Jamaica not so corrupt

Jamaica Corruption Index  1998-2016

Jamaica scored 41 points out of 100 on the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Corruption Index in Jamaica averaged 35.94 points from 1998 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 41 points in 2015 and a record low of 30 points in 2009.

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). 

Jamaica is ranked at number 13 in the Americas as the least corrupt, after Caribbean countries Barbados, St Lucia, Bahamas, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Cuba.

Americas' (Least) Corruption Index
1 Canada 83
2 United States 76
3 Barbados 74
3 Uruguay 74
5 Bahamas 71
5 St Lucia 71
7 Chile 70
8 St Vincent & the Grenadines 67
9 Puerto Rico 63
10 Dominica 58
11 Costa Rica 55
12 Cuba 47
13 Jamaica 41

World's (Least) Corruption Index
1 Denmark 91
2 Finland 90
3 Sweden 89
4 New Zealand 88
5 Netherlands 87
5 Norway 87
7 Switzerland 86
8 Singapore 85
9 Canada 83
10 Germany 81