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Question: In the last five years, how often have you or a member of your immediate family come across a public official who hinted they wanted, or asked for, a bribe or favour in return for a service?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Occasionally" "Quite often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Georgia97.9%
2 Switzerland93.7%
3 United Kingdom92.0%
4 Finland91.7%
5 Taiwan91.3%
6 Denmark90.6%
7 New Zealand89.6%
8 Iceland89.1%
9 Norway88.8%
10 Spain88.7%
10 Sweden88.7%
12 Australia87.7%
13 France87.5%
14 Japan 87.1%
15 Germany86.5%
16 United States85.5%
17 Republic of Korea84.7%
18 Slovenia84.1%
19 Belgium81.5%
20 Israel78.3%
20 Latvia78.3%
22 Chile73.8%
23 Turkiye66.5%
24 Hungary65.1%
25 Slovakia65.0%
26 Thailand61.4%
27 Lithuania60.9%
28 South Africa58.1%
29 Czech Republic56.7%
30 Suriname54.6%
31 Croatia53.2%
32 Philippines45.3%
33 India41.8%
34 Russian Federation40.0%
35 Venezuela26.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.569192 X +4.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 97146.453477 X -36938.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 23.526098 X +60.315
Correlation coefficient (r)0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.829478 X +2.347
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -3.028261 X +13.692
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009