Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent patterns and trends summary findings

This summary report highlights the major findings of a large-scale survey in 2012 on the extent of bribery and other forms of corruption in Afghanistan. The research follows up on a previous UNODC corruption survey in 2009 and, using a structurally similar research design, provides comparative results of the extent and patterns of bribery in Afghanistan. As in 2009, the survey focuses on the respondents’ personal experience of bribery, on the modalities, mechanisms and socio-economic patterns of corruption, as well as on perceptions of corruption. In addition to the general population survey, four sector-specific integrity surveys of civil servants were carried out from 2011 to 2012 in the judiciary, police, local government and education sectors, with the purpose of identifying particular integrity challenges in public service and shedding light on sector-specific patterns of corruption.

UNODC 2012

The following organizations and individuals contributed to the implementation of the population survey, four sector-specific integrity surveys of public officials and to the preparation of this report: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Vienna); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Kabul); High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption.