Deputy Finance Minister highlights Georgia’s ranking among top European countries in Transparency International corruption report

Georgia’s Deputy Finance Minister Mikheil Dundua on Tuesday highlighted the country’s selection in the 41st spot among 180 countries and territories in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index report for 2022.  

Dundua said the country was ranked above all Eastern European and Central Asian states in the ranking.

In the index, which measures sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, Georgia received 56 points out of a total 100, a one-point increase compared to the previous year. 

Dundua pointed out the figures meant Georgia was included in the top 20 European countries for the first time since the start of the Index. 

Georgia is in the 20th place in the best group of Europe along with Italy, Slovenia and the Czech Republic - equal on 56 points. Georgia is ahead of nine EU and 11 NATO member countries: Poland, Slovakia, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania. Georgia ranks first in the Black Sea and the Caucasus and Central Asia regions", the official added.

The Deputy Minister also said the outcome was a “successful” result of the efforts made by the country’s authorities in their anti-corruption policy, calling the country a "leader in the region" and is “one of the most visible countries” in Europe.