Georgia is in 19th place in fight against corruption and is ahead of 13 member states of the EU.
According to research by the World Bank Governance Indicators, among the European countries Georgia is in 19th place in fight against corruption and is ahead of 13 member states of the EU: Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Slovakia, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece and Bulgaria.
Georgia’s score for controlling corruption, based on a scoring system of 100%, was 77,40% and putting Georgia in 48th place, which is the highest score in the history of the country.
The World Bank’s World Governance Indicators (WGI) reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries in six primary categories:
- Voice and Accountability
- Political Stability and Absence of Violence
- Government Effectiveness
- Regulatory Quality
- Rule of Law
- Control of Corruption
Georgia’s worst score was in the category of political stability and absence of violence – out of a score of 100 Georgia scored 32. In voice and accountability indicators, Georgia scored 55, and for Rule of Law, Georgia scored 63.
Georgia made an improvement in regulatory quality indicators, receiving a score of 81.73% and received the rank of 38th in the world for 2017. In the area of regulatory quality Georgia is ahead of the following countries: Italy (52), Hungary (56), Bulgaria (57), Slovenia (58), Macedonia (60), Romania (62), Spain (42), Portugal (43), Poland (44), Slovakia (49) Serbia (93), Azerbaijan (118), Ukraine (124), Russia (140), Croatia (65), Armenia (74), Greece (77), Kazakhstan (81), Moldova (95), Turkey Belarus (157) and others.
Georgia also made improvements in Government Effectiveness indicators. The country scored 72.12 and came in at 59th place. For this indicator Georgia’s score was not only improved but its ranking position went up as well.
The WGIs research database is based on various global ratings and assessments, some of which are Freedom House, IREX Media Sustainability Index, Open Budget Index, and the World Justice Project.
