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Comparison of countries
South Africa
Ethiopia
Indices
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Overall Score:
41 out of 100
Rank:
82 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2022
Rank:
46 out of 141
Open Budget 2023
Overall Score:
83 out of 100
The Rule of Law Index 2024
Overall Score:
0,56 out of 1
Rank:
57 out of 142
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
118 out of 150
Rank:
16 out of 140
Index of Public Integrity 2024
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
31 out of 119
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Overall Score:
37 out of 100
Rank:
99 out of 180
Open Budget 2023
Overall Score:
10 out of 100
The Rule of Law Index 2024
Overall Score:
0,37 out of 1
Rank:
130 out of 142
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
110 out of 150
Rank:
25 out of 140
Index of Public Integrity 2024
Overall Score:
2,78 out of 10
Rank:
115 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
G20
FATF
BRICS
AU
UN
BRICS
AU
South Africa
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2004.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2007.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
Group of Twenty (G20)
  • G20 Presidency in 2025.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
  • Member of the FATF since 2003.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
BRICS
  • BRICS Member since 2011.
  • Holds BRICS Presidency in 2023.
African Union (AU)
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2005.
Ethiopia
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
BRICS
  • BRICS Member since 2024.
African Union (AU)
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2007.
Main Legislation
South Africa

  1. Public Service Act 103 of 1994, (English);

  2. Executive Members’ Ethics Act of 1998, (English);

  3. Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000, (English);

  4. Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004, (English);

  5. Public Service Amendment Act 30 of 2007, (English);

  6. Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 5 of 2017, (English);

  7. Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members’ Interests for Assembly and Permanent Council Members, (English);

  8. Public Service Regulations, (English).

Ethiopia
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 402-411, 414, 417, 419, 427-429, 431, 307, 684 (unofficial source)
    (የወንጀል ሕግ: ጽሑፍ 402-411, 414, 417, 419, 427-429, 431, 307, 684), (English);
  2. Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Establishment Proclamation
    (የፌዴራል የሥነ ምግባርና የጸረ ሙሽና ኮሚሽን ማቋቋሚያ አዋጅ), (Amharic/English);
  3. Revised Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Establishment Proclamation
    (የተሸሻለው የፌደራል የሥነምግባር የጸረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን የወጣ አዋጅ ቁጥር 433/2005), (Amharic/English);
  4. Proclamation to Provide for the Disclosure and Registration of Assets
    (ሀብትን ለማሳወቅና ለማስመዝገብ የወጣ አዋጅ), (Amharic/English);
  5. Corruption Crimes Proclamation
    (የሙስና ወንጀሎች አዋጅ), (Amharic/English);
  6. Federal Civil Servants Proclamation
    (የፌደራል መንግሥት ሠራተኞች አዋጅ), (Amharic/English).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
South Africa

  1. Investigating Directorate, (English);

  2. Public Service Commission, (English);

  3. Special Investigating Unit, (English);

  4. Special Tribunal, (English).

Ethiopia
  1. Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (site created but currently unavailable)
    (የፌዴራል የሥነ ምግባር እና የፀረ-ሙስና ኮሚሽን), (Amharic/English);

  2. Federal Attorney General
    (የፌዴራል ጠቅላይ አቃቤ), (Amharic/English).

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