Australia1
2Denmark1
3Finland1
4Japan1
5Spain2
6Canada3
7South Korea3
8Malaysia3
9Maldives3
10New Zealand3
11Norway3
12Uruguay3
13Portugal3
14Belgium4
15Croatia4
16Georgia4
17Italy5
18United Kingdom5
19Estonia6
20Slovenia6
21Switzerland7
22United States7
23Bulgaria8
24Chile10
25El Salvador12
26Hungary12
27Israel12
28Palestine12
29Jamaica12
30Philippines12
31Argentina13
32Rwanda13
33Vanuatu13
34Czech Republic15
35Kosovo16
36North Macedonia17
37Romania17
38Sudan17
39Armenia18
40Thailand18
41Tunisia18
42Cyprus19
43Latvia19
44Sri Lanka19
45Peru20
46Slovakia21
47Turkey21
48Colombia22
49Greece22
50Paraguay25
51Lithuania26
52Serbia26
53Papua New Guinea27
54Venezuela27
55Bosnia and Herzegovina28
56Madagascar28
57Iraq29
58Moldova29
59Vietnam30
60Nepal31
61Mexico33
62Kazakhstan34
63Pakistan34
64Solomon Islands34
65Bolivia36
66Egypt36
67Indonesia36
68Taiwan36
69Ukraine37
70Jordan37
71Bangladesh39
72South Sudan39
73Algeria41
74Nigeria44
75Ethiopia44
76Mongolia45
77Kyrgyzstan45
78Afghanistan46
79Democratic Republic of the Congo46
80South Africa47
81Morocco49
82India54
83Ghana54
84Tanzania56
85Cambodia57
86Senegal57
87Uganda61
88Cameroon62
89Libya62
90Zimbabwe62
91Mozambique62
92Kenya70
93Yemen74
94Liberia75
95Sierra Leone84

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