Enterprise Bribery Incidence
Dataset Overview & Source
This dataset tracks Enterprise Bribery Incidence, measuring the percentage of business firms that experienced at least one bribe payment request by public officials during key regulatory or administrative transactions.
The data is sourced directly from the United Nations Global SDG Database (Indicator 16.5.1), which aggregates survey data conducted under the World Bank Enterprise Surveys program.
- Indicator: Percentage of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request
- Data Source: World Development Indicators (WDI) / World Bank Enterprise Surveys via the UN SDG Database
- Coverage Scope: The overall dataset covers 159 individual countries and territories surveyed across rolling multi-year cycles between 2006 and 2024.
Note: The tables below present a snapshot of the top 20 highest and bottom 20 lowest bribery incidence rates based on each country's most recent available survey year in the database.
🔴 Top 20 Countries with Highest Bribery Incidence (%)
| Rank | Country | Latest Survey Year | Bribery Incidence Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 2013 | 64.26% |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 2013 | 56.47% |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2017 | 56.11% |
| 4 | Angola | 2010 | 51.30% |
| 5 | Cambodia | 2022 | 50.47% |
| 6 | Mauritania | 2014 | 47.98% |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 2014 | 46.84% |
| 8 | Liberia | 2015 | 43.78% |
| 9 | Guinea | 2018 | 40.29% |
| 10 | Madagascar | 2019 | 37.37% |
| 11 | Albania | 2019 | 36.10% |
| 12 | Republic of the Congo | 2023 | 34.27% |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 2016 | 33.69% |
| 14 | Gabon | 2023 | 31.41% |
| 15 | Zambia | 2023 | 31.07% |
| 16 | Benin | 2014 | 30.26% |
| 17 | Eswatini | 2023 | 29.62% |
| 18 | Cameroon | 2016 | 29.33% |
| 19 | Djibouti | 2014 | 28.85% |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 2014 | 28.85% |
🟢 Bottom 20 Countries with Lowest Bribery Incidence (%)
| Rank | Country | Latest Survey Year | Bribery Incidence Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 2023 | 0.00% |
| 2 | Slovenia | 2009 | 0.00% |
| 3 | Lithuania | 2020 | 0.00% |
| 4 | Austria | 2023 | 0.00% |
| 5 | Croatia | 2020 | 0.00% |
| 6 | Cyprus | 2013 | 0.08% |
| 7 | Malta | 2019 | 0.21% |
| 8 | Latvia | 2020 | 0.28% |
| 9 | Poland | 2024 | 0.30% |
| 10 | Slovakia | 2020 | 0.43% |
| 11 | Czechia | 2019 | 0.43% |
| 12 | Hungary | 2023 | 0.58% |
| 13 | Portugal | 2023 | 0.92% |
| 14 | Greece | 2023 | 1.00% |
| 15 | Romania | 2023 | 1.07% |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 2023 | 1.20% |
| 17 | Italy | 2021 | 1.29% |
| 18 | Spain | 2010 | 1.29% |
| 19 | Serbia | 2019 | 1.36% |
| 20 | Georgia | 2024 | 1.39% |