Corruption Perceptions Index 2019: Georgia ranks top of Eastern European, Central Asian states
Last year Georgia ranked 41st in the Corruption Perception Index. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, with Georgia ranking 44th among 180 countries and territories across the world, standing on top of all Eastern European and Central Asian countries.
In the index, which measures sector corruption according to experts and business people, Georgia has received 56 scores of total 100.
In the last year survey Georgia ranked 41st with the score of 58.
Only three countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia scored above the global average: Georgia (56), Belarus (45) and Montenegro (45).
At the bottom of the region are Turkmenistan (19), Uzbekistan (25) and Tajikistan (25).
This year’s analysis shows corruption is more pervasive in countries where big money can flow freely into electoral campaigns and where governments listen only to the voices of wealthy or well-connected individuals,” Transparency International says.
The 2019 Corruption Perception Index draws on 13 surveys and expert assessments to measure public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories, giving each a score from zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
Georgia was elected president of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in Vienna, Austria yesterday.
Local NGO Transparency International Georgia (TI) says that dealing with various forms of corruption remains major challenge for Georgia.
Georgia has cemented its position as one of anti-corruption leaders among Eastern European and Central Asian countries, according to Transparency International’s (TI) recently-published 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Georgia ranks 46th out of 180 countries, ahead of Eastern Partnership nations.
The Government of Georgia has adopted an 2017-2018 anti-corruption strategy which is focused on prevention and higher level transparency in state institutions.
The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO has published its annual report for 2019 earlier today on how CoE member states (as well as Belarus, Kazakhstan and the US) are preventing corruption among MPs, judges and prosecutors.
The United Nations places Georgia in 58tg place amongst 166 countries for sustainable development goals (SDG) in its Sustainable Development Report 2020.
Georgia has presented its second, voluntary national review on the implementation of the UN's 2030 agenda on sustainable development, covering the country's progress and achievements between 2015 and 2019.
The business environment in Georgia is much more favorable than in many other countries, said World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus Sebastian Molineus commenting on the result Georgia attained in the World Bank Enterprise Survey, in which Georgia ranked in the top 10 countries in terms of low bribery prevalence.
The World Bank has published a new Enterprise Surveys in which over 164,000 of companies from 144 countries were involved and Georgia was ranked in the top 10 countries in terms of low bribery prevalence. In Georgia, bribery incidence, which is the percent of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request, amounted to 1.3 per cent, while this indicator reaches 10 per cent.
Georgia has shown an improvement in the World Bank's recent study 'Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)' in terms of government effectiveness and regulatory quality.
Georgia ranks 53rd of 167 countries on the Legatum Prosperity Index 2020 which assesses political, social, economic and environmental standings of l countries. Since 2010, Georgia has moved up the rankings by 11 places, says the index.
Georgia has ranked 37th among 180 countries in the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index. The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index measures the sustainable competitiveness of countries by calculating 116 measurable, quantitative indicators derived from sources such as the World Bank, the IMF, and various UN agencies.
Transparency International has released its Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI) for 2020, the world’s leading assessment of corruption in government defence institutions, in which Georgia placed third in Central and Eastern Europe after Latvia and North Macedonia, with some of the least corruption risk in the region.
Georgia ranks 45th among 180 countries and territories across the world in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020 published by the Transparency International, standing on top of all Eastern European and Central Asian countries.
For the first time Georgia was named among the top 20 European countries in the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) Report 2020, announces Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat). Georgia ranked 31st globally out of 187 countries, with an overall score of 69. The overall score is a combination of a data coverage subscore of 62 and a data openness subscore of 74.
Over the past two years, Georgia has implemented two more recommendations issued by the Council of Europe anti-corruption body GRECO in 2016 on the prevention of corruption amongst MPs, judges and prosecutors, said GRECO in a new compliance report published today.
Georgia’s position in the 2021 Global Governance Efficiency Index has risen by eight places, making the country a competitor among World Bank member states and the top 20 countries in Europe. Georgia surpassed France, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Portugal and other leading countries in the Governance Efficiency ranking.
Swiss risk management company Global Risk Profile (GRP) has released the Global Corruption Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 41st, following 50th place last year, among 196 countries, and ahead of nine EU and NATO member states. On the index, which measures corruption risk levels in the countries, Georgia received a score of 33.26 on a 0-100 scale, while the risk of corruption in the country was evaluated as ‘low’.