Q28_A1 Thinking about officials, to what extent would you agree with the following statements - It is common for companies in my line of business to have to pay some irregular “additional payments/gifts” to “get things done”.
Economy Totally disagree Tend to disagree Tend to agree Totally agree DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2024
Region 25 21 31 10 13
Albania 32 23 27 14 5
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
32 19 22 19 9
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 29 10 38 4 20
North Macedonia 20 21 36 15 10
Montenegro 2 32 38 4 26
Serbia 38 21 25 7 10
Balkan Barometer 2023
Region 45 19 17 7 12
Albania 75 12 9 3 3
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
22 27 28 6 17
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 48 26 13 13 0
North Macedonia 31 16 28 9 15
Montenegro 49 19 13 9 11
Serbia 48 17 14 6 14

 

F32_1 Thinking about officials, to what extent would you agree with the following statements - It is common for companies in my line of business to have to pay some irregular “additional payments/gifts” to “get things done”.
Economy Completely disagree Tend to disagree Neither disagree nor agree Tend to agree Completely agree DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region 33 17 20 14 6 10
Albania 48 17 13 17 2 3
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
13 22 32 22 2 8
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 75 2 4 11 4 3
North Macedonia 31 22 20 15 3 10
Montenegro 20 21 23 17 3 18
Serbia 31 15 20 9 11 13
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region 30 16 26 15 4 10
Albania 34 23 21 16 2 6
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
6 8 50 18 12 8
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 70 9 8 4 0 10
North Macedonia 33 22 19 16 5 6
Montenegro 22 20 25 15 3 17
Serbia 16 15 35 20 4 12
Balkan Barometer 2020
Region 31 19 19 15 4 12
Albania 47 21 23 7 0 2
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
30 13 15 21 10 12
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 31 12 18 24 7 10
North Macedonia 35 17 15 18 2 12
Montenegro 22 20 29 14 1 14
Serbia 27 22 20 12 3 15
Balkan Barometer 2019
Region 34 18 19 14 5 9
Albania 44 21 7 14 7 7
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
21 29 33 10 5 2
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 43 11 14 17 4 11
North Macedonia 33 18 21 15 2 11
Montenegro 36 11 17 14 7 15
Serbia 29 19 24 16 8 5
Balkan Barometer 2018
Region 26 18 24 15 6 11
Albania 45 35 8 9 2 3
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
29 13 26 9 8 14
Croatia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kosovo* 41 14 25 12 3 6
North Macedonia 16 19 21 28 3 13
Montenegro 21 21 29 20 4 6
Serbia 20 15 27 16 7 14
Balkan Barometer 2017
Region 25 20 23 20 4 7
Albania 31 31 17 18 3 2
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
27 12 25 18 7 10
Croatia 31 21 19 20 6 3
Kosovo* 31 10 34 25 1 1
North Macedonia 20 19 29 22 1 9
Montenegro 18 14 22 21 4 21
Serbia 17 23 24 22 3 12
Balkan Barometer 2016
Region 28 17 18 19 8 10
Albania 52 25 9 11 3 0
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
23 9 18 21 15 14
Croatia 32 15 17 21 10 5
Kosovo* 19 21 29 23 8 2
North Macedonia 17 29 14 16 2 23
Montenegro 27 14 18 12 8 20
Serbia 22 19 21 19 5 14
Balkan Barometer 2015
Region 36 18 15 16 5 9
Albania 41 37 17 5 1 1
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
24 13 21 24 11 9
Croatia 42 18 12 19 5 4
Kosovo* 58 21 11 7 2 2
North Macedonia 23 15 15 16 2 31
Montenegro 27 26 16 19 6 5
Serbia 33 15 17 16 4 16