Bribery incidence

percent of firms experiencing at least one bribe request, 2006–2017

Country	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Afghanistan			36.70	38.38	40.07	41.75	43.43	45.12	46.80
Albania		26.50	25.33	24.17	23.00	21.83	20.67	19.50
Algeria		18.80
Angola	19.30	27.30	35.30	43.30	51.30
Antigua and Barbuda					6.90
Argentina	7.20	7.98	8.75	9.53	10.30	10.16	10.01	9.87	9.73	9.59	9.44	9.30
Armenia				15.50	13.40	11.30	9.20	7.10
Azerbaijan				52.00	42.98	33.95	24.93	15.90
Bahamas					21.00
Bangladesh		60.30	58.20	56.10	54.00	51.90	49.80	47.70
Barbados					1.20
Belarus			15.50	14.18	12.86	11.54	10.22	8.90
Belize					6.20
Benin				34.50	31.64	28.79	25.93	23.07	20.21	17.36	14.50
Bhutan				6.30	5.40	4.50	3.60	2.70	1.80	0.90
Bolivia	20.90	18.35	15.80	13.25	10.70	10.47	10.24	10.01	9.79	9.56	9.33	9.10
Bosnia and Herzegovina				10.20	10.33	10.45	10.58	10.70
Botswana	5.30	6.08	6.85	7.63	8.40
Brazil				11.70
Bulgaria		6.70	8.80	10.90	10.40	9.90	9.40	8.90
Burkina Faso	22.70	18.40	14.10	9.80
Burma (Myanmar)									42.90	36.10	29.30
Burundi	25.30	25.93	26.55	27.18	27.80	28.43	29.05	29.68	30.30
Cambodia		59.50	61.15	62.80	64.45	66.10	67.75	69.40	67.83	66.27	64.70
Cameroon	70.40	58.23	46.07	33.90	32.87	31.84	30.81	29.79	28.76	27.73	26.70
Cape Verde	12.00	8.67	5.33	2.00
Central African Republic						21.00
Chad				35.00
Chile	7.80	6.18	4.55	2.93	1.30
China							11.60
Colombia	3.50	3.18	2.85	2.53	2.20
Congo (Brazzaville)				37.50
Congo (Kinshasa)	68.90	65.98	63.05	60.13	57.20	56.97	56.73	56.50
Costa Rica					8.70
Croatia		4.90	4.73	4.57	4.40	4.23	4.07	3.90
Czech Republic				7.10	6.20	5.30	4.40	3.50
Djibouti								11.10
Dominica					5.80
Dominican Republic					16.30	15.63	14.97	14.30	13.63	12.97	12.30
Ecuador	15.40	11.98	8.55	5.13	1.70	2.30	2.90	3.50	4.10	4.70	5.30	5.90
Egypt		25.20	7.90	9.80	11.70	13.60	15.50	17.40	16.67	15.93	15.20
El Salvador	4.70	4.60	4.50	4.40	4.30	4.28	4.27	4.25	4.23	4.22	4.20
Estonia				5.70
Ethiopia	6.80	6.74	6.68	6.62	6.56	6.50	11.58	16.65	21.73	26.80
Fiji				10.50
Gabon				23.20
Gambia	25.10
Georgia			9.80	8.28	6.76	5.24	3.72	2.20
Ghana		23.00	22.28	21.57	20.85	20.13	19.42	18.70
Grenada					6.60
Guatemala	7.70	8.60	9.50	10.40	11.30
Guinea	60.70	55.42	50.14	44.86	39.58	34.30	29.02	23.74	18.46	13.18	7.90
Guinea Bissau	27.60
Guyana					14.90
Honduras	20.70	17.55	14.40	11.25	8.10	8.20	8.30	8.40	8.50	8.60	8.70
Hungary				1.00	1.28	1.55	1.83	2.10
India									22.70
Indonesia				26.90	27.52	28.13	28.75	29.37	29.98	30.60
Iraq						37.30
Israel								0.10
Ivory Coast				19.30	20.16	21.01	21.87	22.73	23.59	24.44	25.30
Jamaica					19.30
Jordan	3.20	4.56	5.91	7.27	8.63	9.99	11.34	12.70
Kazakhstan				32.80	31.28	29.75	28.23	26.70
Kenya		42.00	39.40	36.80	34.20	31.60	29.00	26.40
Kosovo				9.00	10.18	11.35	12.53	13.70
Kyrgyzstan				42.50	46.83	51.15	55.48	59.80
Laos				39.20	38.57	37.93	37.30	32.08	26.85	21.63	16.40
Latvia				8.90	7.55	6.20	4.85	3.50
Lebanon				20.60	20.25	19.90	19.55	19.20
Lesotho				14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60
Liberia				70.50	68.70	66.90	65.10	63.30	61.50	59.70	57.90	56.10
