Ukraine has achieved significant progress in countering corruption despite the challenges caused by russia’s full-scale invasion. This is stated in the report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), published following a comprehensive assessment of Ukraine’s anti-corruption policy within the framework of the fifth round of monitoring under the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. The document is available on the official website of the organisation.
Ukraine has been a participant in the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan since 2003 and has undergone five monitoring rounds during this time. The latest assessment of Ukraine within the OECD monitoring round began in November 2024 and covered a two-year reporting period following the previous evaluation conducted in 2023.
The results of the comprehensive assessment were presented in July 2025 at the Plenary Meeting of the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Among the key achievements highlighted by the OECD are a modern inclusive system of monitoring and evaluating the Anti-Corruption Strategy, progress in strengthening whistleblower protection, the reinforcement of specialised anti-corruption institutions, as well as key legislative reforms that enabled Ukraine to start the process of joining the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
The evaluation covered Ukraine’s system of preventing and countering corruption across nine key areas: Anti-Corruption Policy, Conflict of Interest and Asset Declarations, Whistleblower Protection, Business Integrity, Transparency of Public Procurement, Judicial Independence, Prosecutorial Independence, Specialised Anti-Corruption Bodies, and Liability for Corruption Offenses.
The OECD monitoring group noted Ukraine’s substantial progress across most areas during the two years since the previous evaluation.
According to the report, Ukraine achieved the highest results—over 90 out of 100 points—in three areas:
- Anti-Corruption Policy: the score rose from 53 points in 2023 to 91.1 in 2025. This was made possible by the development and effective implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy and the launch of a modern monitoring information system that ensures institutional interaction.
- Whistleblower Protection: the score increased from 78.6 in 2023 to 90.2 points. Achievements include the establishment of a Unified Whistleblower Reporting Portal, the payment of the first official rewards, and the creation of an effective protection system.
- Specialised Anti-Corruption Bodies: the OECD praised the high efficiency and institutional capacity of Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure, scoring this area at 92.7 compared to 78.6 in 2023.
In addition, in recent years Ukraine has successfully implemented practical measures for electronic asset declarations and other instruments of financial control and conflict of interest regulation. These efforts, reflected in the Conflict of Interest and Asset Declarations area, were assessed by the monitoring group as very high (almost 80 points).
Ukraine also demonstrated high results in the following areas:
- Business Integrity — around 70 points (68.8).
- Transparency of Public Procurement — 66 points.
- Prosecutorial Independence — over 58 points (58.1).
- Judicial Independence — about 57 points (57.4).
The only area where Ukraine showed a relatively low result—about 40 points (39.1)—was Liability for Corruption Offenses.
“This means that the priority for further reforms is to improve the effectiveness of detecting, investigating, and prosecuting corruption offenses. The OECD also recommended that we remove obstacles to effective accountability, complete the vetting of judges, and ensure judicial independence in practice,” explained NACP Head Viktor Pavlushchyk.
The overall high evaluation results prove Ukraine’s success in implementing EU standards and the best international practices in the field of preventing and countering corruption. A comparison of the results of previous monitoring rounds confirms the resilience of Ukraine’s progress in fighting corruption over the past years. These achievements are the result of systemic and comprehensive state efforts to strengthen the anti-corruption system.
More details on the monitoring results in specific areas will be published in upcoming materials.
Background
The OECD Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) is a regional programme of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, established in 1998. Its mission is to support member states in preventing and combating corruption through country analyses, practitioner networks, and tailored technical assistance.
The Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan is a regional peer-review programme launched in 2003 within the ACN framework. It supports reforms by assessing and monitoring the implementation of recommendations that promote the best international standards.
The Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan covers reviews of ten OECD ACN countries: Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan. Ukraine joined the programme in 2003 and has undergone five monitoring rounds. All previous reports are available on the ACN website.
In March 2024, the OECD published the Report on Anti-Corruption Reforms in Ukraine under the fifth round of monitoring of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. (During 2023, Ukraine underwent a shortened review in 5 out of 9 areas: Anti-Corruption Policy, Asset Declarations, Judicial Independence, Specialised Anti-Corruption Bodies, Liability for Corruption Offenses). The report confirmed that Ukraine had demonstrated significant progress in various areas of anti-corruption and integrity building.
