Corruption cases by type of procedure Mexico 2023

According to a survey, around 5.4 million corruption cases were registered in Mexico in 2023, of which approximately 2.9 million cases occurred when citizens interacted with public security officers. In the same year, nearly 150,800 corruption cases were related with court procedures.

Number of corruption cases in Mexico in 2023, by type of procedure

Characteristic	Number of cases*
Contact with public security officers	2,942,473
Vehicle-related procedures	914,116
Procedures at the Prosecution Ministry	291,005
Vehicle tax	215,831
Procedures at the Civil Registry	171,403
Court procedures	150,822
Payment of electricity utilities	130,021
Tax authority procedures	124,775
Property-related permits	118,520
Electricity supply procedures	97,871
Municipal procedures	87,316
Public medical care	80,545
Public education procedures	78,707
Municipal services	75,426
Procedures to open a new business	74,287
Payment of water utilities	69,758
Passport expedition	49,339
Emergency calls to the police	44,639
Property tax payment (PREDIAL)	43,039
Housing loan or social programme loans	36,747
Emergency medical care	17,056
Other payments, procedures or requests	310,047

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

October 30th to December 15th, 2023

Number of respondents

46,000 households

Age group

18 years or older

Special properties

Only private households in urban areas of 100,000 inhabitants or more

Supplementary notes

* The data includes:
- Contact with public security authorities: Contact with police or other public security authorities related to traffic incidents, infractions, arrests due to fights, moral or administrative offenses.
- Other payments, procedures or requests: Procedures at the National Electoral Institute (INE), certificate of no criminal records, military service card, among others.
- Public medical care: appointments to health care services at public hospitals and clinics of the Mexican Institute of Social security (IMSS), the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) or the state governments.
- Emergency medical care: emergency medical care requests in public hospitals of the IMSS, the ISSSTE or the state governments.
- Municipal procedures: Permits to sell on public roads, installation of drinking water and drainage service.

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