World Bank · Private Sector

Panama: Bribery depth

6.70percent · 2010

The depth of Bribery is the percentage of instances in which a firm was either expected or requested to provide a gift or informal payment during solicitations for public services, licenses or permits. This measure uses data from 6 survey questions for each firm. For purposes of computation, a refusal to answer a particular survey question is considered an affirmative answer. Annual figures for Panama from 2006 to 2010.