Corruption in Bahrain
Bahrain became a party with United Nations Convention against Corruption in 2010 after signing it in 2005.[1]
Statistical evaluations
[edit]In Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, which scored 180 countries on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"), Bahrain scored 42. When ranked by score, Bahrain ranked 76th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.[2] 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).[3] For comparison with regional scores, the average score among Middle Eastern and North African countries [Note 1] was 34. The highest score among Middle Eastern and North African countries was 68 and the lowest score was 13.[4]
| Years | 2012[5] | 2013[6] | 2014[7] | 2015[8] | 2016[9] | 2017[10] | 2018[11] | 2019[12] | 2020[13] | 2021[14] | 2022[15] | 2023[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corruption Perceptions Index score | 51
|
48
|
49
|
51
|
43
|
36
|
36
|
42
|
42
|
42
|
44
|
42
|
- Scores are on a 0-100 scale, with 0 being a perception of very low public sector honesty and 100 being a perception of very high public sector honesty.
Notable incidents of fraud and corruption
[edit]- Alcoa-Alba corruption case, a $6m bribe case.[16]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
See also
[edit]- Bahrain Transparency Society
- International Anti-Corruption Academy
- Group of States Against Corruption
- International Anti-Corruption Day
- ISO 37001 Anti-bribery management systems
- United Nations Convention against Corruption
- OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
- Transparency International
References
[edit]- ^ Staff writer. "United Nations Convention against Corruption". UNODC. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- ^ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "CPI 2023 for Middle East & North Africa: Dysfunctional approach to fighting corruption undermines progress". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2012: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2013: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2014: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2015: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2016: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2017: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2018: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2019: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2020: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2021: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2022: Bahrain". Transparency.org. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Simeon Kerr (27 October 2011). "Bahraini royal accused in $6m bribe case". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
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