HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Norway
Iran
Indices
Overall Score:
84 out of 100
Rank:
4 out of 180
Rank:
48 out of 141
Overall Score:
80 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,89 out of 1
Rank:
2 out of 142
Overall Score:
78 out of 150
Rank:
83 out of 140
Overall Score:
9,26 out of 10
Rank:
2 out of 119
Score:
24 out of 100
Rank:
149 out of 180
Score:
0,39 out of 1
Rank:
126 out of 142
Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
104 out of 140
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
UN
BRICS
Norway
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 2001.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2004.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2008.
  • The fifth 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.
  • Member of the FATF since 1991.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Iran
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2009.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • BRICS Member since 2024.
SCO
Main Legislation
Norway
  1. Penal Code: Chapter 4 – Penalties on Bodies Corporate, Articles 173, 330, 331, 387-389
    (Lov om straff (Straffeloven): Kapittel 4 – Foretaksstraff, § 173, 330, 331, 387-389), (Norwegian);
  2. Law on Restrictions on Employment after Leaving the Public Sector
    (Lov om informasjonsplikt, karantene og saksforbud for politikere, embetsmenn og statsansatte (karanteneloven)​), (Norwegian);
  3. Law on Civil Servants
    (Lov om statens ansatte mv. (statsansatteloven)​), (Norwegian);
  4. Government's Personnel Handbook
    (Statens personalhåndbok​), (Norwegian).
Iran
  1. Penal Code: Articles 20, 143 – Corporate criminal responsibility
    (قانون مجازات اسلامی: المادتان 20 ، 143 - مسئولية الكيانات الاعتبارية), (Persian);
  2. Book Five of the Criminal Code: Articles 91-97
    (الكتاب الخامس من قانون العقوبات الإسلامي (العقوبات والعقوبات الرادعة): المواد 91-97), (Persian);
  3. Law «On Administrative Offenses»
    (قانون رسیدگی به تخلفات اداری), (Persian);
  4. Law «On Increasing Penalties for the Convicted of Bribery, Embezzlement and Fraud»
    (اصلاح و تأیید موادی از لایحه تشدید مجازات مرتکبین ارتشاء اختلاس و کلاهبرداری), (Persian);
  5. Law «On Public Service»
    (قانون مدیریت خدمات کشوری), (Persian);
  6. The Punishment of Unjust and Illicit Exercise of Influence Law
    (قانون مجازات اعمال نفوذ برخلاف حق و مقررات قانونی), (Persian);
  7. The Penalizing the Disruption of the State’s Economic System Law
    (قانون مجازات اخلالگران در نظام اقتصادی کشور), (Persian);
  8. Law on Improving Administrative Discipline and Combating Corruption​
    (قانون ارتقاء سلامت نظام اداری و مقابله با فساد), (Persian);
  9. Law on Prohibition of Receiving Commission in Foreign Transactions
    (قانون ممنوعیت اخذ پورسانت در معاملات خارجی), (Persian);
  10. Law on Prohibition of the Intervention of Ministers and the Members of the Parliament and State Employees in State and National Transactions
    (قانون راجع به منع مداخله وزراء و نمایندگان مجلسین و کارمندان در معاملات دولتی و کشوری), (Persian);
  11. Law on the Protection of Corruption Whistleblowers
    (قانون حمایت از گزارشگران فساد), (Persian);
  12. Executive Regulation on Preventing and Combating Corruption
    (آیین نامه پیشگیری و مبارزه با رشوه در دستگاههای اجرایی), (Persian).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Norway
  1. Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime
    (Den sentrale enhet for etterforskning og påtale av økonomisk kriminalitet og miljøkriminalitet), (Norwegian/English).

Iran
  1. Ministry of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (site created but currently unavailable)
    (وزارت دادگستری), (Persian/English);
  2. Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran
    (واحد اطلاعات مالی وزارت امور اقتصادی و دارایی), (Persian/English).

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