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.