Public Integrity Index: Georgia top among East European, Central Asian countries
The Public Sector Integrity Index assesses the practice of good governance, the independence of the judiciary and the freedom of the press, the level of administrative burden, accountability and transparency. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia is ranked top among East European and Central Asian states in good governance, independence of the judiciary, and other metrics in the latest ranking of the Public Integrity Index, a ranking by the European Research Center for Anti-corruption and State-building.
Listed 32nd in the index, Georgia’s ranking places it second among former Soviet republics, only behind Estonia. This marks a change from the previous ranking in 2019, where the country was listed ahead of Baltic states, and ranked fourth among former Soviet republics.
The promotion of the country in the list has prompted Ilia Darchiashvili, the Head of the Administration of the Government, to say the country continued to achieve tangible results in international surveys and indexes
The Public Sector Integrity Index assesses the practice of good governance, the independence of the judiciary and the freedom of the press, the level of administrative burden, accountability and transparency.
The ranking has been produced every two years since its initiation by the European Anti-Corruption Center in 2015. The index is based on studies and reports by the United Nations, World Bank, World Economic Forum, other internationally recognised entities and global organisations.
Fitch Ratings, a global financial ratings firm, has affirmed Georgia’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) status with a BB rating, also calling the country’s financial developments “broadly stable”.
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 45th among 180 countries and territories worldwide, and above all Eastern European and Central Asian states.
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’.
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.
Georgia has been ranked 41st among 180 countries and territories worldwide for the first time since the start of the Index and has been a leader in the Eastern European and Central Asian states in the 2022 Corruption Perception Index, Mikheil Dundua, Georgian Deputy Finance Minister said on Friday.