Corruption in Jordan
Corruption in Jordan is a social and economic issue.[1][2] A 2026 study found that anti-corruption efforts in Jordan primarily target petty corruption by low-level bureaucrats rather than grand corruption by powerful regime elites.[3]
Overview
[edit]Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, which scored 182 countries on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"), gave Jordan a score of 50. When ranked by score, Jordan ranked 56th among the 182 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.[4] Compared to regional scores, the best score among Middle Eastern and North African countries[Note 1] was 69, the average was 39 and the worst was 13.[5][6] For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 89 (ranked 1), the average was 42, and the worst was 9 (ranked 181 in a two-way tie).[7]
Dynamics
[edit]Societal interests in Jordan are generally not channelled through political parties, but through informal networks. Favouritism, cronyism, nepotism and bribery, as is the use of influence or personal and business connections to gain favours, such as jobs or access to goods and services, are covered by a particular phenomenon known as wasta, the middleman.[8]
There have been corruption cases involving high-level business and political officials with connections to the royal family.[8]
Notes
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014". The World Economic Forum. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ "Jordan Country Profile". Business Anti-Corruption Portal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ Yom, Sean; Monroe, Steve L. (2026). "The politics of anti-corruption crackdowns in autocracies: Evidence from Jordan". Mediterranean Politics. doi:10.1080/13629395.2025.2582243. ISSN 1362-9395.
- ↑ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- 1 2 "Corruption Perceptions Index 2025: Global scores". Transparency.org. 10 February 2026. CPI2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2025: Global scores". Transparency.org. 10 February 2026. CPI 2025 Regional Averages. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2025: Jordan". Transparency.org. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Jordan Country Profile". Business Anti-Corruption Portal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Jordan Corruption Profile from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal
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