Perception about corruption in Albania remains high among citizens. Almost 89% of the general public thinks corruption is either “widespread” or “somewhat widespread” among public officials. About 1 in 3 citizens thinks that the corruption in the country has increased compared to 3 years ago while 37% think that it has remained in the same level as three ago. More than half of the general public thinks that corruption amongst public officials has either increased (33%) or has remained the same (37%) compared to three years ago. Similar to findings from 20101 , people see most institutions in the country as corrupt, scoring an average of 61 points in a 0-100 corruption perception scale in which 0 = “very honest” and 100 = “very corrupt”.