The Global Corruption Barometer is a new survey of Transparency International held in 47 countries.
The results of the survey give crucial information for the citizens’ corruption perception in different aspects of their lives in their own country. The concrete results will help to identify the priorities in the context of curbing corruption.
TI’s Global Corruption Barometer survey measures the effect of corruption on values and different sectors of life, namely personal and family life, the business environment, political life, and the culture and values of society.
A total of 19 48 male respondents (47.6 %) and 21390 female respondents (52.4 %) from 47 countries were surveyed. A high percentage of the surveyed respondents are between 30 – 50 respondents years of age (42.9 %), are educated (71.3 %), earn low profit (41.9 %) and live in cities (66.4 %).
The questions of the survey seek to reflect the perception of the respondents for the level of corruption in their own country. The questions aim to reveal:
- How seriously does corruption affect the different sectors of life, namely personal and family life, the business environment, political life, and the culture and values of society in their own countries;
- What are the expectations of the respondents concerning the change in corruption level within the next three years;
- What is the opinion of the respondents on the question "If you had a magic wand and you could eliminate corruption from one of the following institutions, what would your first choice be: court, police, political parties, business licensing and etc.?
There is an interesting link between the GCB and CPI. When asked about the future, citizens from countries with high corruption score, according to the CPI, expected corruption to increase rather then to fall over the next three years.
The full data of the TI Global Corruption Barometer is available at:
http://www.transparency.org/surveys/index.html