Despite progress in some areas, corruption remains a massive problem for the government and the country in general. At the same time, the public perception of the scale of corruption in the country is so bad — arguably worse than the reality — because the word has become a catch-all for the lazy ad-hominem attacks fired against ruling parties by opposition parties, often using numbers so exaggerated that they dwarf any logical estimates.

The National Corruption Perception Survey 2025, Transparency International's annual report, reflects this, while also offering some interesting insights, such as the fact that majorities of residents of each individual province feel their respective province is more corrupt than the federal government. Respondents also had slightly more faith in local gov

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