Corruption

In some countries, businesses may require making unofficial payments or gifts to "get things done" with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services, etc. The indicators below capture the prevalence of different types of bribery in 118 countries. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 firms. A database query tool (with eight additional indicators) is available to help you better understand the prevalence of corruption across various firm subgroups. You can also generate graphs to compare countries.

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Country	% of Firms Expected to Pay Informal Payment to Public Officials (to Get Things Done)	% of Firms Expected to Give Gifts to Get an Operating License	% of Firms Expected to Give Gifts In Meetings With Tax Officials	% of Firms Expected to Give Gifts to Secure a Government Contract**	% of Firms Identifying Corruption as a Major Constraint***
All countries	27.37	15.95	16.81	30.26	36.59
East Asia & Pacific	28.08	17.72	19.08	31.45	28.95
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	17.42	12.88	12.90	25.95	33.53
Latin America & Caribbean	22.72	10.52	7.47	15.00	53.63
Middle East & North Africa	36.99	15.48	22.69	40.86	50.87
OECD	12.56	..	28.26	15.62	8.12
South Asia	34.68	20.73	30.63	40.85	33.77
Sub-Saharan Africa	35.16	19.53	18.32	38.33	34.65
Afghanistan (2008)	41.49	16.54	28.81	44.04	53.64
Albania (2007)	57.72	10.90	22.40	44.25	37.97
Algeria (2007)	64.72	7.32	15.01	40.56	64.33
Angola (2006)	46.80	10.08	14.84	38.45	36.06
Argentina (2006)	18.72	5.71	4.31	25.65	59.92
Armenia (2009)	11.62	11.25	13.33	1.73	39.61
Azerbaijan (2009)	32.01	34.59	43.24	37.58	25.07
Bangladesh (2007)	85.07	32.38	54.37	100.00	54.90
Belarus (2008)	13.53	11.69	6.35	28.98	30.66
Benin (2009)	54.48	44.63	26.82	60.60	67.82
Bhutan (2009)	10.05	1.40	2.54	6.96	6.04
Bolivia (2006)	32.41	15.39	19.63	35.69	65.80
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)	8.08	6.02	1.54	5.63	35.14
Botswana (2006)	27.62	3.29	4.47	22.92	22.58
Brazil (2009)	9.66	5.39	16.44	0.65	69.90
Bulgaria (2009)	8.51	16.77	6.58	20.27	33.52
Burkina Faso (2009)	8.45	4.07	6.69	18.79	70.45
Burundi (2006)	56.46	40.26	22.63	44.36	19.72
Cambodia (2007)	61.23	..	60.25	76.25	53.73
Cameroon (2009)	50.83	39.62	30.84	62.86	61.28
Cape Verde (2009)	6.03	0.00	1.10	0.00	29.77
Chad (2009)	41.84	52.62	21.20	47.33	67.23
Chile (2006)	8.22	1.90	7.58	11.38	35.90
China (2003)	72.57	8.49	38.74	27.04	27.33
Colombia (2006)	8.23	0.82	1.05	5.11	48.93
Congo, Dem. Rep. (2006)	83.79	66.25	64.42	80.54	20.02
Congo, Rep. (2009)	49.21	42.79	37.10	75.18	65.02
Costa Rica (2005)	33.80	..	0.00	18.71	39.94
Côte d'Ivoire (2009)	30.64	31.80	13.62	32.34	74.99
Croatia (2007)	14.48	2.14	6.04	6.38	18.88
Czech Republic (2009)	8.73	0.21	0.23	30.31	25.12
Dominican Republic (2005)	26.34	11.11	17.33	15.10	72.89
Ecuador (2006)	21.45	13.67	11.29	25.14	72.07
Egypt, Arab Rep. (2008)	15.23	13.45	5.28	32.04	45.20
El Salvador (2006)	34.28	1.29	2.62	21.02	62.52
Eritrea (2009)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Estonia (2009)	1.60	0.00	0.00	0.28	5.43
Ethiopia (2006)	12.42	2.70	4.35	11.80	23.08
Fiji (2009)	10.20	1.21	4.47	9.01	35.07
Gabon (2009)	26.09	0.00	22.81	26.61	41.35
Gambia, the (2006)	52.42	23.42	13.56	50.30	9.78
Georgia (2008)	4.08	3.51	8.39	0.00	20.42
Germany (2005)	..	..	14.82	..	3.87
Ghana (2007)	38.77	22.60	18.08	61.23	9.86
Greece (2005)	21.61	..	55.91	14.51	10.02
Guatemala (2006)	15.67	0.66	3.75	16.76	62.93
Guinea (2006)	84.75	51.87	57.34	74.58	47.66
Guinea-Bissau (2006)	62.72	15.33	22.70	48.41	44.01
Guyana (2004)	20.00	6.00	5.41	8.28	17.79
Honduras (2006)	16.67	8.67	6.12	18.40	59.79
Hungary (2009)	3.95	2.60	0.65	30.51	20.38
India (2006)	47.49	52.45	52.32	23.79	25.65
Indonesia (2009)	14.64	25.92	14.01	52.98	14.08
Ireland (2005)	8.32	..	11.01	7.69	3.02
Jamaica (2005)	17.65	..	4.88	0.00	46.07
Jordan (2006)	18.08	3.06	0.93	5.80	40.69
