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A decade of dedication.
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Comparison of countries
Nicaragua
New Zealand
Indices
Overall Score:
14 out of 100
Rank:
175 out of 182
Overall Score:
44 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,33 out of 1
Rank:
139 out of 143
Overall Score:
111 out of 150
Rank:
24 out of 140
Overall Score:
4,43 out of 10
Rank:
96 out of 119
Overall Score:
81 out of 100
Rank:
4 out of 182
Rank:
53 out of 141
Overall Score:
87 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,83 out of 1
Rank:
5 out of 143
Overall Score:
94 out of 150
Rank:
52 out of 140
Overall Score:
9,13 out of 10
Rank:
4 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OAS
UN
OECD
APEC
FATF
Nicaragua
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1999.
New Zealand
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2015.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2001.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • APEC’s member since 1989.
  • Member of the FATF since 1991.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Main Legislation
Nicaragua

1. Political Constitution: Articles 129-131, 264
(Constitución Política: Artículos 129-131, 264), (Spanish);

2. Criminal Code: Articles 281-283, 445-450, 452-459
(Código Penal: Artículos 281-283, 445-450, 452-459), (Spanish);

3. Civil Service Probity Law
(Ley de Probidad de Los Servidores Públicos), (Spanish);

4. Law on Amendments to Law No. 735, Law on the Prevention, Investigation and Prosecution of Organised Crime and on the Administration of Seized, Confiscated and Abandoned Assets
(Ley De Reformas A La Ley No. 735, Ley de Prevención, Investigación y Persecución del Crimen Organizado y de la Administración de los Bienes Incautados, Decomisados y Abandonados), (Spanish);

5. Code of Ethical Conduct for Civil Servants in the Executive Branch of Government
(Código de Conducta Ética de los Servidores Públicos del Poder Ejecutivo), (Spanish).

New Zealand
  1. Secret Commissions Act 1910, (English);

  2. Crimes Act 1961: articles 99-106, (English);

  3. Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022, (English);

  4. The Standards of Integrity and Conduct (the Code), (English);

  5. Understanding the Code of Conduct, (English);

  6. The Code of Conduct for the Public Sector (takes effect on 30 March 2026), (English).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Nicaragua

1. Attorney General of the Republic (site created but currently unavailable)
(Fiscal General de la República), (Spanish).

New Zealand
  1. Public Service Commission, (English);

  2. Serious Fraud Office, (English).

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