Corruption barometer: 1 in 4 Lithuanians paid bribe in past year

The survey of 1,501 Lithuanian residents was conducted by TNS pollster on Dec. 4 2015 through January 28 2016.

According to the poll, the number of Lithuanian residents who have bribed traffic police declined by a factor of four over the year to 6 percent from 23 percent in 2013, while 24 percent of those going to doctors admit having paid a bribe in 2015, as compared to 35 percent of patients paying money to their doctors three years ago.

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The poll concludes that Romania is the only European country with higher bribery rate in the health care system – 33 percent of patients admit to paying bribes to doctors in Romania, as compared to 13 percent in Latvia, 5 percent in Estonia, 6 percent in Poland and 2 percent in Germany.

The Global Corruption Barometer is Transparency International‘s sociological survey aimed identify the corruption experience of people and their opinion about corruption of national institutions.

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