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Data has been drawn from a national indicator or dataset and is an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. We intend to continue to report using this dataset.

The agreed methodology does not capture Australian data as Australia is not captured in the Enterprise Survey.

Australia has strong laws that criminalise bribery of foreign public officials and Commonwealth public officials, and is consistently ranked as one of the least corrupt countries in the world.  In December 2017, the OECD Working Group on Bribery released its Phase 4 evaluation of Australia’s anti-bribery framework, which commended the marked increase in Australia’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws in recent years.  There have now been seven convictions for foreign bribery.  This reflects the substantial steps taken by the Government in recent years to improve the framework for detecting and investigating foreign bribery cases.

Australia now has seven foreign bribery convictions.

National Metadata

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Australia closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Australian statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Australia-specific metadata information.

Responsible agency
The agency responsible for this data entry is Attorney-General's Department
Reporting Year
2018
Caveat
Data has been drawn from a national indicator or dataset and is an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. We intend to continue to report using this dataset.
Indicator status
Reported online
Indicator description

Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials during the previous 12 months

Methodology

nil

Other information

nil

Page updated
17 July 2018

Global Metadata

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name
Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials during the previous 12 months
Indicator number
16.5.2
Target number
16.5
Target name

Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms

Global indicator description

Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials during the previous 12 months

UN designated tier
Tier 2
UN custodian agency
World BankUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Link to UN metadata
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 386.6kb)

Sources

Other

No other information for this indicator

Historic