Indonesia: reasons for initiating bribes for government officials 2018

This statistic shows the share of respondents who gave the following reasons for bribing government officials, even though they were not asked for bribes, in Indonesia as of October 2018. During the period surveyed, 30 percent of respondents who did so stated that their reason for bribing government officials of their own initiative was to expedite the process for the services that they required. In comparison, three percent stated that they did so as they have often heard that it was difficult to get the services required with the particular governmental institution without bribing the officials.

Share of respondents who gave the following reasons for bribing government officials even without being asked to, in Indonesia as of October 2018

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Release date

December 2018

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Region

Indonesia

Survey time period

October 8 to October 24, 2018

Number of respondents

2,000 respondents

Age group

19 and older

Special properties

survey participants had to be 19 and older, or already married at the time of survey

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The original question has been translated from Bahasa Indonesia to English, and was as follows: "You answered that you or a family member have given gifts/cash to receive the service that you required without being asked for by a government official. What was your main reason for giving the gift/cash to receive the service that your required from the government official?"

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