Total Score for De Facto Transparency 2021
This indicator captures the existence of online portals to access relevant government information. It evaluates 14 categories, ranging from supreme court rulings, government expenditures and registers of commerce to procurement information, mining concessions and financial disclosure of politicians. Each country’s score is expressed as a percentage of the total possible score in the T-index.
| Indicator Factsheet | |
|---|---|
| Theme | Transparency |
| Component | Government Transparency |
| Dataset | Transparency Index |
| Name | Total Score for De Facto Transparency |
| Description | This indicator captures the existence of online portals to access relevant government information. It evaluates 14 categories, ranging from supreme court rulings, government expenditures and registers of commerce to procurement information, mining concessions and financial disclosure of politicians. Each country’s score is expressed as a percentage of the total possible score in the T-index. |
| Methodology snapshot | The T-Index’s de facto component measures transparency by directly assessing the availability, accessibility, and coverage of relevant government data. This approach focuses on the de facto practice of transparency, rather than merely its de jure existence. The T-Index defines transparency as the availability and accessibility (cost-free) of minimal public information required to deter corruption and enable accountability. Its 14 de facto components evaluate the following areas: online publication of public expenditures, procurement data, land cadasters, company registers, court rulings, financial disclosures, donor funds, mining concessions, and more. |
| Scale | Low transparency to High transparency Note: For this indicator, max values are better. |
| Methodology | https://corruptionrisk.org/t-index-methodology/ |
| Attribution | Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (2022) "Transparency and Corruption: Measuring real transparency by a new index" Regulation and Governance. DOI: 10.1111/rego.1253 |
Other Indicators of the Government Transparency component
Transparency Index (%)
The Transparency Index score represented as a percentage.
Transparency Index (Total Score)
The T-Index provides a score that measures the real (de facto) and legal (de jure) transparency of governments. It evaluates the availability, accessibility, and comprehensiveness of key public information required to deter corruption.