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Barbados in top transparency ranking; Belize not listed

By on December 4, 2013

Barbados is among the least corrupt countries in the world according to the latest figures released by the German-based Transparency International on Tuesday.

According to Transparency International, Barbados heads the Caribbean Community 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 and Barbuda and Belize, it said that St. Vincent and the Grenadines had a score of 62, the same as in 2012 with a ranking of 33. Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago both had a ranking of 38, but while Kingstown score remained at 38 as it had been in 2012, Port of Spain slipped one point down.

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