Barbados: corruption perception index 2012-2023

In Barbados, the corruption perception index score improved four points in 2023, after reaching 65 points in 2022. The country has seen better corruption perception levels from 2012 to 2014. Nonetheless, Barbados ranked second as one of the countries with the highest corruption perception in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This index is a composite indicator that includes data on the perception of corruption in areas such as bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of state funds, and effectiveness of governments' anti-corruption efforts. The worst possible score is 0, whereas a score of 100 indicates that no corruption is perceived in the respective country.