Lithuania				7.20	8.00	8.80	9.60	10.40
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)				14.70	12.90	11.10	9.30	7.50
Madagascar				11.60	16.93	22.25	27.58	32.90
Malawi				13.70	15.80	17.90	20.00	22.10	24.20
Malaysia										28.20
Mali		33.30	31.30	29.30	27.30	28.37	29.43	30.50	31.57	32.63	33.70
Mauritania	52.90	49.90	46.90	43.90	40.90	37.90	34.90	31.90	28.90
Mauritius				3.90
Mexico	14.10	14.98	15.85	16.73	17.60
Micronesia				4.50
Moldova				17.80	21.10	24.40	27.70	31.00
Mongolia				30.50	31.23	31.95	32.68	33.40
Montenegro				3.30	7.18	11.05	14.93	18.80
Morocco		11.30	15.62	19.93	24.25	28.57	32.88	37.20
Mozambique		12.40
Namibia	1.20	2.19	3.18	4.16	5.15	6.14	7.13	8.11	9.10
Nepal				15.10	14.93	14.75	14.58	14.40
Nicaragua	7.70	7.93	8.15	8.38	8.60	8.25	7.90	7.55	7.20	6.85	6.50
Niger	25.00	22.83	20.67	18.50	17.16	15.83	14.49	13.15	11.81	10.48	9.14	7.80
Nigeria		40.00	38.41	36.83	35.24	33.66	32.07	30.49	28.90
Pakistan		60.20	55.30	50.40	45.50	40.60	35.70	30.80
Panama	7.90	7.70	7.50	7.30	7.10
Papua New Guinea										26.40
Paraguay	26.30	27.60	28.90	30.20	31.50	28.97	26.44	23.91	21.39	18.86	16.33	13.80
Peru	15.90	15.90	15.90	15.90	15.90	16.14	16.39	16.63	16.87	17.11	17.36	17.60
Philippines				25.60	24.20	22.80	21.40	20.00	18.60	17.20
Poland				8.20	6.63	5.05	3.48	1.90
Romania				19.70	17.23	14.75	12.28	9.80
Russia				27.30	22.93	18.57	14.20
Rwanda	7.00	6.98	6.96	6.94	6.92	6.90
Saint Kitts and Nevis					2.20
Saint Lucia					11.60
Saint Vincent and Grenadines					4.90
Samoa				30.50
Senegal		21.40	19.93	18.46	16.99	15.51	14.04	12.57	11.10
Serbia				11.90	10.45	9.00	7.55	6.10
Sierra Leone				18.10	21.60	25.10	28.60	32.10	35.60	39.10	42.60	46.10
Slovakia				5.70	5.38	5.05	4.73	4.40
Slovenia				2.30	1.78	1.25	0.73	0.20
Solomon Islands										43.80
South Africa		4.20
South Sudan									48.00
Sri Lanka						10.00
Sudan									17.60
Suriname					4.90
Swaziland	5.70	5.80	5.90	6.00	6.10	6.20	6.30	6.40	6.50	6.60	6.70
Sweden									1.90
Syria				69.60
Tajikistan			37.80	37.50	37.20	36.90	36.60	36.30
Tanzania	21.70	21.57	21.44	21.31	21.19	21.06	20.93	20.80
Thailand											9.90
Timor Leste				16.10	20.78	25.47	30.15	34.83	39.52	44.20
Togo				19.10	17.37	15.64	13.91	12.19	10.46	8.73	7.00
Tonga				24.90
Trinidad and Tobago					10.50
Tunisia								10.30
Turkey			9.20	8.44	7.68	6.92	6.16	5.40
Uganda	18.60	19.09	19.57	20.06	20.54	21.03	21.51	22.00
Ukraine			38.50	40.88	43.26	45.64	48.02	50.40
Uruguay	2.20	2.20	2.20	2.20	2.20	2.23	2.26	2.29	2.31	2.34	2.37	2.40
Uzbekistan			55.50	45.80	36.10	26.40	16.70	7.00
Vanuatu				11.90
Venezuela	3.80	5.43	7.05	8.68	10.30
Vietnam				38.30	36.27	34.23	32.20	30.17	28.13	26.10
West Bank and Gaza	4.30	4.67	5.04	5.41	5.79	6.16	6.53	6.90
Yemen					68.90	67.37	65.83	64.30
Zambia		7.10	8.55	10.00	11.45	12.90	14.35	15.80
Zimbabwe						16.20	16.46	16.72	16.98	17.24	17.50

Bribery incidence is the percentage of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request across 6 public transactions dealing with utilities access, permits, licenses, and taxes.

Source: World Bank

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