Human capital is currently referred to as the driving force of national economies. It includes all the knowledge, talents, skills, abilities, experience, intelligence, and training of the country's workforce. The governments of individual countries are fully aware of this and are trying to stimulate human capital and stimulate its development. Apart from the economic consequences of corruption, several social consequences of corruption have also been empirically proven. As a result of inefficient use of public budgets, resources are limited in healthcare, education, and culture, in short, areas proven to cultivate human capital. Despite that, many authors have studied the effect of corruption on various macroeconomic variables, but only a few studies have empirically investigated the relationship between corruption and human capital development. This article aims to analyze the effects of corruption on the development of human capital in transitional economies, which are often mentioned as problematic in the context of bureaucratic corruption. By analyzing panel data for the period 1996-2021, it was found that corruption affects the development of human capital in the transitive economies examined. Corruption also affects human development indirectly through the dimensions of "Knowledge" and "Standard of Living".