Georgia ahead of six EU states in Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index
Georgia ranked 49th out of 180 countries and territories worldwide in terms of perceived levels of public sector corruption. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia has maintained its position as a regional leader and was ranked ahead of six European Union member states in the latest edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International this week.
The country was ranked 49th out of 180 countries and territories worldwide in terms of perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring 53 points on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), surpassing Malta, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
The country also outperformed all countries aspiring for EU membership - Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Bosnia, Turkey and Albania.
The result follows last year's Index, where Georgia ranked 41st with 56 points.
Georgia has ranked 29th with a score of 7.56 out of 10 in the 2023 Index of Public Integrity by the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-building, marking the country's highest-ever rating position.
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.
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.
Mikheil Dundua, the Deputy Finance Minister of Georgia, on Tuesday hailed the country’s “leading position” in Eastern Europe and worldwide as a “corruption-free” state, in reaction to the latest edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International this week.
Papuashvili said the survey, published this week, had “reaffirmed Georgia’s leadership” in anti-corruption credentials, with the country surpassing six European Union member states, nine NATO members and all EU candidate countries.
fDi Intelligence, a publication on foreign direct investments, on Thursday published its flagship European Cities and Regions of the Future ranking, where the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi was included in the top 10 in two categories.
Georgia has moved up three positions in the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom and ranks 32nd among 184 countries, as well as 19th among European states, surpassing “all countries” with the candidate status for European Union membership, Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili said on Thursday.
Priorities of the bilateral agenda between Georgia and Romania were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Tamar Beruchashvili, the Georgian Ambassador to the country, and Adrian Foghiș, the State Secretary of the Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.