Analysis of responses by a representative sample of businesses to a Balkan Barometer Business annual survey, or similar, to the question: “Thinking about officials, to what extent would you agree with the following statement? It is common for firms in my line of business to have to pay some irregular ‘additional payments/gifts’ to ‘get things done’”. Options for response are 1 = totally disagree, 2 = tend to disagree, 3 = tend to agree, 4 = totally agree and 5 = refuse to answer. Assessors measure the percentage of respondents who answer “strongly agree” or “tend to agree”. Point allocation: • 4 points = less than 15% • 3 points = 15%-19.99% • 2 points = 20%-24.99% • 1 point = 25%-30% • 0 points = more than 30%