Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said 99.2% of respondents in its 2025 annual survey reported no personal experience with corruption in the previous year, setting a new high for the measure.
An independent research agency conducted the household survey of about 1,500 people from March through May 2026. The ICAC announced the results Oct. 15.
The share was 98.7% in the 2024 annual poll, making the latest result 0.5 percentage point higher. In the latest survey, 97.9% said keeping Hong Kong free of corruption was important to the city’s development, up from 97.4% in 2024.
Respondents’ mean corruption-tolerance score was 0.3. The scale assigned zero to total intolerance and 10 to total tolerance.
Most respondents said they would report corruption if they encountered it, but the ICAC did not publish a percentage. The poll captures participants’ reported experiences; it is not a count of confirmed corruption cases.
The commission said it would review the findings as it develops anti-corruption strategies and continues its enforcement, prevention and education work.
