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Comparison of countries
Hungary
Costa Rica
Indices
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Overall Score:
41 out of 100
Rank:
82 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2022
Rank:
76 out of 141
Open Budget 2023
Overall Score:
22 out of 100
The Rule of Law Index 2024
Overall Score:
0,51 out of 1
Rank:
73 out of 142
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
84 out of 150
Rank:
76 out of 140
Index of Public Integrity 2024
Overall Score:
6,45 out of 10
Rank:
55 out of 119
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
Overall Score:
58 out of 100
Rank:
42 out of 180
Capacity to Combat Corruption Index 2023
Overall Score:
6,76 out of 10
Financial Secrecy Index 2022
Rank:
105 out of 141
Open Budget 2023
Overall Score:
61 out of 100
The Rule of Law Index 2024
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
29 out of 142
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
102 out of 140
Index of Public Integrity 2024
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
30 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
UN
OECD
OAS
Hungary
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2001.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation 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 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
Costa Rica
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary 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 2017.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
Organization of American States (OAS)
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
Main Legislation
Hungary

  1. Criminal Code: Articles 290-300A, 305, 306
    (2012. évi C. törvénya Büntető Törvénykönyvről: § 290-300A, 305, 306), (Hungarian);

  2. Law CIV of December 11, 2001 «On the Criminal Measures against Legal Persons»
    (2001. évi CIV. törvény a jogi személlyel szemben alkalmazható büntetőjogi intézkedésekről), (Hungarian);

  3. Law on Civil Service
    (2011. évi CXCIX. törvény a közszolgálati tisztviselőkről), (Hungarian)

  4. Law on Complaints, Public Interest Disclosures and Rules of Reporting of Abuses
    (2023. évi XXV. törvény a panaszokról, a közérdekű bejelentésekről, valamint a visszaélések bejelentésével összefüggő szabályokról), (Hungarian).

Costa Rica

  1. Criminal Code: Articles 324, 338, 347-355
    (Ley 4573, Código Penal: Artículos 324, 338, 347-355), (Spanish);

  2. Law No. 8422 «On Countering Corruption and Illicit Enrichment in Civil Service»
    (Ley 8422 contra la corrupción y el enriquecimeinto ilícito en la función pública), (Spanish);

  3. Law No. 9699 «On Liability of Legal Persons for Bribery, Transnational Bribery and other Crimes»
    (Ley 9699 Responsabilidad de las personas jurídicas sobre cohechos domésticos, soborno transnacional y otros delitos), (Spanish);

  4. Law No. 10437 «On Protecting of Whistleblowers and Witnesses of Corruption against Retaliation in the Workplace»
    (Ley 10437 de protección de las personas denunciantes y testigos de actos de corrupción contra represalias laborales), (Spanish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Hungary

  1. Corruption Prevention Police Department of Hungary
    (Nemzeti Védelmi Szolgálat Korrupciómegelőzési Főosztály), (Hungarian/English);

  2. Integrity Authority
    (Integritás Hatóság), (Hungarian);
  3. Anti-Corruption Task Force
    (Korrupcióellenes Munkacsoport), (Hungarian/English).
Costa Rica

  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
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