Corruption cases by type of procedure Mexico 2021

According to a survey, around 4.8 million corruption cases were registered in Mexico in 2021, of which approximately 2.5 million cases occurred when citizens interacted with public security officers. In the same year, nearly 165,900 corruption cases were related with court procedures.

Number of corruption cases in Mexico in 2021, by type of procedure

Characteristic	Number of cases*
Contact with public security officers	2,553,193
Vehicle-related procedures	782,427
Procedures at the Prosecution Ministry	258,224
Court procedures	165,878
Procedures at the Civil Registry	161,712
Vehicle tax	143,330
Payment of electricity utilities	131,992
Electricity supply procedures	115,510
Tax authority procedures	89,827
Payment of water utilities	86,058
Municipal services	85,219
Property-related permits	82,897
Property tax payment	71,604
Housing loan or social programme loans	56,859
Municipal procedures	51,985
Procedures to open a new business	43,306
Public education procedures	37,806
Emergency medical care	34,864
Passport expedition	33,203
Emergency calls to the police	32,883
Public medical care	27,003
Other payments, procedures or requests	333,297

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

November 1 to December 16, 2021

Number of respondents

46,000 households

Age group

18 years or older

Special properties

Only private households in urban areas of 100,000 inhabitants or more

Supplementary notes

* The data includes:
- Contact with public security authorities: Contact with police or other public security authorities related to traffic incidents, infractions, arrests due to fights, moral or administrative offenses.
- Other payments, procedures or requests: Procedures at the National Electoral Institute (INE), certificate of no criminal records, military service card, among others.
- Public medical care: appointments to health care services at public hospitals and clinics of the Mexican Institute of Social security (IMSS), the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) or the state governments.
- Emergency medical care: emergency medical care requests in public hospitals of the IMSS, the ISSSTE or the state governments.
- Municipal procedures: Permits to sell on public roads, installation of drinking water and drainage service.

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