Kazakhstan (2009)	23.25	30.02	25.05	54.84	43.85
Kenya (2007)	79.22	28.75	32.25	71.20	38.35
Korea, Rep. (2005)	14.05	..	21.33	25.84	8.54
Kosovo (2009)	2.16	5.84	7.70	18.47	73.42
Kyrgyz Republic (2009)	37.48	25.69	39.05	56.38	58.93
Lao PDR (2009)	39.83	88.17	26.20	100.00	19.76
Latvia (2009)	11.32	0.00	4.44	48.06	33.91
Lebanon (2009)	22.95	12.50	19.16	97.73	66.49
Lesotho (2009)	13.96	3.34	9.20	26.37	46.71
Liberia (2009)	55.22	49.63	54.42	51.59	31.19
Lithuania (2009)	8.48	5.38	3.42	12.24	38.61
Macedonia, FYR (2009)	11.52	2.90	8.11	0.47	27.11
Madagascar (2009)	19.20	18.60	6.79	14.13	42.71
Malawi (2009)	10.80	3.48	11.38	10.27	12.83
Malaysia (2007)	..	..	..	..	16.27
Mali (2007)	28.88	24.04	31.08	80.35	15.70
Mauritania (2006)	82.12	33.23	48.23	76.16	17.10
Mauritius (2009)	1.59	0.00	0.28	8.81	50.72
Mexico (2006)	22.57	62.09	9.59	10.49	48.10
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. (2009)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	28.52
Moldova (2009)	25.41	7.37	15.49	24.20	40.92
Mongolia (2009)	30.41	31.27	20.78	40.63	31.14
Montenegro (2009)	7.39	1.95	3.37	23.41	3.02
Morocco (2007)	13.39	0.00	10.74	6.38	27.34
Mozambique (2007)	14.84	6.87	9.79	31.65	25.36
Namibia (2006)	11.36	0.00	2.60	8.08	19.14
Nepal (2009)	15.15	11.70	14.87	78.93	19.94
Nicaragua (2006)	17.22	2.15	2.56	11.52	70.57
Niger (2009)	35.20	32.54	13.73	44.52	83.73
Nigeria (2007)	40.90	40.29	22.85	44.57	24.70
Oman (2003)	33.21	..	..	..	11.90
Pakistan (2007)	27.23	12.65	58.79	30.00	59.30
Panama (2006)	25.42	1.18	7.66	6.99	32.86
Paraguay (2006)	84.76	15.04	24.45	37.62	67.99
Peru (2006)	11.30	28.50	1.57	9.30	55.54
Philippines (2009)	18.64	10.55	21.76	53.34	22.16
Poland (2009)	4.95	1.42	4.82	16.71	24.07
Portugal (2005)	14.46	..	52.14	27.63	15.42
Romania (2009)	9.75	25.77	12.09	37.67	52.34
Russian Federation (2009)	29.44	22.18	17.44	46.32	50.00
Rwanda (2006)	19.96	4.58	4.90	14.37	4.35
Samoa (2009)	29.31	15.40	19.55	16.67	21.84
Senegal (2007)	18.12	21.09	18.66	36.32	23.84
Serbia (2009)	17.98	0.00	3.62	15.93	35.62
Sierra Leone (2009)	18.80	8.71	8.58	33.85	36.87
Slovak Republic (2009)	9.11	0.00	3.07	40.91	31.12
Slovenia (2009)	5.41	0.00	0.00	1.20	9.76
South Africa (2007)	15.09	0.00	3.13	32.24	16.87
Spain (2005)	4.36	..	14.34	2.41	7.84
Sri Lanka (2004)	16.28	18.00	2.74	2.21	16.89
Swaziland (2006)	40.60	7.25	3.33	31.85	24.89
Syrian Arab Republic (2009)	83.83	25.20	60.99	66.39	67.07
Tajikistan (2008)	40.51	38.55	33.03	31.09	37.82
Tanzania (2006)	49.47	20.05	14.70	42.69	19.73
Thailand (2006)	..	..	..	..	41.04
Timor-Leste (2009)	19.37	5.04	2.63	16.75	21.77
Togo (2009)	16.73	15.71	16.42	5.54	70.15
Tonga (2009)	12.54	4.96	1.36	22.28	53.95
Turkey (2008)	17.70	10.65	3.95	23.12	42.30
Uganda (2006)	51.70	12.86	14.53	46.43	23.57
Ukraine (2008)	22.90	37.26	28.31	44.87	50.21
Uruguay (2006)	7.26	3.99	0.60	7.23	43.05
Uzbekistan (2008)	56.19	58.94	52.35	50.81	27.20
Vanuatu (2009)	4.25	6.50	4.58	8.79	42.42
Venezuela, R.B. (2006)	..	5.82	2.63	..	39.97
Vietnam (2009)	52.11	15.16	33.68	53.67	5.09
West Bank and Gaza (2006)	13.25	1.56	2.68	7.19	66.50
Yemen, Rep. (2010)	68.20	60.78	66.67	70.79	68.28
Zambia (2007)	14.33	2.61	4.89	27.39	12.08

Note:
* For survey data collected in 2006 and 2007, this indicator is computed for the Manufacturing module only.
**Please, note that in the case of BEEPS 2008 surveys the question was asked to the firms that have confirmed that they have applied for Government contract in the last fiscal year while in the previous rounds of BEEPS the question was asked to all firms participating in the survey.
*** Due to differences in scales used in the ECA countries in 2002 and 2005 (four points) and those used in the 2008 surveys (five points) indicators based on business constraints questions are not fully comparable. End users are encouraged to keep this in mind when analyzing historical trends. Users can download the raw data for additional information.