Minister: Georgia targets continued progress in fight against corruption

Georgia ranks 41st globally for corruption freedom and is committed to improving this position year after year, according to Mikheil Dundua, the Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia, who shared these insights during an interview on the Imedi TV channel.

As reported by Georgian media, Georgia is considered one of the more successful countries in its battle against corruption, per Caliber.Az.

In the 2024 Rule of Law Index, which includes corruption freedom as a key factor, Georgia ranked 33rd worldwide, placed among the top 20 countries in Europe, and secured first place in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Dundua emphasized, “Georgia ranks 41st globally and 16th among European countries in terms of corruption freedom. It has been confirmed that Georgia’s anti-corruption policies, control measures, and governance strategies are all geared toward reducing corruption. And year after year, Georgia will continue to achieve better results in the fight against corruption.”

The Oxford University Wellbeing Research Centre, in partnership with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the international research organization Gallup, recently published a global corruption perception ranking as part of the World Happiness Report.

This study assessed the level of corruption through a global survey, asking two key questions:

• How widespread is corruption in government institutions?

• How prevalent is corruption in business?

Georgia made its mark by ranking among the top 50 countries and territories for corruption freedom, securing 41st place globally and 16th place among European countries.

Georgia outperformed all EU candidate countries and 19 EU and NATO member states, including Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Croatia, Poland, Greece, Montenegro, Malta, Slovenia, Türkiye, Slovakia, Albania, Hungary, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia.

The global survey also revealed that Ukraine and Moldova ranked among the bottom ten countries in terms of corruption perception. Specifically, Ukraine ranked second globally for corruption, while Moldova came in ninth.

By Tamilla Hasanova