Groups involved in corruption according to public opinion in Ecuador 2018

Approximately 59 percent of the people in Ecuador who participated in a 2018 survey claimed that all or almost all members of the country's city councils were involved in corruption. The same share of Ecuadorians interviewed stated that practically all judges in the South American country were involved in acts of corruption. Still, the Ecuador's corruption perception index has been improving lately.

Main social and political groups involved in corruption according to public opinion in Ecuador in 2018, by type

Characteristic	Share of respondents
City council members	59%
Judges	59%
Congress members	58%
Businesspeople	56%
Taxation authority staff	55%
The police	54%
Public servants	54%
Religious leaders	49%
The president and her/his staff	49%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Ecuador

Survey time period

June 15 to August 2, 2018

Number of respondents

1,200 respondents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Cuántos de los siguientes grupos de personas piensa Ud. que están involucradas en actos de corrupción o no tiene suficiente información para opinar? ¿Ninguno, algunos, casi todos o todos?". This stat features the sum of all those who answered "casi todos" and "todos".
The wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the original.

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