Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in European countries: Monitoring with GIS

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and economic growth in European countries, taking into account that corruption is considered as a political, economic, cultural and moral problem. Specifically, this paper will focus on countries of the Eurozone, the European Union, the European Economic Area and the Central and Eastern European countries, including Turkey and Kazakhstan, over the period from 2005 to 2021. Our ultimate goal is to understand how corruption affects economic development by tracking the GDP per capita and the values of measured corruption and also how changes in GDP growth rates are affected by corruption changes. In addition to graphs, the survey provides numerical results displayed in charts using Geographical Information System (GIS). Our survey shows that all European countries with high GDP per capita tend to have low corruption values, with the exception of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe, including Turkey and Kazakhstan. The survey also shows that higher GDP per capita growth rates are correlated linearly with the reduction of the corruption levels in all categories of almost all European countries, with the exception the Central and Eastern European countries, including Turkey and Kazakhstan.