Several sectors are contributing to corruption in Ethiopia, where businesses are particularly vulnerable. Land distribution and administration is a sector where corruption is institutionalized, and facilitation payments as well as bribes are often demanded from businesses when they deal with land-related issues.[1]
Corruption also occurs when businesses obtain permits and licenses due to complicated bureaucracy. Public procurement is also seriously hampered by corruption, and different types of irregularities exist, such as non-transparent tender processes and awarding contracts to people with close connections to the government and ruling party.[1]
Corruption has also been linked to human rights violations which have been reported to cause widespread unrest in Ethiopia since 2015.[2] A change in the country’s leadership in 2018 saw some arrests and was hoped to bring a change of status quo, However, The Reporter opines that sustained anti-corruption efforts have not translated to judicial arrests and closure of cases till the very end.[3]
On Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, Ethiopia scored 37 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Ethiopia ranked 99th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.[4] For comparison with regional scores, the average score among sub-Saharan African countries [Note 1] was 33. The best score in sub-Saharan Africa was 72 and the worst score was 8.[5] For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 8 (ranked 180).[6]
The Ethiopian Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) is an anti-corruption institution that was established in 2001. It is accountable to the Prime Minister and has the power to register the assets of government officials.
- ^ a b "Ethiopia Corruption Profile". Business Anti-Corruption Portal. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in Ethiopia". U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ Staff Reporter (2025-02-22). "Seeing Through Anti-corruption Efforts To The End". The Reporter (Ethiopia).
- ^ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ Banoba, Paul; Mwanyumba, Robert; Kaninda, Samuel (11 February 2025). "CPI 2024 for Sub-Saharan Africa: Weak anti-corruption measures undermine climate action". Transparency.org. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2024: Ethiopia". Transparency.org. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
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