International non-government organization Transparency International has published its annual report called Corruption Perceptions Index that shows corruption level in different countries.
International non-government organization Transparency International has published its annual report called Corruption Perceptions Index that shows corruption level in different countries.
Along with Russia, Iran, Honduras, Kazakhstan and the Comoros Islands, Guyana is ranked 133rd out of 176 countries and territories in the report. Scoring 28 points out of 100 and remains on the list of highly corrupted countries.
Corruption Perceptions Index reflects the level of corruption perception in the state sector and rates countries by the scale from 0 (high corruption level) to 100 (almost no corrupted officials).
This year the least corrupted countries include Denmark, Finland and New Zealand that scored 90 points each. The experts tagged Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia the most corrupted countries with 8 points each.
Out of all post-Soviet countries, Estonia shows the best results in countering corruption (the 32nd place and 64 points), while Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are the worst ones (the 170th place and 17 points).
Out of all countries in the Caribbean, Barbados showed the best results in countering corruption placing 15th with a score of 76 ahead of United States (19th) and United Kingdom (17th) but behind Canada who placed 9th. In the Americas as a whole, Guyana was only ahead of Venezuela Paraguay and Haiti.
