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Barbados most transparent and least corrupt country in Caribbean – Transparency International
Barbados is among the least corrupt countries in the world according to the latest figures released by the German-based Transparency International (TI) on Tuesday.
According to Transparency International, Barbados heads the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on the Corruption Perception Index that ranks countries based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be.
Transparency International has ranked Barbados 15th out of 173 countries with a score of 75, down one place from the 2012 figure of 76.
The Bahamas and St. Lucia are ranked 22nd, the second best for regional countries with a score of 71, the same as in 2012.
While Transparency International did not provide figures for St. Kitts & Nevis, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda and Belize, it said that St. Vincent & the Grenadines had a score of 62, the same as in 2012 with a ranking of 33.
Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago both had a ranking of 38, but while Jamaica score remained at 38 as it had been in 2012, Trinidad & Tobago slipped one point down.
Dominica placed 41st on the rankings with a score of 58, the same as in 2012, followed by Suriname (94) with a score of 36, one less than the previous year, , Guyana (136) with a drop of one from the 2012 figure of 28, while Haiti rounded up the CARICOM countries with the same score of 2012 to place 163rd.
