3 Depressing Charts That Show How Corrupt People Think The World Is

Transparency International polled 114,000 people in 107 countries about their experiences with official corruption. Here’s what they think.

This much of the world thinks corruption has increased in their country

This much of the world thinks corruption has increased in their country

Via: transparency.org

Basically, the entire world. People in India, Brazil, the U.S., Indonesia and Russia, which combined include roughly 2 billion people, all said corruption has increased in their countries.

These are the countries where people said there was "no change" in corruption

These are the countries where people said there was "no change" in corruption

The economic heavy hitters here are Switzerland and Japan. There's also a gaggle of eternally well-run Nordic countries: Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.

Via: transparency.org

And, finally, these are the countries where people said there was less corruption

And, finally, these are the countries where people said there was less corruption

The biggest country here is the Philippines, along with Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cambodia, Fiji, Georgia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, and Taiwan. The full report, the 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, is available here.

Via: transparency.org


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