The TI Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries in terms of the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians. It is a composite index, drawing on corruption-related data in expert surveys carried out by a variety of reputable institutions. It reflects the views of businesspeople and analysts from around the world, including experts who are locals in the countries evaluated.

The CPI focuses on corruption in the public sector and defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain. The surveys used in compiling the CPI ask questions that relate to the misuse of public power for private benefit, with a focus, for example, on bribe-taking by public officials in public procurement. The sources do not distinguish between administrative and political corruption or between petty and grand corruption.

Learn more about CPI: Global Indices, press releases, survey sources, methodology (1995-2008)

Click here for the Chinese (中文) version of the press kit which includes the following CPI 2008 data: Table of results, regional highlights, sources, short methodoloy, frequently asked questions, TI press release, press contacts.

The below links provide regional overviews on how Asia Pacific countries rank in the CPI:

• cpi_2008_Asia_Pacific.pdf
• cpi_2007_Asia_Pacific.pdf 10.72 kB
• cpi_2006_Asia_Pacific.pdf 13.04 kB
• cpi_2005_Asia_Pacific.pdf 92.99 kB
• cpi_2004_asia_pacific.pdf 117.51 kB
• cpi_2003_asia_pacific.pdf 143.72 kB
• cpi_2002_asia_pacific.pdf 116.45 kB
• cpi_2001_asia_pacific.pdf 129.08 kB

The TI Bribe Payers Index (BPI) analyses the supply side of bribery in the countries where the bribes are paid. The survey has been conducted in 1999, 2002 and 2006. It ranks leading exporting countries including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and India (included in 2006) in terms of the degree to which international companies with their headquarters in those countries are likely to pay bribes abroad.

The BPI examines the success and failure of governments to control corruption abroad by companies headquartered in their countries and indicates how companies succeed in ensuring their employees comply with the demand of good business practice. Among the Asia Pacific countries, India and China rank worst. However, the results show that also the top rank countries bribe when doing business abroad.

Bribe Payers Index 2006

Bribe Payers Index 2002

Bribe Payers Index 1999

The TI Global Corruption Barometer is a public opinion survey, carried out annually since 2003. The Barometer assesses general public attitudes toward and experience of corruption and compares corruption with other problems in society, evaluates the extent to which public and private institutions are considered corrupt, determines where the public believes corruption's impact is greatest, and asks about experience of paying bribes, and for the public's expectations concerning future levels of corruption.

The Global Corruption Barometer has surveyed corruption in political parties, police, parliament/legislature and business/private sector to be the most problematic areas in the Asia Pacific.

Pakistan National Corruption Perception Survey 2006. As a continuation to the National Corruption Perception Survey 2002, TI Pakistan conducted the National Corruption Perception Survey 2006 to measure the perceived corruption in governmental departments, and to compare the outcomes with the results of 2002 survey in order to assess progress or slippage in the level of corruption. Read the press release or download the complete National Corruption Perception Survey 2006

South Asia Corruption Survey 2002. Corruption in South Asia - Insights & Benchmarks from Citizen Feedback Surveys in Five Countries.The South Asia Survey was a household survey carried out in 2002 in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, evaluating citizen perception and experience of corruption in public institutions. Of the seven major public institutions, the police emerge as the most corrupt in all five countries surveyed. The judiciary was identified as the second most corrupt area in all countries except Pakistan, where land administration and the tax authorities were identified as the second and third most corrupt areas respectively. Land administration figures prominently in the list of the most corrupt sectors in four out of the five countries.

Mapping Corruption and Governance Measurement Tools. A consolidated source of national surveys from the region is the Report: Mapping Exercise of Corruption and Governance Measurement Tools in Asia and Caucasus countries. This report maps out international, national and local tools that measure corruption and related phenomena in 16 countries. The mapping covers a range of tools relating both to corruption and more broadly to governance such as opinion polls, expert surveys, press monitoring, and citizens' report cards, indices of institutions, sectoral indicators and democracy and governance indicators. The report describes the type of tool, coverage, source, purpose, methodology and implementation, primary use, impact and contact information. Complementing the Report is a useful Table of Corruption and Governance Measurement Tools which helps in locating information on any particular country. The table contains page references to the narrative report, making it easy to go back and find the narrative description of each tool.