Transparency International said on Wednesday Bosnia and Herzegovina dropped 7 places on the year, to 83rd position among 176 countries on the organisation's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2016 survey.
Bosnia's score improved one point to 39 points in 2016, tying with Albania, according to the survey published on the website of the corruption watchdog.
In 2014, Bosnia also scored 39, down from 42 points in both 2013 and 2012. In the survey, a score of zero equals the highest level of perceived corruption and a 100 indicates the lowest.
Bosnia's ranking suggests that its citizens face the tangible impact of corruption on a daily basis, Transparency International pointed out.
“Integrity in politics is key to fighting against corruption. In the Western Balkans, Transparency International’s recent report attributes weaknesses in law enforcement to captured political systems in which politicians wield enormous influence on all walks of public life, while being close to wealthy private businessmen or even organised crime networks”, the organisation said.
Transparency International calculated Bosnia's CPI using seven different data sources, which ranked the country based on how corrupt its public sector is seen to be.
According to information provided by Transparency International, Bosnia was ranked lowest, with a score of only 34, by IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, while the country received its highest score of 47 from Global Insight Country Risk Ratings.
