2020-09-30
In the Control of Corruption indicator, Georgia ranks 41st among the world's 189 countries and 19th in Europe, among the top 20 (in the 2012 research ranked Georgia 62nd in Control of Corruption).
Georgia is ahead of 13 EU member states: Spain, Italy, Poland, Malta, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Cyprus, Greece, and Bulgaria.
In terms of Control of Corruption, Georgia has scored 74.04% on a scale of 100%. Georgia is the region's leader, with only Estonia and Lithuania having better results in the post-Soviet space.
In the Government Effectiveness indicator, Georgia has scored 76.92% on a scale of 100%, a historic high making Georgia 37th in the world and 24th in Europe.
In the Government Effectiveness indicator, Georgia is ahead of 8 EU member states: Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Romania (the 2012 research ranked Georgia 50th in the world in the Government Effectiveness indicator).
In the Regulatory Quality indicator, Georgia ranks 27th in the world and 19th in Europe, among the top 20. Regulatory Quality is assessed based on a state's ability to plan and implement reforms aiming to develop the private sector (the October 1, 2012 research ranked Georgia 39th in the world and outside the European top 20 in Regulatory Quality).
Georgia has a leading position in the Rule of Law indicator as well, being ahead of one of the Group of Seven, 3 EU and 7 NATO member states. According to said report and ratings, Georgia's rule of law eclipses such countries as Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and others (the Rule of Law Indicator of the 2012 research ranked Georgia behind all developed countries).