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Full Indicators List

Transparency

This theme covers various aspects of transparency in government operations, ensuring that key information about finances, administration, judicial proceedings, and elections is accessible and understandable to the public.

Fiscal Transparency

Evaluates how openly governments disclose budgeting processes, expenditures, and fiscal policies.

Budget Transparency

This Indicator represents the mean value of several questions from the Open Budget Survey, measuring transparency in the Executive’s Budget Proposal

Fiscal Transparency (T-Index)

A composite indicator derived from the T-Index assessing the online availability of public expenditure information.

Administrative Transparency

Assesses how government agencies and public institutions communicate their operations and decision-making processes, ensuring citizens have access to administrative data, such as policies and regulations, to hold government actions accountable.

Administrative Transparency

This indicator consists of the standardized sum of individual scores for relevant items in the de facto Transparency Index

Judicial Transparency

Assesses the availability of court proceedings and legal decisions to the public, ensuring an open judiciary. Includes the publication of court rulings and legal interpretations.

Judicial Transparency (T-index)

A composite indicator derived from the T-Index assessing the online availability of national legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and hearing schedules.

Electoral Transparency

Assesses the level of transparency in electoral processes, including voter registration, political campaign financing, and electoral outcome integrity.

Total score for de facto transparency

This score captures the existence of online portals to access relevant government information. It evaluates 14 different categories ranging from supreme court rulings, government expenditures and registers of commerce, to procurement information, mining concessions and financial disclosure of politicians.

Political Transparency

Measures the availability and accessibility of disclosures essential for accountability in public office.

Political Transparency (T-Index)

A composite indicator derived from the T-Index assessing the availability of financial disclosures and conflict of interest disclosures of public officials

Government Transparency

Assesses both the legislative framework and factual conditions that affect government transparency.

Transparency Index (Total Score)

The T-Index provides a score that measures the real (de facto) and legal (de jure) transparency of governments. It evaluates the availability, accessibility, and comprehensiveness of key public information required to deter corruption.

Transparency Index (%)

The Transparency Index score represented as a percentage.

Corruption Measures

This theme encompasses a range of global and regional indices that assess the prevalence and impact of corruption within countries.

Corruption Perception

Provides a country-level assessment of perceived public sector corruption.

Corruption Perception Index - Score

Perceived levels of corruption in the public sector

Single bidding

Assesses the prevalence and circumstances of contracts awarded through single-bid procurement processes, indicating the level of competition and transparency in public procurement.

Bidder number score

Share of public tenders that received more than one bid

Single Market Performance and Competitiveness

Measures the effectiveness of the single market across member states, focusing on enforcement of the four freedoms—goods, services, capital, and labor—and the competitiveness of the EU economy.

Public Integrity

Assesses a country’s capacity to prevent corruption by balancing opportunities for corruption with effective constraints, such as judicial independence, media freedom, and civil society engagement, to hold power holders accountable.

Index of Public Integrity

The IPI is based on 6 proxy indicators associated with constraints and opportunities of corruption

Wealth Inequality

Share of wealth owned by the richest 1% of the population

Share of wealth held by top 1%

Share of wealth (the total value of non-financial and financial assets) owned by the richest 1% of the population

Freedom of Expression

This theme provides data on media freedom and civil society’s ability to operate freely. It covers legal protections and real-world challenges to expression across various contexts.

Press Freedom

Measures the media’s ability to operate independently, free from censorship or political influence, with a focus on the role of independent journalism in holding power to account.

Press Freedom Index

A score out of 100 assessing the degree of freedom enjoyed by journalists

Regulation

This theme covers legal frameworks and mechanisms aimed at enforcing transparency, accountability, and the fight against corruption.

Public accountability

Covers political and administrative accountability mechanisms.

Total score for de jure transparency

This score captures the government's commitment to transparency as per the country's legislation and international agreements. It looks at 6 different categories including the country's ratification of the United Nations convention against Corruption, the existence of a freedom of information law, and participation in initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership.

Political Financing Regulation

Encompasses the assessment of regulations, transparency, and enforcement mechanisms governing political financing.

Political Financing Score

Strength of the legal framework on campaign and political financing

Bans and limits on private income

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation contemplates bans on private donations, including from foreign interests, corporations, trade unions, and anonymous sources.

Public funding

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation incorporates provisions to determine eligibility for public funding to political parties and how public funding is allocated. Additionally, the indicator considers whether public funding to political parties incorporates provisions to foster gender equality among political parties and candidates.

Regulations on spending

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation incorporates limits on spending and bans certain expenditures including vote-buying or the use of state resources to favor or disadvantage specific political parties or candidates.

Reporting, oversight and sanctions

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation defines specific reporting standards for political parties and campaign expenditures, as well as the existence of an adequate institutional framework to examine financial reports, investigate violations, and sanction political parties in case of infractions.

Financial Disclosure Regulation

Evaluates financial disclosure requirements for public officials to detect conflicts of interest, prevent illicit enrichment, and ensure transparency in their financial activities to curb corruption and maintain accountability in public office.

