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Transparency International España

Reaccreditation concluded 02 / 2023

Fundación Ortega y Gasset-Marañón
C/ Fortuny, 53
28010 Madrid
Spain

Telephone: +34 91 700 4106
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.transparencia.org.es/

Corruption Perceptions Index

Scoring 180 countries around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption.

Spain has a score of 60 this year, with a change of 0 since last year, meaning it ranks 36 out of 180 countries.

Find out about key corruption issues in Spain in CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress

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Spain

Score: 60/100
Rank: 36/180
Score change

Score changes 2012 - 2023

Global Corruption Barometer

Since its debut in 2003, the Global Corruption Barometer has surveyed the experiences of everyday people confronting corruption around the world. Through our barometer, tens of thousands of people around the globe are asked about their views and experiences, making it the only worldwide public opinion survey on corruption.

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34%

Percentage of people who thought corruption increased in the previous 12 months*

Percentage of public service users paid a bribe in the previous 12 months*

*Since the most recent publication of the GCB - European Union

Climate corruption cases in Spain

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Our activity in Spain

News

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Composite illustration showing a hand, coloured in blue, trying to reach for information on yachts, mansions and other assets, shown under a lock

Why can’t Western governments tell us what they’re actually doing to sanction Russian kleptocrats?

News • 28 September 2023

We are still waiting to hear back from countries about the measures they have taken to locate and seize assets.

A person holding a smoke grenade takes part in a demonstration against the rising cost of living in Brussels, Belgium

CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress

News • 31 January 2023

While once again the top-scoring region in the CPI, anti-corruption efforts have stalled in most countries for more than a decade.

A group of young participants of the Madagascar Integrity Bootcamp

International Youth Day global snapshot: young people fighting the good (anti-corruption) fight

News • 09 August 2022

From Fiji to Lithuania via Bangladesh, meet some of the young people around the world taking matters into their own hands – and making a difference.

Protesters in Vienna, Austria demanding Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's resignation, German-language sign reads: "We are really angry, mega angry"

CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region

News • 25 January 2022

Western Europe and the EU still tops the CPI, but the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened transparency and accountability across the region, leaving no country unscathed and exposing…

Press releases

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Transparency International signs memorandum of understanding with Spain to fight corruption

Press • 22 May 2023

Exporting Corruption 2022: Enforcement against foreign bribery hits historic low

Press • 11 October 2022

Leading organisations release open letter: Open up company and beneficial ownership registers across Europe

Press • 09 March 2022

People in the EU concerned about government corruption, ties between business and politics, survey reveals

Press • 15 June 2021

Projects

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Our work on sport

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Integrity watch 3.0: Generating value from data to manage risks and detect corruption in Europe

Project

The Integrity Watch Project seeks to provide members of society with a series of online tools for the detection and prevention of political corruption in eight EU Member States.