Georgia reaches all-time high ranking in European Commission’s Index of Public Integrity, placed in top 30 worldwide

Georgia has received its highest-ever rating of 7.56 points in a 10-point evaluation system in the recent Index of Public Integrity by the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building, published by the European Commission, moving from 32nd to 29th in the top 30.

The Index puts Georgia ahead of 11 member states of the European Union and NATO, as well as all other candidate countries for EU membership. Additionally, it leads in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and is the top performer among the countries in the “high middle income” group.

The state surpasses Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Malta, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Albania and North Macedonia, among others.

Georgia also improved its judicial independence rating by 21 steps, moving from 57th place to 36th position and entering the top 20 in Europe. The country outperforms 16 EU and NATO member states in terms of judicial independence, including Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Greece, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Malta, Latvia, Hungary, Croatia, Turkey, and North Macedonia.

It has also earned the perfect score of 10 points for administrative transparency, achieving the best result in the world along with 10 other states on equal points.

The IPI measures the level of corruption control, evaluating good governance practices, judicial independence, freedom of the press, administrative burden, as well as state accountability and transparency.