A recent opinion survey carried out by the COI in 10 state-run offices revealed that 35.79% paid bribe.
The survey conducted involved governmental facilities like the Directorate of Iraqi National card (Jinssiya), Passports, Tax, Pension, and Real Estate Registry of Al-Karkh and Al-Rusafa sectors.
The results indicated that 38.87% of bribe-payers had to pay, to avoid the administrative obstacles set by the public official, and a rate of 38.87% of them paid money to complete their petitions as quickly as possible. Besides a percentage of 29.92 bribed the employee in charge because they were forced to do so, while 2.41% of citizens paid bribery for possessing of unauthenticated documents.
The below table illustrates the bribe rate where the survey was conducted.
|
Directorate |
Bribe % |
|
Directorate of Iraqi National Card ( Jinsiya) / Karada branch |
17.81 |
|
Real Estate Registry / Al- Rusafa branch |
48.45 |
|
Directorate of Taxes / Al- Rusafa branch |
25 |
|
Directorate of Pension (included the branches in Al-Karkh) |
25.58 |
|
Directorate of Iraqi nationality certificate / Al-Karkh branch |
9.78 |
|
|
|
|
Directorate of Civil Status / Al Karakh branch - Al Mansour City |
49.41 |
|
Directorate of Civil Status / Al Rusafa branch ( included AlKarada and New |
43 |
|
Real Estate Registry / Al Karakh branch- Al Bea`a City |
69.15 |
