On average, 22.2% of the citizens surveyed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) affirmed that corruption is more present in public and international institutions in Kosovo.

According to the UNDP report, this value represents a decrease of 1.2 percentage points from the fall of 2021 (23.4%), 2.8 percentage points from May 2021 (25%), 5.8 percentage points from December 2020 (28%) and an increase of 1.5 percentage points compared to April 2020 (20.7%).

It is further stated that this result shows a stable positive trend in the perception of large-scale corruption compared to previous years.

"The education sector was perceived as the least corrupt with 12.1% believing that there is widespread corruption in schools and universities, followed by Kosovo's central institutions (13.9%), international organizations (14%) and the Kosovo Police (14%)", the report states.

Whereas, the most corrupt organizations are perceived to be Customs (36.2%), followed by the Kosovo Privatization Agency (AKP) (32.6%) and the Courts (27.9%).

The biggest changes in perceptions of large-scale corruption were observed in the following institutions: Kosovo Police (14% compared to 20.5% in autumn 2021), central institutions of Kosovo (13.9% compared to 19.5% in autumn 2021) and education sector (12.1% compared to 16.8% in autumn 2021).

Meanwhile, the report also states that eight sectors and organizations were perceived to be less corrupt than in autumn 2021 and seven were perceived to be more corrupt than in autumn 2021. The data broken down by gender shows that men's perception of the presence of large-scale corruption in Kosovo institutions and international organizations in Kosovo, was higher than that of women.

/Telegraph/