Corruption in Albania

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Corruption in Albania scored 42 out of 100 on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index in 2024, an improvement from its score of 37 the previous year; a higher score signifies a lesser perception of public-sector corruption. [1] Albania has made progress in its fight against corruption through the work of the Special Structure against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK), which has gained public trust by prosecuting high-level officials, including former ministers, members of Parliament, and mayors. Notably, investigations have also been launched against a former president and prime minister. [2]

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Corruption and human development in Albania

After 1990, Albania has passed from a centralized economy to a liberal one. Liberalization has brought both mainly negative effects to the politics, economy and other social aspect. There are two main components that measure a country's progress toward success. Firstly, the economic growth is the most used and discussed indicator of the progress.

During the last two decades, the economists have been more interested in the economic development, consisting of the aggregate of health, education level and income rather than economic growth. Secondly, the corruption level is found to be a significant component of progress. Different researches have founded out a negative relationship between corruption level and countries’ progress.

Empirical research of Hysa (2011) reveals that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between corruption indexes and human development. [3] Empirical evidence of the study, comparing Albania with the EU member countries, suggests that more corrupted countries tend to have lower levels of human development. In the Albanian case, the relationship between corruption and human development is found to be much stronger than in the EU countries. [3]

International rankings

Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index scored Albania at 42 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean").

When ranked by score, Albania ranked 80th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [4] For comparison with regional scores, the best score among Eastern European and Central Asian countries [Note 1] was 53, the average score was 35 and the worst score was 17. [5] For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 8 (ranked 180). [1]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

References

  1. 1 2 "Corruption Perceptions Index 2024: Albania". Transparency.org. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Myrzabekova, Altynai; Prokic, Lidija. "CPI 2024 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Vicious cycle of weak democracy and flourishing corruption". Transparency.org.
  3. 1 2 Hysa, E. (2011). "Corruption and human development: Albania and EU-27". Social Studies Journal. 5 (2): 43–52.
  4. ↑ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Myrzabekova, Altynai; Prokic, Lidija (11 February 2025). "CPI 2024 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Vicious cycle of weak democracy and flourishing corruption". Transparency.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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