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[[Transparency International]]'s 2023 [[Corruption Perceptions Index]] scored Germany at 78 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Germany ranked 9th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/how-cpi-scores-are-calculated |date=20 December 2021 |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Transparency.org|language=en}}</ref> For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 11 (ranked 180).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Germany |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023/index/deu |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Transparency.org |date=30 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among Western European and European Union countries {{refn |Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom |group="Note"}} was 90, the average score was 65 and the lowest score was 42.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/cpi-2023-west-europe-european-union-rule-of-law-political-integrity-threats-undermine-action-against-corruption |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Transparency.org |date=30 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
According to [[Freedom House]]'s report, Germany’s ability to ensure integrity and to prevent corruption in state bodies is generally sufficient due to a strong institutional setup.<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom in the World 2013- Germany|url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2013/germany|publisher=Freedom House|
▲[[Transparency International]]’s [[Global Corruption Barometer]] 2013 reveals that [[Political parties in Germany|political parties]] and businesses are the most corrupt institutions in [[Germany]]. According to 2016 results of [[Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perception Index]] of [[Transparency International]], Germany ranks 10th place out of 176 countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016|title=Corruption Perceptions Index 2016|last=e.V.|first=Transparency International|work=www.transparency.org|access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> The same report also indicates that [[petty corruption]] is not as uncommon as in other [[Europe]]an countries. The survey shows that 11% of the respondents claim to have been asked to pay a bribe at one point in their life and only few of those said that they had refused to pay the bribe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Corruption Barometer 2013|url=http://www.transparency.org/gcb2013|publisher=Transparency International|accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref>
Regarding business and corruption, business executives from [[World Economic Forum]] [[Global Competitiveness Report]] 2013-2014 consider tax regulations and restrictive labour regulations as the most problematic factors for doing business. They also report that trust in the ethical standards of politicians is relatively high, and that irregular payments and bribes only rarely take place in relation to public services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014|url=http://www.weforum.org/|publisher=World Economic Forum|
▲According to [[Freedom House]]'s report, Germany’s ability to ensure integrity and to prevent corruption in state bodies is generally sufficient due to a strong institutional setup.<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom in the World 2013- Germany|url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2013/germany|publisher=Freedom House|accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref>
▲Regarding business and corruption, business executives from [[World Economic Forum]] [[Global Competitiveness Report]] 2013-2014 consider tax regulations and restrictive labour regulations as the most problematic factors for doing business. They also report that trust in the ethical standards of politicians is relatively high, and that irregular payments and bribes only rarely take place in relation to public services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014|url=http://www.weforum.org/|publisher=World Economic Forum|accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[CDU donations scandal]]
* [[Crime in Germany]]
* [[Flick affair]]
* [[Group of States Against Corruption]]
* [[Lobbying in Germany]]
* [[International Anti-Corruption Academy]]
* [[International Anti-Corruption Day]]
* [[ISO 37001|ISO 37001 Anti-bribery management systems]]
* [[OECD Anti-Bribery Convention]]
* [[Transparency International]]
* [[United Nations Convention against Corruption]]
==Notes==
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[[Category:Corruption by country|Ger]]
[[Category:Politics of Germany]]
[[Category:Crime in Germany by type]]
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