According to the most recent ISTAT data, corruption appears to be decreasing in Italy. In fact, requests from households for money or other items in exchange for subsidies, goods, or services are declining. In the most recent survey, the number of requests received from households in the previous three years decreased from 2.7% to 1.3% when compared to the 2015-2016 edition; the largest declines occurred in the labor, public offices, health, and justice sectors. The proportion of citizens aged 18 to 80 who were offered money, goods, or benefits in exchange for voting decreased to 2.7% (from 3.7% in 2015-2016). Requests in the health sector have been cut in half, while requests in the justice sector have decreased by a quarter. The majority of families who received requests for money or other benefits received only one request in their lifetime (approximately 59%, 709 thousand), 20.3% received two, and 8.6% received three or more, while 12% chose not to respond or stated that they did not remember. It is estimated that more than 1,166,000 citizens (2.7% of the adult population) have been offered money, favors, or gifts in exchange for their votes in administrative, political, or European elections. This is down from 3.7% in 2015–2016.
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