Corruption_in_Albania
Corruption in Albania
Institutional corruption in the country
Corruption in Albania is a very serious problem.[1][2] According to Global Corruption Barometer 2013, 66% of respondents indicated that level of corruption has increased in Albania.[3]
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index scores 180 countries according to the perceived corruption of the public sector and then ranks those countries by their score. In 2022, Albania scored 36 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Albania ranked 101st among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [4] For comparison, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), and the worst score was 12 (ranked 180).[5]
Corruption is still considered one of the most problematic factors for establishing business in Albania.[6] Even though anti-corruption legal framework of Albania is moderate, its enforcement is weak and corruption conviction rates are still very low.[6]