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. Photo: Ministry of Finance
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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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his country had ranked ahead of 11 European Union and 13 NATO member states in the recently published World Bank’s Control of Corruption Index.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday marked International Anti-Corruption Day by highlighting Georgia’s “leading positions” in global anti-corruption rankings for efforts in combating the problem.
Revaz Javelidze, the head of the Georgian government administration, on Tuesday briefed an international, high-level anti-corruption conference in the Hague over the “effective steps” being taken by his country’s authorities in combating corruption.
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.
While the Georgian Government is “fully complying” with the international sanctions imposed on Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, imposing individual sanctions on Russia would not bring “any good” for Georgian citizens, Deputy Finance Minister Mikheil Dundua told TV Imedi on Monday.
Georgia has been ranked 53rd out of 167 countries on the 2023 Prosperity Index by the Legatum Institute, a London-based think-tank, with the cumulative ranking reflecting assessments of the country’s performance in a range of areas.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday said the country marked the International Anti-Corruption Day with the positions of a regional and international leader in this regard.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia launched an investigation in 117 criminal cases committed in the civil sector and criminal prosecution against 99 civil servants for corruption over the nine months of 2023, the state body said on Saturday.