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1. General public’s
perceptions of corruption
in key sectors
The 2009 Global Corruption Barometer asked more than
73,000 individuals around the world the extent to which they
perceive six key sectors and institutions to be corrupt.
Figure 1 SINGLE INSTITUTION/SECTOR PERCEIVED
TO BE MOST AFFECTED BY CORRUPTION,
OVERALL RESULTS
Political parties were perceived to be corrupt by 68 per cent
of respondents, followed closely by the civil service (public
officials/ civil servants) and parliament: 63 and 60 per cent
respectively. The private sector and judiciary were also seen as
corrupt by half of respondents. Around 43 per cent of
interviewees also believed that the media is affected by
corruption. (For results by country please see Table 1 in
Appendix D.)
Political Parties
Public officials/
Civil servants
Parliament/
Legislature
Business/
Private sector
Judiciary
29
26
16
14
9
When asked which of the six sectors/institutions they
considered to be the single most corrupt, the general public
most frequently identified political parties and the civil
service, with 29 and 26 per cent respectively. At the lower end
were the media and the judiciary with 6 and 9 per cent of
respondents respectively seeing them as the single most
corrupt institution (Figure 1).
Media
6
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
% of respondents who reported this to be the most
corrupt institution
Source: Transparency International Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
Percentages are weighted.
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