Transparency International’s (TI) Global Corruption Barometer (the Barometer) presents the results of a public opinion survey of about 55,000 people in 69 low, middle, and high-income countries. The survey was carried out by Gallup International, on behalf of TI, from May until October 2005.

The Barometer asks people about their opinions regarding which sectors of society are the most corrupt, which spheres of life are most affected, whether corruption has increased or decreased in relation to the past, and whether it is likely to be more or less prevalent in future.

• Asked to indicate the degree of change over the past three years, the overall view of citizens in 48 countries out of 69 is that corruption had increased. 
• In six countries, citizens’ views overall are that corruption declined over that period: Colombia, Georgia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Kenya and Singapore. 
• In 13 countries – Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Israel, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines and Venezuela – more than 50 percent of those responding feel that corruption increased a lot. 
• Africans and Latin Americans are the most negative about the past.

The findings of the 2005 Global Corruption Barometer are an indictment of political and justice systems around the world. Citizens in the countries surveyed ranked political parties, parliaments, the police, and the judiciary as the most corrupt institutions in their societies

• Global Corruption Barometer Report 2005

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• Press Release

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