Hungarian corruption is essentially zero on a global level, but it is considered good even in Europe, the expert points out.
"World-famous" Hungarian corruption simply does not exist according to World Bank statistics, writes the head of the MCC's Economic Policy Workshop.
To support his claim, Géza Sebestyén also presented a map from the data visualization page of the World Bank, on which you can see the percentage of companies in each country that experienced corruption-related requests.
The expert points out: "this figure is around 66 percent, i.e. it affects 2 out of 3 companies in Yemen. It affects around 50 percent, i.e. every second company in Afghanistan, Angola, South Sudan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Liberia. It affects around 33 percent, i.e. every third company in Albania, Chad, Mali, Morocco, Ukraine, and Vietnam. It affects around 25 percent, i.e. every fourth company in Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Cameroon, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Russia."
Compared to the above,
the Hungarian indicator was 1.2 percent in 2023, Sebestyén highlighted, adding that "even within the EU, many countries can 'boast' of higher corruption".
Such as:
Czech Republic (3.5 percent)
Belgium (4.3 percent)
Latvia (2 percent)
Denmark (3.4 percent)
Spain (3.5 percent)
Portugal (7.7 percent)
Croatia (6.8 percent)
Greece (5.5 percent)
Italy (11.8 percent)
We can therefore state that Hungarian corruption is essentially zero on a global level, but is considered good even in Europe.
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