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Latin America: groups involved in corruption according to public opinion 2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 5, 2024

During a 2020 survey, approximately 55 percent of respondents in Latin America thought that all or almost all members of Congress in their country were involved in corruption. Moreover, exactly half of the Latin American people interviewed believed that the police was involved in acts of corruption.

In Latin America, Uruguay was the country with the best Corruption Perception Index in the region.

Main social and political groups involved in corruption according to public opinion in Latin America in 2020, by type

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Characteristic	Share of respondents
The president and her/his staff	58%
Congress members	55%
The police	50%
Judges	47%
Local Government	41%
Public servants	34%
Businesspeople	32%
Taxation authority staff	29%
Religious leaders	24%
Certain families	16%

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Details: Corporación Latinobarómetro; October 26 and December 15, 2020*; Approx. 1,000-1,200 respondents per country; Including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

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Source

Corporación Latinobarómetro

Survey by

Corporación Latinobarómetro

Published by

Corporación Latinobarómetro

Source link

Corporación Latinobarómetro, Informe 2021, page 84

Release date

October 2021

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

October 26 and December 15, 2020*

Number of respondents

Approx. 1,000-1,200 respondents per country

Special properties

Including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "¿Cuáles de los siguientes grupos de personas piensa Ud. que están involucradas en actos de corrupción, o no tiene suficiente información para opinar?"
The wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the original.
*Except in Argentina, where the survey was conducted online between April 26 and May 16, 2021.

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