economic2023

Elected officials refusing private jobs offered for political favours

Compare elected officials refusing private jobs offered for political favours across 30 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
5.6Percentage of respondents
Median: 6.3Percentage of respondents
Countries Covered
30
with available data
Highest
Denmark
9.5Percentage of respondents
Lowest
Ireland
0.1Percentage of respondents
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark9.5Percentage of respondents
2New Zealand9.0Percentage of respondents
3Norway8.8Percentage of respondents
4France8.8Percentage of respondents
5Sweden8.7Percentage of respondents
By Region
Oceania8.2Percentage of respondents(2 countries)
Europe6.0Percentage of respondents(22 countries)
North America4.5Percentage of respondents(2 countries)
Asia3.8Percentage of respondents(1 countries)
Other3.0Percentage of respondents(1 countries)
Key Findings
  • 30 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of respondents observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
  • Denmark has the highest published value (9.45 Percentage of respondents).
  • Ireland has the lowest published value (0.14 Percentage of respondents).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1Percentage of respondents)High (9.5Percentage of respondents)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.6Percentage of respondents)

Oceania (2)
Europe (22)
North America (2)
Asia (1)
Other (1)
South America (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

OECD Perception of public sector integrity measure 'Elected official refuses well-paid private sector job in exchange for political favour'. The map uses the exact official 2023 slice in Percentage of respondents; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=_Z (Not applicable); EDITION=2025 (2025); SCALE=DK (Don't know); CATEGORY=INT (Integrity); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

OECD Perception of public sector integrity measure 'Elected official refuses well-paid private sector job in exchange for political favour'. The map uses the exact official 2023 slice in Percentage of respondents; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=_Z (Not applicable); EDITION=2025 (2025); SCALE=DK (Don't know); CATEGORY=INT (Integrity); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Denmark9.5Percentage of respondents
2New Zealand9.0Percentage of respondents
3Norway8.8Percentage of respondents
4France8.8Percentage of respondents
5Sweden8.7Percentage of respondents
6Italy8.4Percentage of respondents
7Netherlands8.2Percentage of respondents
8Germany8.1Percentage of respondents
9Australia7.5Percentage of respondents
10Canada7.4Percentage of respondents
11Luxembourg7.0Percentage of respondents
12Latvia6.8Percentage of respondents
13Belgium6.8Percentage of respondents
14Estonia6.5Percentage of respondents
15Switzerland6.5Percentage of respondents
16Spain6.0Percentage of respondents
17Iceland5.8Percentage of respondents
18Slovakia5.3Percentage of respondents
19Czech Republic5.0Percentage of respondents
20United Kingdom4.7Percentage of respondents
21Greece4.0Percentage of respondents
22South Korea3.8Percentage of respondents
23Portugal3.7Percentage of respondents
24Slovenia3.2Percentage of respondents
25Costa Rica3.0Percentage of respondents
26Colombia2.1Percentage of respondents
27Chile1.8Percentage of respondents
28Mexico1.5Percentage of respondents
29Finland0.6Percentage of respondents
30Ireland0.1Percentage of respondents
Showing 30 of 30 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2023).

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