Q53_1 There is corruption in the public institutions at central level in [ECONOMY]
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	1,7	6023	43	40	9	2	6
Albania	1,8	1002	31	54	10	0	5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,6	1005	48	35	10	1	6
Kosovo*	1,8	1000	40	42	11	6	2
North Macedonia	1,5	1003	54	32	7	2	5
Montenegro	1,7	1010	36	42	7	2	13
Serbia	1,6	1003	49	33	8	1	9

 

Q53_2 There is corruption in the local or regional public institutions in [ECONOMY]
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	1,7	6023	43	41	8	3	6
Albania	1,8	1002	28	56	11	1	5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,6	1005	52	33	8	3	5
Kosovo*	1,8	1000	41	45	5	7	2
North Macedonia	1,6	1003	50	33	7	4	5
Montenegro	1,8	1010	34	44	7	2	13
Serbia	1,6	1003	49	33	7	2	9

 

Q53_3 Corruption is part of the business culture in [ECONOMY]
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	1,8	6023	38	41	11	4	6
Albania	1,9	1002	29	52	13	2	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,7	1005	44	37	11	3	5
Kosovo*	1,9	1000	32	46	10	6	7
North Macedonia	1,6	1003	50	32	9	4	4
Montenegro	1,8	1010	33	42	11	4	11
Serbia	1,8	1003	39	37	13	3	7

 

Q53_4 There are enough successful prosecutions in [ECONOMY] to deter people from corrupt practices
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	2,7	6023	12	28	30	22	8
Albania	2,6	1002	10	35	31	17	7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,7	1005	16	23	28	26	7
Kosovo*	2,6	1000	4	41	46	8	2
North Macedonia	2,6	1003	23	22	18	31	7
Montenegro	2,6	1010	14	29	25	18	14
Serbia	3,0	1003	8	16	34	30	12

 

Q53_5 High-level corruption cases are not pursued sufficiently in [ECONOMY]
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	1,7	6023	44	34	11	5	6
Albania	1,9	1002	34	46	15	3	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,8	1005	46	32	10	6	6
Kosovo*	1,8	1000	45	33	12	7	4
North Macedonia	1,6	1003	56	26	9	4	5
Montenegro	1,8	1010	36	39	9	4	11
Serbia	1,7	1003	46	30	9	4	10

 

Q53_6 Too-close links between business and politics in [ECONOMY] lead to corruption
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	1,6	6023	47	36	8	3	6
Albania	1,7	1002	40	48	10	0	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,6	1005	50	33	9	3	6
Kosovo*	1,7	1000	48	32	10	5	5
North Macedonia	1,5	1003	57	30	6	2	5
Montenegro	1,7	1010	38	43	7	2	10
Serbia	1,6	1003	49	32	7	4	9

 

Q53_7 Bribery and the use of connections is often the easiest way to obtain certain public services in [ECONOMY]
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	1,6	6023	48	36	8	3	5
Albania	1,8	1002	34	51	12	1	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,6	1005	51	34	8	2	5
Kosovo*	1,7	1000	51	30	7	7	4
North Macedonia	1,6	1003	55	30	7	3	5
Montenegro	1,7	1010	43	38	7	2	10
Serbia	1,5	1003	55	29	7	2	7

 

Q53_8 There is sufficient transparency and supervision of the financing of political parties in [ECONOMY]
Economy	Total		Totally agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Totally disagree	DK/refuse
	Mean	N
Securimeter 2023
Western Balkans	2,8	6023	12	23	30	27	9
Albania	3,0	1002	5	21	33	33	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,7	1005	18	21	25	29	7
Kosovo*	2,8	1000	2	30	49	16	3
North Macedonia	2,6	1003	22	22	18	29	9
Montenegro	2,6	1010	14	27	26	19	14
Serbia	3,0	1003	10	16	26	34	15