Groups involved in corruption according to public opinion in Uruguay 2018

During a survey conducted in 2018, over 30 percent of respondents in Uruguay said that all or almost all of the country's religious leaders were involved in corruption. In turn, 25 percent of interviewees said that practically all Congress members were involved in acts of corruption. These are relatively much lower percentages than in other Latin American countries.

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

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Religious leaders	31%
The president and her/his staff	26%
Congress members	25%
The police	23%
Businesspeople	23%
City council members	22%
Judges	21%
Public servants	19%
Taxation authority staff	16%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Uruguay

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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