Financial Disclosure Score

Strength of the legal framework on financial disclosure for politicians

Financial Disclosure for Head of State

This indicator evaluates various aspects of financial disclosure for Heads of State, including the items required to be disclosed, the frequency of filing, the sanctions for non-compliance, the mechanisms for monitoring and oversight, and public access to the declarations

Financial Disclosure for Ministers

This indicator evaluates various aspects of financial disclosure for Ministers, including the items required to be disclosed, the frequency of filing, the sanctions for non-compliance, the mechanisms for monitoring and oversight, and public access to the declarations

Financial Disclosure for Members of Parliament

This indicator evaluates various aspects of financial disclosure for members of Parliament, including the items required to be disclosed, the frequency of filing, the sanctions for non-compliance, the mechanisms for monitoring and oversight, and public access to the declarations

Financial Disclosure for Civil servants

This indicator evaluates various aspects of financial disclosure for civil servants, including the items required to be disclosed, the frequency of filing, the sanctions for non-compliance, the mechanisms for monitoring and oversight, and public access to the declarations

Conflict of Interest Regulation

Assesses policies and restrictions aimed at preventing conflicts of interest among public officials.

Conflict of Interest Score

Strength of the legal framework on conflict of interest

Restrictions

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation restricts specific variations of conflict of interest such as accepting gifts, private firm/stock ownership, holding government contracts, etc.

Sanctions

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation stipulates fines, penal sanctions, or administrative sanctions for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior

Monitoring and Oversight

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation incorporates designates specific monitoring and enforcement bodies for matters of conflict of interest.

Freedom of Information Regulation

Evaluates the legal framework and implementation of freedom of information laws, focusing on access to government-held information, proactive disclosure, and mechanisms that ensure accountability and transparency.

Freedom of Information Score

Strength of the legal framework on access to information

Scope and coverage

This indicator assesses the scope of public information disclosure, including the coverage of both public and private sectors, and the access to specific documents, whether subject to reactive and/or proactive disclosure

Information access and release

This indicator evaluates existing procedures to access public information and the deadlines for its release

Exceptions and Overrides

This indicator assesses exemptions to disclosure and the availability of appeals processes

Sanctions for non-compliance

This indicator assesses the presence of specified sanctions for violations of disclosure requirements, including administrative sanctions, fines, and criminal sanctions

Monitoring and Oversight

This indicator evaluates the existence of institutional mechanisms to support the implementation of disclosure requirements, including the mandatory appointment of information officers in public agencies, the designation of a public body responsible for applying sanctions, the presence of a public body dedicated to public outreach, the establishment of a nodal agency for RTI implementation support and compliance, the legal specification of the Ombudsman's involvement in implementation, and the requirement for reporting data and/or implementation.

Public Procurement Regulation

Assesses the transparency, fairness, and regulatory compliance of public procurement processes, focusing on the availability of information, competition, and oversight mechanisms throughout key procurement phases.

Public Procurement Score

Strength of the legal framework on public procurement

Scope and coverage

This indicator captures mainly the existing thresholds above which the public procurement regulation applies in different sectors and types of products.

Information availability

This indicator captures the amount of information available online to trace the different stages of the procurement process, from tendering to contracting.

Evaluation

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation establishes specific criteria to evaluate the bids received and avoid preferential treatment. This includes, among others, reasons for exclusion, clauses that favour national companies over international ones.

Open competition

This indicator captures the extent to which the existing legal framework in a country helps guarantee open and competitive procurement procedures by ensuring the publication of the terms of reference, requiring a minimum number of bidders, and defining the minimum number of days that bidding processes remain open.

Institutional arrangements

This indicator captures whether the existing legislation in a country establishes an institutional framework to regulate public procurement and process complaints.

Criminal Law

Focuses on the criminal justice system’s role in enforcing anti-corruption measures.

Internet Empowerment

This theme assesses the effectiveness of digital platforms and services in promoting transparency, empowering citizens to access public information, and engaging with governance. It also examines the extent to which these tools are utilized by the public.

E-Services

Examines the availability and quality of online government services.

Online Services

The score is based on the Online Services Index, integrated in the UN E-Government Development Index, which measures the scope and quality of online services

Enlightened Citizens

Evaluates citizens' capacity to engage digitally with public services and governance.

E-Citizenship

Simple mean of standardized values of the percentage in populations of fixed broadband subscriptions, Internet users , and Facebook users

Enforcement

This theme focuses on efforts to enforce anti-corruption laws and policies at both the national and international levels

Judicial Independence

Assesses the judiciary's ability to operate free from external pressures or interference, ensuring impartial decision-making and adherence to the rule of law.

Judicial Independence

This indicator captures judicial independence in a country, based on responses from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Dataset

International Enforcement

Covers countries' efforts to enforce international anti-corruption agreements, including measures to combat transnational bribery and adhere to global frameworks.

National Enforcement

Focuses on domestic enforcement of anti-corruption laws, including the prosecution of corruption cases and the effectiveness of national anti-corruption agencies.