{"id":680,"date":"2012-07-25T09:56:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T13:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=680"},"modified":"2012-07-25T10:29:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T14:29:42","slug":"corruption-indicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/07\/25\/corruption-indicators\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/facts\/indicators\/IC.TAX.GIFT.ZS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/corruption-tax.png\" alt=\"Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms)\" title=\"Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms)\" width=\"710\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/corruption-tax.png 710w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/corruption-tax-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/corruption-tax-500x220.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For someone living in a country where corruption is widespread, it is very easy to cite examples of corruption, bribery, graft, traffic of influences, nepotism, etc. Measuring corruption in a systematic way is, in contrast, a much more difficult task. Going through the database of World Bank indicators we found two indicators directly related to corruption:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/facts\/indicators\/IC.FRM.CORR.ZS\">Percentage of firms expected to make informal payments to public officials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/facts\/indicators\/IC.TAX.GIFT.ZS\">Percentage of firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on the links above to find out where your country ranks in terms of corruption. Note though that the World Bank does not have data for all countries.<\/p>\n<p>For a far more comprehensive effort at measuring corruption, you may want to check the web site of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/\">Transparency International<\/a> and its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/annualreport\/2011\">annual reports on corruption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Corruption Indicators' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/07\/25\/corruption-indicators\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='Corruption Indicators' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/07\/25\/corruption-indicators\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Corruption Indicators' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/07\/25\/corruption-indicators\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='Corruption Indicators' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/07\/25\/corruption-indicators\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For someone living in a country where corruption is widespread, it is very easy to cite examples of corruption, bribery, graft, traffic of influences, nepotism, etc. Measuring corruption in a systematic way is, in contrast, a much more difficult task. 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