Latin America: bribery victimization rate 2004-2023

Share of respondents who were asked or had to pay a bribe in the last 12 months in Latin America between 2004 and 2023

CharacteristicBy a police officerBy a public official
2023* 10% 7%
2021 12% 10%
2018/19 11% 6%
2016/17 12% 6%
2014 11% 6%
2012 11% 6%
2010 10% 6%
2008 10% 6%
2006 10% 7%
2004 9% 7%
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0%2.5%5%7.5%10%12.5%15%
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Release date

December 2023

Region

LAC

Survey time period

2004 to 2023

Special properties

Voting-age adults

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

The following Latin American countries were surveyed: Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Argentina, Jamaica, Haiti, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and Paraguay.
The source does not specify the number of respondents.
Respondents were asked the following questions:
"Has a police officer asked you for a bribe in the last twelve months?
In the last twelve months, did any government employee ask you for a bribe?"
The source specifies that the answers to these questions were converted to an index, based on which the percentage of respondents who were victims of bribery was calculated.

Figures prior to 2023 were taken from previous versions of the same report.

* "Approximately 10 percent" 

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