Corruption in Norway ranks amongst the lowest in the world.
On
Transparency International's 2022
Corruption Perceptions Index
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index which ranks countries "by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entru ...
, Norway scored 84 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Norway ranked 4th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. For comparison, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), and the worst score was 12 (ranked 180).
In 2017 Norway was ranked the most corrupt country in Scandinavia after
Yara International,
Telenor
Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide, ...
,
Statoil
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state owned enterprise, state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger. It is primarily a petroleum company, petroleum company, operating in 36 countries with ad ...
,
Norsk Hydro and
Kongsberg, all large Norwegian companies in which the state government owns substantial stakes, faced corruption charges.
According to a report by the
Norwegian School of Economics, "corruption in Norway is typically present at the municipal administration, municipal planning and building departments, and procurement departments". The report also stated that "research shows that in some municipalities, ties between public and private parties can sometimes be too close. Some municipalities are very active in their anticorruption work, and they have good notification channels and active control committees. In other places, there is a significant number of leaders in the municipal sector who have experienced attempts of corruption – and those trying to report the matter meet resistance."
See also
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Crime in Norway
References
External links
{{Europe topic , Corruption in
Norway
Crime in Norway by type
Politics of Norway