Including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Method of interview
Face-to-face interview
Supplementary notes
* In 2018, the survey was conducted between June 15 and August 2.
The original question posed was: "En su opinión, ¿Cuál considera Ud. que es el problema más importante en el paÃs?". This statistic shows the share of respondents who answered: "Corrupción".
Survey participants were adults of voting age.
The wording chosen for this statistic may slightly differ from the original.
Citation formats
Latin America: opinion on severity of corruption 2015-2018
In 2018, nearly *** percent of survey respondents in Latin America thought that corruption was their country's main problem. The overall share of Latin American respondents who are worried about corruption has slightly decreased in comparison to 2017, when *** percent of the people interviewed said corruption was the most serious issue the country faced. Among all the countries surveyed, respondents in Colombia were the most worried about corruption.
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Corporación Latinobarómetro. (November 9, 2018). Share of respondents who think corruption is the country's main problem in Latin America from 2015 to 2018 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 06, 2026, from /statistics/1067389/latin-america-opinion-corruption-main-problem/
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