Riyadh has the most corruption cases in the country whereas Jouf has the least, according to a report released to local media recently by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha).

Riyadh registered 25 percent or 655 cases, followed by Makkah at 21 percent, Asir at 14 percent, the Eastern Province at 10 percent, Jazan at 8 percent, Madinah at 5.8 percent, Qassim at 3.1 percent, Najran, Baha, Hail at 2.7 percent each, Tabuk at 2.4 percent, the Northern Border at 1.4 percent, and Jouf at 0.9 percent, the report said.

The most reported corruption cases involved mismanagement at 48 percent, followed by misuse of public money at 17.6 percent, forgery at 14.7 percent, abuse of power, embezzlement of public funds, nepotism, and favoritism at 4.4 percent each, and bribery and non-compliance with official working hours at 2.9 percent each.

Stalled government projects comprised 50 percent of all reports, followed by poor implementation of services at 30 percent, unsatisfactory health services at 10 percent, shoddy road services at 6 percent, inadequate water services at 2 percent, and irregular electricity and sanitation services at 1 percent each, the report said.

Citizens filed 10,479 corruption reports and complaints of which 75 percent did not fall within the Nazaha's jurisdiction, 20 percent were related to the poor implementation of services and projects, and the remaining 4.6 percent concerned financial and administrative corruption, the report said.

The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs registered the highest corruption cases at 37.5 percent, followed by the Ministry of Interior at 11.3 percent, the Ministries of Health and Education at 9.3 percent each, Transport at 8.3 percent, Electricity and Water at 7.2 percent, Higher Education at 2.4 percent, Finance at 1.8 percent, Labor at 1.5 percent, Civil Services, Industry, Communications and IT at 1.2 percent each, and Agriculture at the bottom of the list at 0.6 percent, the report said.