Statistical indicators of corruption in public sector in Serbia

Abstract

The paper presents statistical indicators of corruption in public sector: The World Bank's aggregate indicator Control of Corruption and The Corruption Perception Index calculated by Transparency International. The values of those indicators for Serbia are given year by year, and the methodology of their construction is presented in brief. The other sources of statistical data about corruption in Serbia are also presented: the data which compile The Statistical office of the Republic of Serbia, those of The Public Prosecution of the Republic of Serbia, internal sources of data of domestic institutions, and public opinion surveys. It was pointed out that it is very difficult to assess the real level of corruption in Serbia, especially in public sector, on the basis of available data from those sources. The progress in the fight against corruption in Serbia is evaluated by The Council of Europe and The European Commission as slow on the basis of those data, the values of The Corruption Perception Index and on the basis of some additional information's. Perhaps the results of those evaluations would have been different if the data had been complete, updated, and if some domestic indicators of corruption or methods of evaluation had been constructed.

U radu su predstavljeni statistički pokazatelji korupcije u javnom sektoru: agregatni indikator Kontrola korupcije Svetske banke i Indeks percepcije korupcije koji izračunava Transparency International. Vrednosti ovih indikatora za Srbiju su date po godinama i ukratko je predstavljena metodologija njihove konstrukcije. Predstavljeni su i drugi izvori statističkih podataka o korupciji u Srbiji: podaci Republičkog zavoda za statistiku Srbije, podaci Republičkog javnog tužilaštva, interni izvori podataka domaćih institucija i istraživanja javnog mnjenja o korupciji. Ukazano je na činjenicu da je na osnovu raspoloživih podataka iz ovih izvora teško utvrditi stvarni nivo korupcije u Srbiji, naročito u javnom sektoru. Na bazi podataka iz nabrojanih izvora, vrednosti Indeksa percepcije korupcije i na osnovu dodatnih informacija, napredak u borbi protiv korupcije u Srbiji je ocenjen kao spor od strane Saveta Evrope i Evropske komisije. Možda bi rezultati evaluacije napretka bili drugačiji da su podaci bili potpuniji, da su ažurirani i da postoje domaći indikatori korupcije ili metode evaluacije progresa u borbi protiv korupcije.