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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland93.7%
2 United Kingdom92.0%
3 Finland 91.7%
4 Denmark90.6%
5 New Zealand89.6%
6 Iceland89.1%
7 Norway88.8%
8 Spain88.7%
8 Sweden88.7%
10 Australia87.7%
11 France87.5%
12 Japan87.1%
13 Germany86.5%
14 United States85.5%
15 Republic of Korea84.7%
16 Slovenia84.1%
17 Belgium81.5%
18 Israel78.3%
18 Latvia78.3%
20 Chile73.8%
21 Turkiye66.5%
22 Hungary65.1%
23 Slovakia65.0%
24 Lithuania60.9%
25 Czech Republic56.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.763163 X +4.481
Correlation coefficient (r)0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 143405.609199 X -69770.598
Correlation coefficient (r)0.661
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.437

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 18.337429 X +65.753
Correlation coefficient (r)0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.495363 X +1.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.670432 X +12.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002