economic2023

Government employees refusing bribes to speed up services

Compare government employees refusing bribes to speed up services across 30 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
5.4Percentage of respondents
Median: 6.0Percentage of respondents
Countries Covered
30
with available data
Highest
Germany
9.1Percentage of respondents
Lowest
Ireland
0.2Percentage of respondents
Top 5 Countries
1Germany9.1Percentage of respondents
2Denmark8.6Percentage of respondents
3New Zealand8.3Percentage of respondents
4France8.1Percentage of respondents
5Netherlands8.0Percentage of respondents
By Region
Oceania7.7Percentage of respondents(2 countries)
Europe5.7Percentage of respondents(22 countries)
North America4.3Percentage of respondents(2 countries)
Asia3.5Percentage of respondents(1 countries)
Other3.1Percentage of respondents(1 countries)
Key Findings
  • 30 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of respondents observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
  • Germany has the highest published value (9.12 Percentage of respondents).
  • Ireland has the lowest published value (0.16 Percentage of respondents).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2Percentage of respondents)High (9.1Percentage of respondents)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.4Percentage 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 'Government employee refuses money to speed up service'. 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 'Government employee refuses money to speed up service'. 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
1Germany9.1Percentage of respondents
2Denmark8.6Percentage of respondents
3New Zealand8.3Percentage of respondents
4France8.1Percentage of respondents
5Netherlands8.0Percentage of respondents
6Sweden7.8Percentage of respondents
7Norway7.7Percentage of respondents
8Canada7.5Percentage of respondents
9Australia7.1Percentage of respondents
10United Kingdom7.1Percentage of respondents
11Estonia7.0Percentage of respondents
12Latvia6.7Percentage of respondents
13Spain6.3Percentage of respondents
14Belgium6.2Percentage of respondents
15Switzerland6.0Percentage of respondents
16Iceland5.9Percentage of respondents
17Luxembourg5.7Percentage of respondents
18Italy5.5Percentage of respondents
19Slovakia5.2Percentage of respondents
20Czech Republic4.9Percentage of respondents
21Portugal3.5Percentage of respondents
22South Korea3.5Percentage of respondents
23Costa Rica3.1Percentage of respondents
24Slovenia2.8Percentage of respondents
25Chile2.7Percentage of respondents
26Greece2.6Percentage of respondents
27Colombia2.1Percentage of respondents
28Mexico1.1Percentage of respondents
29Finland0.7Percentage of respondents
30Ireland0.2Percentage 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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