SVG is one of the world’s least corrupt countries
St. Vincent and the Grenadines was on Wednesday ranked as one of the worldâs least corrupt countries.
Coming in third in the Caribbean behind Barbados and St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines was ranked 32nd in the world with a CPI score of 6.1 by Transparency International.{{more}}
A countryâs CPI Score indicates the degree of public sector corruption as perceived by business people and country analysts, and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt).
New Zealand, Denmark and Finland tie for the number 1 spot, with scores of 9.4, while Somalia and Myanmar share the lowest score of 1.4. Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada tie at 79 with scores of 3.4, while Jamaica comes in at 84 with a CPI score of 3.3
Transparency International said a strong correlation between corruption and poverty continued to be evident. Some 40% of those scoring below three, indicating that corruption is perceived as rampant, are classified by the World Bank as low-income countries.
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