HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Ethiopia
Germany
Indices
Overall Score:
37 out of 100
Rank:
98 out of 180
Overall Score:
10 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,38 out of 1
Rank:
129 out of 142
Overall Score:
110 out of 150
Rank:
25 out of 140
Overall Score:
2,78 out of 10
Rank:
115 out of 119
Overall Score:
78 out of 100
Rank:
9 out of 180
Rank:
7 out of 141
Overall Score:
7,80 out of 10
Rank:
22 out of 119
Overall Score:
0,83 out of 1
Rank:
5 out of 142
Overall Score:
55 out of 150
Rank:
126 out of 140
Overall Score:
76 out of 100
International Cooperation
UN
BRICS
AU
UN
GRECO
OECD
G20
FATF
Ethiopia
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • BRICS Member since 2024.
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2007.
Germany
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2014.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2017.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption is not ratified.
  • The 5 evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • G20 Presidency in 2017.
  • The documents adopted under Germany’s Presidency are available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1990.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Main Legislation
Ethiopia
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 402-411, 414, 417, 419, 427-429, 431, 307, 684
    (የወንጀል ሕግ: ጽሑፍ 402-411, 414, 417, 419, 427-429, 431, 307, 684), (English);
  2. Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Establishment Proclamation
    (የፌዴራል የሥነ ምግባርና የጸረ ሙሽና ኮሚሽን ማቋቋሚያ አዋጅ), (Amharic/English);
  3. Revised Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Establishment Proclamation
    (የተሸሻለው የፌደራል የሥነምግባር የጸረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን የወጣ አዋጅ ቁጥር 433/2005), (Amharic/English);
  4. Proclamation to Provide for the Disclosure and Registration of Assets
    (ሀብትን ለማሳወቅና ለማስመዝገብ የወጣ አዋጅ), (Amharic/English);
  5. Corruption Crimes Proclamation
    (የሙስና ወንጀሎች አዋጅ), (Amharic/English);
  6. Federal Civil Servants Proclamation
    (የፌደራል መንግሥት ሠራተኞች አዋጅ), (Amharic/English).
Germany
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 108e, 108f, 263, 265c-265e, 298-301, 331-337
    (Strafgesetzbuch: § 108e, 108f, 263, 265c-265e, 298-301, 331-338), (German/English);

  2. Act on Regulatory Offences: Section 30
    (Ordnungswidrigkeitengesetz: § 30 - Geldbuße gegen juristische Personen und Personenvereinigungen), (German/English);

  3. Act on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
    (Gesetz zu dem Übereinkommen vom 17. Dezember 1997 über die Bekämpfung der Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger im internationalen Geschäftsverkehr), (German);

  4. Law on Civil Servants in the Federal States​
    (Gesetz zur Regelung des Statusrechts der Beamtinnen und Beamten in den Ländern), (German);

  5. Law on Federal Civil Service
    (Bundesbeamtengesetz), (German);

  6. Law on Whistleblower Protection
    (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz), (German).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Ethiopia
  1. Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (site created but currently unavailable)
    (የፌዴራል የሥነ ምግባር እና የፀረ-ሙስና ኮሚሽን), (Amharic/English);
  2. Federal Attorney General
    (የፌዴራል ጠቅላይ አቃቤ), (Amharic/English).

Germany
  1. Federal Criminal Police Office
    (Bundeskriminalamt), (German).

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